HUGGING THE BEAR: DRAKENSBERG FLY FISHING FILM
Hugging The Bear is a film about a journey. FlyBru’s Matt Gorlei and Nick van Rensburg, together with Xplorer Fly Fishing’s Shaun Dickson, explore a
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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.
THE RIO GRANDE ROOKIE
“If you had asked me a year ago what my future plans were, I’d probably have told you that I’d still be stuck at university,
HIGH 5s – NICK VAN RENSBURG
5 best things about where you guide? Kau Tapen’s Rio Menendez is the most insane tributary. Pulling out a fresh sea trout in a river
THE MISSION PLAYLIST VOL. 13
THE BEATS – FLYBRU From the Kalahari, where Matt Gorlei guides with Kalahari Outventures, to Kau Tapen Lodge on the Rio Grande in Tierra del
THE (NOT SO COMPETITIVE ANGLER’S) COMPETITIVE ANGLING TACKLE LIST
Matt Gorlei of FlyBru is a bloody good angler. He’s represented South Africa at the World Champs and KwaZulu-Natal at Nationals, but for the most
5 MINUTE FIX
5 minutes to fish? No problem. Check out this quick edit from the guys at FlyBru of jet-setting angler Katka Svagorova experiencing some quality smallmouth
A grunter theory
South African spotted grunter has been one of the most praised, loved, frustrating, and hated fish, all at once, by the greater community and even
Hunting Mud
Team FlyBru seems to get more fishing done than most of us and while we sit behind office desks these guys get to witness mother
