Category: Fishing Reports

It’s the one calendar entry that keeps any fly addict awake at night with excitement, a fly fishing epic that will potentially go down as the greatest adventure of your life! It starts with months of planning, hours on Google Maps, and researching the internet, and culminates in a weekend of festivities, with a bit of fishing thrown in the mix and a lifetime of memories to take home. The difference between a good fishing trip and a legendary adventure teeters on the “wolfpack” you choose to run with. We…

If you had preordered the weather, it couldn’t have been better. A bite in the air, cold enough waters to entice some feisty Trout and the beautiful backdrop of the Giant in the picturesque Kamberg Valley, all without the interference of any wind….what more can a fly fisher ask for?! A few Trout perhaps? Well seven Hundred and Four of them made it to the net in this year’s TOPS Kamberg Trout Festival, with many more lost and some really big fish poking their heads out the water. Being the…

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 Africa under my belt, so hopefully these cardinal basics will make your experience on the…

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly The best fishing trips always start by reliving your last adventure and past exploits. This invariably takes place around the support of a bar counter at your mates house, enjoying a refreshing beverage. As the night wears on it’s impossible not to embellish as all great stories or anecdotes should be revived with artistic license. This naturally leads to boasts that are never idle and challenges made in jest, culminating in the gauntlet being thrown down. The rules of engagement are hotly debated,…

How smart do you think fish really are? I mean it’s not as if they’ve managed to crawl out the water……yet we seem to spend an inordinate amount of time trying to figure them out. read more

To tube or not to tube is a shouldn’t be a dilemma. Although targeting Trout from the bank and stalking a fish is the way to go on arrival at any dam (as long as you get their at the proverbial crack of), to not jump in your float tube when fishing any decent sized dam is just limiting your options. read more

I like to think that life is a cycle and the wheel turns, it’s what gives me hope that my personal best will not remain just that. I’ve spent more hours on a bar stool than I care to remember, listening to stories of big fish landed and larger ones lost. The yarns and tales turn into fables as time ticks by and so they should, as anecdotes are by design there to entertain.