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 […]

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 […]

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 5 friends you take on a Fly Fishing trip 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Why ten pounds is the benchmark for many fresh-water fish in terms of angling accolades is a bit of a mystery. The imperial yardstick and it being double digits would be my best guess. Admittedly this […]

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.
There’s a lot to consider […]