Trout Report – Top Dogs Trout Report – Top Dogs Tried and tested is many a successful anglers mantra. But, being creatures of habit does make stepping out of our c […]

Trout Report – TCC Leg 3 956 Trout was the final tally for the qualifying legs of the TOPS Corporate Challenge, giving entrants from all around South Africa plenty to […]

TOPS Kamberg Festival 2024 You can’t help but unwind and relax as you arrive at the TOPS Kamberg Trout festival. The magnificent backdrop of the Giant greets you as you d […]

Trout Report – Betwixt and Between Of the many excuses we invent as to why we don’t convert our casts, few hold as much water as those that account for simple biology. Time w […]

The Trout Report – TCC2024 Leg 1 There’s always a little trepidation before the official start to the Trout season. With the waters having been rested over the heat of Summer y […]

California Dreaming California Dreaming The Fall, as it’s fondly referred to in the US, is my favourite time to test out new fly patterns. It’s those golden weeks bef […]

Year of the Dragon Everyone has Yellow Fever at the moment and when you see the quality of fish that Sterkies and select sections of the Vaal and Orange […]

The Last Cast – TCC Final The final of any gathering can often be a tense affair, the urge to win giving rise to a little friction. Which, when fuelled with huge rewards can […]

Fishing Festivities That this event has less to do with fishing and more about celebrating with friends was resoundingly apparent this last weekend. By lunchtime […]

TCC Leg 2 There are many factors that make a for great fly fishing event and surprisingly most of them do not revolve around the fishing. But if the Trout […]

TOPS KTF 2023 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 b […]

TCC Trophies 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. B […]

The Trout Report   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 he […]

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 […]

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 s […]

Great casting is simply lost on the fish.

That isn’t to say that a good cast doesn’t catch Trout, it’s just a reminder that the graceful art of a tight loop presented with pinpoint precision does not alway […]