Your Personal Catch & Release Record
That it was a cold Winter in the Natal midlands few would argue and these sustained sub zero temperatures translated into the fish staying in their uncooperative spawning behaviour beyond the normal few months. Tough fishing it certainly was for most and those that refused to change their habits struggled to convince any fish to come out and play. But anyone who stopped ripping and stripping and chose to selectively cast, turning to micro patterns […]
Mindset might be everything, but I’m no shrink and I’m not going to pretend that the positive laws of attraction are going to get you more fish. But what is proven, is if you fish with confidence, you don’t second guess what you’re doing all the time and hence stick with the plan that will eventually yield results! I have a few seasons (my wife might argue too many) of Winter Trout fishing in South […]
After 20 years of watching fly fishers pit their wits against the wiles of feral Trout, you would think that we’ d seen it all, yet every year at the TOPS Corporate Challenge something happens that beggars belief. Usually it’s antics off the field that never fail to amuse and provide anecdotes that decades later still have us in stitches. We’ve had anglers take on Jersey bull’s ( no prizes for who came off 2nd […]
A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to do something really special. My Dad turned eighty during Covid19 lockdown and there was no way of celebrating it properly. As soon as we were allowed to travel within the province, I took him on a short outing to the mountains. At his age there are not many things left that my Dad would still like to achieve. One of them though, was to […]
An Enthusiasm……..A Festivity………An Anecdote…..pick any one, because each would be appropriate to describe the atmosphere at the 3rdLeg of the TOPS Corporate Challenge. Watching captains of industry and businessmen from all walks of life refresh old friendships and make new ones is reminiscent of the start of a new year at college. And for some, the lessons of last year just had to be repeated on the water. The conditions were sublime, taking that […]