Seasoned middle Vaal flyrodder, Jeff Tyser recently missioned into the pristine wilderness of The Kalahari Largemouth Yellowfish Conservancy with Kalahari Outventures. Comparisons were inevitable. "The Vaal River – specifically from The Barrage down into the Vredefort Dome – holds a mighty special place in my heart. For over twenty years its rapids, riffles, [...]
5 best things about where you guide? The team, aka Die Ous, aka The A-TEAM. We’re the best. It is really a blessing to have been chosen to work with them. The desert environment I work in, including Tutwa Lodge, Augrabies National Park and the many special places around it. It’s mind blowing, the huge [...]
Matt Gorlei of FlyBru has been workling with the Kalahari Outventures guys for a few years now. He got in touch to share the latest video he's made of catching smallmouth and largemouth yellows on Flexo/Alphlexo crabs on the Orange river. "We had the week off last week due to a group of clients [...]
Hookup footage on video...Something I've been told to look out for when trying to establish how frequently fish actually get hooked and caught at the destination being portrayed (giving you an idea of fish abundance), and it makes sense. In other words, movies that were filmed over a week or so should have at least [...]
Our issue 6 rapid-fire catchup with the Orange River OG, Taba “West” Phiri of Kalahari Outventures, whom you’ll usually find guiding clients into big fish in the pristine Kalahari Largemouth Yellowfish Conservancy in the Northern Cape. 5 best things about guiding on the Orange River? The river is pristine and untouched. Pure wilderness, wild and [...]
IT'S ALL VERY WELL HAVING A SPECIAL VALLEY AND BIG FISH (browns, rainbows and yellows), but without community and sustainability there’s no point. Off the back of our Issue 4 story (The Legend of F#@k You Valley), we chatted to Tourette Fishing’s Rob Scott, Keith Clover and Ed Truter about the Bokong River and their [...]
As fly fishers we are always dialed into the weather. Seasonal changes are picked up almost as second nature and as a hatch junkie , I get a strange excitement stirring inside , when almost subconsciously I become aware that the sky starts to lose its summer haze. There's dew in the morning , a [...]
On the Highveld our warm season has been a case of famine or feast. Spring didn't last long as the drought conditions put strain on the streams and the fish. Even our tailwater fishery below the Barrage took strain. One fish that's not put off by low flows and high temps are carp. They regularly popped [...]
Similar to last year the Autumn on the Highveld is lingering longer than usual and we are experiencing wonderful warm days in late May. This can of course change very quick with the arrival of serious cold fronts. But for now the days are balmy with little wind , which is great for fish and [...]
Two months ago a massive flood tore through the Groot River valley. Taking with it live stock, dam walls, the works. The river level rose 7 meters in parts. I feared that all my Yellowfish and the beautiful little runs that make up our river section would be destroyed. It took with it all three [...]
