GARDEN ROUTE FLY FISHERS
Into clubs, festivals and gatherings about all things fly fishing? If you’re around South Africa’s Garden Route, you should check out the Garden Route Fly
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WHEN THE RIVER RAN RED
Regardless of your skill level, being an angler always involves a modicum of luck. In Gareth Tate and Craig Pappin’s case, they hit the motherlode
A SIMPLE SUMMER CREASE FLY
For the past season or two, I have been obsessing over simplifying my fly tying. Of course, there are situations which demand high-spec, over-engineered flies
A SPOTTED GRUNTER GEAR SHIFT
It’s the first of a three-morning stretch of epic grunter fishing and I don’t even know it yet. All I know is that two weeks prior I had a small taste of things to come. A new fly pattern in hand, I knew I’d dialled their number. Now I wanted an answer.
Blast from the past – the mini bonnies of Mossel Bay
Mid Grunter mission Henkie looked at me and said, “how about some bonnies tomorrow?”. Huh? Where? Mossel Bay was where it was at. The bay
The weekend that was
It was about this time last year that the famous prawn walk happened in the Garden Route, so it was time I headed up to
G-Route Diaries – Part 8 – Breaking Even
So, I didn’t make it back to Cape Town today. The fishing is totally to blame! After yesterday’s purple patch with the spinning stick, I
G-Route Diaries – Part 2 – Options
I love coming home for any amount of time. Not only are there a ton of surf spots that crank! There is more fishing than
Ian Kitchings Grunter
If you’ve spent some time in the Garden Route over the past year the chances are you would have seen Ian Kitching fishing the lagoons
