Your Personal Catch & Release Record
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 […]
Trophy is such a relative term, as your average catch might be another angler’s personal best, hence size must also be in the eye of the beholder. But benchmarks do determine accolades and the quest for a double digit Trout remains the goal for many a fly fisher. There are few destinations in South Africa where this is realistic in terms of waters that can consistently produce specimens of such size. This is why we […]
It’s time to sort out your fly box and check that your Trout gear hasn’t gone walkabout. As Summer finally gives way to Autumn it heralds the start of the still water season and the WildFly team have been scouting the Drakensberg dams and testing out a few flies seeing what elicits the right reaction. Fortunately, at this time of year, the waters host a wide range of food from the Summer […]
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 […]
We’ve been hunting one animal or another with limited success since we could walk on two legs and chasing down anything that swims as soon as we conquered our fear of water. All that has really changed is us swapping the satisfying meal for the satisfaction of a good picture and letting it roam free. So I always find it very amusing when any angler tries to compete with another, as it can only be […]