The long, never ending road to Eldorado was to be embarked on one last time. The group of Tavis, Brad, Paolo and international guest Tim joined myself and Matt on the last drift of the 2019 season. Tavis, who joined us last year on a trip, was back for another crack at the Orange with...
Group 4 of the Kalahari season brought Brad, Dean and Morne to the banks of the Orange River. The three Capetonians had and an absolute blast. We caught some good fish, both Largemouth and smallmouth yellowfish and the guys learned alot in their week drifting down the gorge. The guys brought a great vibe to...
With our two weeks of exploratory fishing out of the way the 2019/2020 season in Gabon finally kicked off. The group arrived to an estuary in the grip of large spring tides. This meant the lagoon fishing was particularly good in the mornings, with the river mouth fishing better in the evenings, but it also...
GABON TWO WEEK FLY FISHING EXPLORATORY REPORT:The estuary mouth area produced some good cubera snapper, senegalese kob, big jacks, barracuda, and a really decent sized threadfin. Some really big tarpon were also hooked on fly, but unfortunately managed to get away every time. The mid and lower sections of the lagoon fished exceptionally well and guests...
Making good use of the travel time on the upper Ruhudji to strap a few more flies for the days fishing. Miles fished with us in Tanzania in 2017. He promised to return to settle a few loose ends with the tigers. A man of his word, he returned! This time he brought backup in the...
https://africanwaters.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/video-blog-2-tanzania-2019.mp4AW guides Brent and James discussing what else this incredible fishery has to offer besides the world class fishing!
The halfway mark of our Kalahari season saw veteran African Waters guest, Brian Griffith, join me in the hot, dry landscape of the Northern Cape With the elusive largemouth yellowfish on the mind, and any other species willing to take a fly, Brian arrived at Upington airport on a typical scorcher Kalahari afternoon.With Brian being...
African Waters 10/10/19 Tanzania Trophy Tigers 2019, Weeks 1 and 2 Photo Blog The Ruhudji River ! Winding and snaking its way across the floodplain, but always heading the same way! as its always has. Its always a treat to wrangle with one of these incredible fish. although not a monster , this one made...
