Fly fishing is a strange disease. A disease that causes a very select group of people to go to extremes to find that ‘perfect’ piece of water is some remote corner of the world. Once found, they would go through hell and back to fish that water regardless of discomfort, risk
The old-timer gang consisting of Davo, Mkulu, G-man, John, Phellam and Pieter stormed the mountain kingdom with high hopes of tussling with some Lesotho gold. With a few of the group back for their 3rd visit, we were eager to welcome old friends and meet new guests alike.
The times they are changing. And so is the weather, luckily for the better. After what has been the worst drought in the last 100 years, El-nino finally started losing its grip on the Lesotho highlands, and with the rolling thunder came the first big rains in all their glory
When thinking of saltwater flats destinations Sudan is hardly a name that springs to mind. In fact pretty much the opposite. When the Nubian Flats operation was launched 18 months ago, reports began to trickle through of giant deserted flats teeming with fish. There appeared to
So for the final week of the season we were joined by 4 anglers from South Africa. Jay, Steve, Leonard and Jeff. They were teamed up by the duo of Ryan and Dave from Tanzania. The days leading up to the week were quite windy but after a nice week’s break, the guides team
For the 7th week of the Nubian Flats season-2015, we were joined by a group of 8 anglers all the way from Germany, led by Lutz Schepers. The wind from the previous week seemed to settle down, and the forecast for the week looked really great. The prediction showed calm winds for
We were joined this week by John, Richard, Platon and the film crew of the popular South African fly fishing TV show, WildFly. The forecast for the week looked okay, with good weather for the first three days, followed by two windy days and then calm conditions again for the
After a short two week break, the second stint of the 2015 Nubian Flats season kicked off again, and to say that we were excited to get back out there is a huge understatement. For Week 5 of the season we were joined by a group of friends of South Africa. The weather forecast
Week four, also the final week of the first stint of the 2015 season, came within a blink of an eye. We were joined this week by a group of friends, Piet, Christo, Riaan, and Johnathan from South Africa. They were also joined by Thomas from Holland and Leo from Italy
It felt like the season has only begun and we were already into week 3 of the Nubian Flats 2015 season. We were joined this week by Jeff Currier(for the second straight year), Mike La Sota, Mike Murray, Andrew Early, and famous Capetonian artist, Conrad Botes. The first morning