But once they got onto the water, the Trout sure joined the party. 499 fish were caught and released with another 100 or so gate crashing, resulting in many long line releases. WildFly’s handicap system of only allowing a set number of fish to count in each fishing session, prevented stocky bashing from ruling the performance. In fact the overcast conditions saw a number of big fish making an appearance, with a dozen Trout in excess […]

You can never pay a good guide enough is a mantra that we live by, as the intel on any piece of water is half the battle in the war that we wage with the fly.   So when Rob Scott from Tourette Fishing invited us to their new camp in Lesotho, we leapt at the opportunity.The Journey into the Kingdom is both breathtaking and daunting, as you carefully navigate the sheer mountain passes that […]

Without the first frost of the season, you never really know how the Winter trout are going to react. Are the fish going to still be feeding and hence eating patterns that mimic what is to be found in the water or have they switched to bright attractors, taking the offering out of sheer spawning aggression? Every year it seems to move a few days forward, to the extent that ‘Jack’ only paid a visit […]

This benchmark event, now in it’s 20th year marks the opening of the still water Trout season, which 180 anglers religiously attend. It’s a non profit event, in so far as that all proceeds go towards the Kamberg Farmers Association and are utilized for conservation and community projects. Every farmer and his family in the Kamberg Valley gets involved, with the real spirit of Ubuntu, treating the fly fishers  to fantastic local cuisine and country […]

Big Game fishing is by definition the pinnacle of all forms of angling.Tales of fish that dwarfed the boats chasing them spurned every hunter on, until eventually every specimen had been catalogued and the hierarchy of game fish cemented. And so it came to be that the Billfish sit on top the species table and the pursuit of these legendary beasts still possesses every man with a rod in hand.If you haven’t experienced first hand […]