RECREATIONAL FISH TAGGING
A useful contribution to science or a clumsy yet well-intentioned way of doing damage to fish? Matt Kennedy investigates what the science of fish tagging
A useful contribution to science or a clumsy yet well-intentioned way of doing damage to fish? Matt Kennedy investigates what the science of fish tagging
On repeated, perspective-soaked trips to a remote stretch of the Mozambican coast, Peter Coetzee cherishes what’s there before it disappears. Photos: Peter Coetzee. As featured in
What distinguishes a good trip from a great trip usually comes down to the company. When Ewan Naude hit the Seychelles recently, he hit the
As seen in Blue Planet 2, the sooty tern buffet features bird-eating giant trevally that are apparently able to calculate the speed and movement of
Milkfish hold a special place in the tropical species hall of fame. Kind of like a pseudo-legendary Pokémon. They aren’t on the Atlantic Ocean flats
Modelled off a basic EP shrimp, and named after a Venezuelan assassin, Ewan Naude’s “Carlos The Jackal” fleeing shrimp fly pattern uses jackal fur to substitute synthetic
After months of tying, picking the brains of those more clued up than me and drooling over Alphonse Fishing Co’s media, my visit to Farquhar
You know when a guy has a fishing middle name like Marius “Straightstick” Rousseau, that he’s walked the walk. Whether it was targeting largemouth yellowfish
Over the years of hard salty slog, from Cosmo, to Providence, then on to St Brandon’s and back, post-piracy, to the Seychelles with FlyCastaway on
Some guys, like Johannesburg-based Peter Whittaker, a veteran, globe-trotting angler who is our Lifer in issue 32, seem to have life dialled in. There are