LIVE AT RED ROCK

While the rest of us went through Netflix re-runs this year, freelance guide James Kirsten escaped to Red Rock River Camp on the Orange where

SWEATING THE SMALLIE STUFF

With international air travel off the cards for the foreseeable future, many South African fly anglers will be looking closer to home for their trips in 2020 (if you were not doing that already). Assuming that both inter-provincial and regional travel will be allowed relatively soon (a big assumption we know), one of the most obvious options for your freshwater yellowfish fix is the mighty Orange river. A few months back, one of our own Peter Coetzee, joined up with the Mavungana Flyfishing team, plus esteemed reprobate Francois Botha, on a drift targeting smallies. To whet your appetite for the world class fishing available under our noses here in SA, here’s Mavungana’s great little flick from that float.

CHASING LARGEMOUTH YELLOWFISH

A pic dump of a typical Orange River trip to the Largemouth Yellowfish Conservancy with Kalahari Outventures Photographs by: Garth Wellman, Matt Gorlei, Christian Fry,

Orange above Augrabies

It was when Ewan Naude received a hint from Guy Ferguson about a top spot to visit on the Orange above Augrabies Falls National Park that

Stickman on the Orange

Some time ago , I was invited by friends to join in on a float / flyfishing trip down the Orange river , below Augrabies

Floating Down The River

Roadtrips and float trips must rank as two of coolest things to do when you have some spare time. Putting the two together is even

Yellowfish on the Dry

Few things are as fun as catching fish on a dry fly. The visual stimulation is intense and the anticipation always hi. It is even

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