On fly fishing on the Orange River... Were we going to get lost? That was one of our main concerns leaving Cape Town. Our mode of transport was Warwick Leslie's Alu-Cab Hilux, the ultimate overland machine, we could have gone to Cairo in it. But we weren't, we were on our way to the Orange [...]
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, Leonard Flemming and Kalahari Outventures Guest anglers featured: Bertu Barnard, Lloyd Priestman, Garth Wellman, Christian Fry, Leonard Flemming Check the full story in Issue 20 of The Mission Get [...]
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 he couldn’t resist planning a trip there for the August long weekend. Ewan sent a request for a fishing partner on our Whatsapp group, Carpaholics Anonymous, and due to a [...]
Some time ago , I was invited by friends to join in on a float / flyfishing trip down the Orange river , below Augrabies falls. I decided to make it a father-and-son affair and booked my son , Luka (aka Stickman) on the trip as well. With little time to practice his nymphing skills [...]
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 better! On the 1st of Jan, we piled into Delilah Bakkie, rather hungover, and headed off. No rush, just open road ahead! Roadtrippin time... Long slow gravel means refreshment [...]
