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hermanbotes 20 April 2016 7

Bloody Baetis

As fly fishers we are always dialed into the weather. Seasonal changes are picked up almost as second nature and as a hatch junkie ,

hermanbotes 22 March 2016 4

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

hermanbotes 06 February 2016 2

(Above) this is probably as close as you gonna get to a lasting image of a caddis pupa. Ever since I can remember, I’ve been

rexfey 21 October 2015 2

A Summer’s Escapades Into The Mountain Kingdom Part 4 of 4 Words and photos courtesy of Rex Fey Taking the Scenic Route This year in mid-May I

hermanbotes 15 September 2015 3

Some time ago , I was invited by friends to join in on a float / flyfishing trip down the Orange river , below Augrabies

fjdavis1 21 January 2015 1

Recently Douglas Kretzman shared this post on his blog, No Longer At Ease. Hard to imagine it was 30 years ago! 1984 Trout From the

fjdavis1 31 August 2014 2

So you’ve been stripping your ass off but the damn Garrick are turning short. Especially the bigger ones. And no matter what you rip back

fjdavis1 17 July 2014 7

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

fjdavis1 13 July 2014 4

After yesterday’s frustration with murky water, today I headed towards the Heads and fished the flats around the “Grass Atoll” – small mud bank whose

conradbotes 12 June 2014 1

On a recent trip to the Breede with MC Coetzer, Denton Ingham-Brown and Jannie Visser, we were met by really tough conditions. Lots of fresh