BREAKFAST BELL
Many moons ago, I tied a bulky SF baitfish pattern for Tanzanian tigerfish that we simply referred to as the ‘Dinner Bell‘ because like Edward
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HIGH 5s: BLAEDE RUSSELL
Whether he’s fishing for trout in elephant territory on his home waters or documenting a survival challenge by living on a desert island for a
MR TURDO RIDES AGAIN
Drawn back there by the tigerfish, the yellowfish and the idea of closure, 17 years after he left Tudor Caradoc-Davies returned to Tanzania as a
THE RACONTEUR
More at home in the bush than he is in the burbs, capable of fixing almost anything and fishier than a tin of expired pilchards,
TOPWATER TIGER KINGS
How two saltwater semi-surface patterns unlocked the topwater tiger bite at Pongola and unleashed Richard Wale’s moustache and mullet upon the world. I was lying
SCIENCE BRU: TAGGING TIGERFISH IN SA WATERS
Mavungana Flyfishing in association with the University of Mpumalanga, Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife and Pongola Game Reserve launched a groundbreaking tigerfish tagging project in June. They’ve already started recapturing individuals and the findings are astonishing.
HIGH FIVES – BLOM
From the flats of Sudan to the rivers of Tanzania and the World Champs in Norway, South Africa’s top-ranked women’s angler Marlize ‘Blom’ Heyns is
THE LUCKY ONE
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
WATCH: HOUSEBOUND
Okavango fly fishing: Amid lockdowns we took the gap and joined Natural Selection on their houseboat in the Okavango Panhandle to fish for tigerfish on
HIP HIP HOORAY
Fly fishing – genteel sport for limp-wristed, tweed-clad, upper-class twits. Right? Try again. As Jazz Kuschke writes in his issue 30 ‘NO Time To Die’