EARLY SEASON RIVER TACTICS AND TIPS
September 1st, that magical date on the South African fly fishing calendar when the trout rivers open again. For me personally it signifies the end
fly fishing western cape
NOTHING VENTURED
Two off-duty Orange River fly fishing guides, Matt Gorlei and Luke Pannell, return to Cape Town for some off-season down-time. What does a guide do when they are not guiding? Spam Instagram with species they, “Can’t stop thinking about…”? Fall into the loving embrace of their significant others? Have a shave, a hot shower, a non-longdrop shit and put on a nice shirt? Hit a club and tear the ring out of it? Nyet. They make a quick plan to head deep into the nearby mountains for a short, two-night session spent hunting fabled brown trout.
Thundercats and Carp in the poo hatch of 2015
We went Carping because the meteorologists were anticipating a horrendous storm. The majority of our usual spots were forecast to be rained out and blown
Smalblaar Sunday
I spent Sunday morning on the second beat of the Smalblaar River. Neil Rowe had called and invited – I was very excited seeing as