BULLY BEEF – STEP-BY-STEP VIDEO
This tigerfish fly is tied and designed by Platon Trakoshis. Tigerfish fly the Bully Beef, named after a South African canned beef brand, is a
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FLY FISHING SHORT FILMS – FEBRUARY ’24
Summer fishing season (in South Africa) is in full swing, which means we’re spending plenty of time on the couch, recovering achy shoulders and knees.
THE TIGERS OF MTSITSI GORGE
If it feels like it’s all been done before, think again. Those truly wild places (where you’re just as likely as your fly to get
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
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
LIFER: LIONEL SONG
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 TIGERFISH KINGS
How two saltwater semi-surface patterns unlocked the topwater tigerfish 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