Lesotho Fishing Lesotho Fishing: Another week at Makhangoa Community Camp on the picturesque Bokong River has passed, leaving behind a tapestry of memories woven from the interplay of challenging conditions and resilient spirits. Throughout this week, it appeared as though the weather gods had conspired against us, unleashing strong winds that transformed both river and...
Wild Gabon Wild Gabon: Six South Africans, two Canadians, one Frenchman, and an American walked into the bar… This would read as the start of a bad joke, but all involved quickly realized that fishing at Sette Cama is no joke. This past week, we had a mixture of Sette Cama stalwarts and some who...
Bokong River Fishing Bokong River Fishing: This past week at Makhangoa Community Camp in Lesotho presented a medley of challenges and delights. Diminished water levels posed difficulties in luring the yellow fish to dry flies, while the trout awaited cooler temperatures, leaving the river in a state of limbo and making fishing more demanding than...
Wild Camping The Wild Camping Scene: The sun inches its way towards the tree line, casting an eerie orange glow through the Harmattan haze. Soon the landscape will come alive with the sounds of strange birds and animals, relieved that the relentless heat is giving way to the cool of night. On the beach, the...
Barb Fishing Barb Fishing: After a few long days of travel and some Camair Co flight delays, the chaps’ attitudes were, credit to them, higher than most would have been after such delays. We were joined in camp by James Henry from South Africa and Alisdair Grassie from Tanzania. Though two individual guests, after just...
Big Nile Perch After enduring a long couple of weeks in camp without any guests, waiting for the moon phases to align with our quest for big Nile Perch, our guide team slowly began to lose their minds. We spent the majority of our time swimming around in circles on the shallow sandbank in front...
Sette Cama Gabriel Botha’s latest cinematic endeavor, “Sette Cama,” spotlights Gabon’s premier fly fishing retreat managed by African Waters. Nestled in an almost pristine, untamed setting, this angler’s haven teems with a diverse array of gamefish, including tarpon, cubera snapper, Giant African threadfin, and longfin jacks. These formidable predators voraciously attack both live baitfish and...
Cubera Snapper It was the penultimate day of a successful week at Sette Cama, with many jacks, threadfin, cubera snapper, and tarpon coming to hand. Teddy Coulter was at the helm of the new aluminium skiff, the latest addition to the Sette Cama fleet. Unlike the other panga-style boats, this skiff sits low to the...
Sette Cama Lodge Arriving at Sette Cama Lodge after some rain, we anticipated some excellent fishing. However, what we experienced during the first two nights exceeded all expectations. It was the inaugural fishing trip to Gabon for my father and brother, and they were greeted with a warm welcome. Rapid Start at Sette Cama Within...
Nile Perch Fishing The 2024 Nile Perch Fishing season at Gassa Camp has commenced, and we’ve hit the ground running. After two weeks of hot and sweaty camp construction, what initially stood as the remnants of last season’s camp on the banks of the Faro River has undergone a remarkable transformation. The guides, alongside our...
