Words from the angler : It being my second time fishing the Faro myself, I would be lying if I said I didn’t want a ‘big one’. With my wounds still very fresh from a mystery sized fish that I had hooked further upstream a little earlier in the season. I was completely
Ever since man had the ability to catch a 100 pound fish on rod and line, a 100 pounder has been a special milestone. There are many species that grow that big in the ocean, but not counting billfish, landing a 100 pounder in the saltwater is no everyday thing. In freshwater
Due to an unforeseen gap in our schedule, us guides were encouraged to do some exploring of new water as well as going twenty plus kilometers up river in order to prepare for the upcoming treks. We didn’t need to be asked twice as we do not get too many opportunities to fish
Week 2 of the 2019 Pioneer Nile Perch season saw good friend, Charlotte from Aardvark McLeod and Gordon make the journey over to Cameroon from the UK. They were joined by Chris and Martin, from South Africa, both of whom have had a life long obsession with all things African
It was a week of fly fishing history as we welcomed the first official group of pioneering fly fishing guests to Cameroon at the end of January 2019. Murray Collins, Keith Rose-Innes, James Baker and Doug Carmody made up the intrepid foursome. West African rough edges, tough
This week we were joined in the Kingdom of the Sky by returning guests Nishan and Dale, who also brought along his brother Jethro. They were joined by another returning guest from the States, Brian, who has had the privilege to fish pretty much every bucketlist destination in the
For the second week of the 2019 season, we had a group of returning guests joining from South Africa. With the previous week ending on a high, the guys were very keen to get stuck in.The skies were still very heavy after some big downpours – The resulting “gingerbeer” water was
This week we were joined by Gordon van der Spuy, who was hosting two groups with us. The first group saw mostly anglers who had not fished the Bokong previously. A lack of rain, since our return earlier this month, meant that the river had dropped about 2 feet in the last couple
Ladies watch you daughters, anglers watch your waistlines, and if you into keto, this video may offend you….James ‘Hummus’ Kirsten, shows how the famous MCC bread is baked in this edition of The Makhangoa Kitchen
