We are pleased to share Gordon van der Spuy’s experience with you as our guest Blog for this weeks Makhangoa Community Camp Blog update. Take a look at Gordon’s Article: Finding Yellowfish Heaven, on the Tom Sutcliffe website And for some fly tying inspiration, see
It was with great pleasure we welcomed back season regulars and great friends Davo and Co. This was to be some of the teams 7th visit to the Makhangoa Community Camp. From the early days of the tented camp, long drop toilets, and the infamous paraffin rocket shower, these guys
With a heat wave extending across Lesotho, week 2 of the 2018 season saw guests welcomed to skinny river conditions and fish feeding heavily on terrestrials. As the five night stay drew on, the anglers focus shifted from numbers of fish to bigger trophy fish, with bigger hikes to
Aftter the Christmas and New Years break, where the Makhangoa Community Camp is home to family groups, the 4th of January saw keen fly fishing guests back in camp. With the good rains in December, and hot stable conditions, the first group of the season were treated to some
With some good rains the last few weeks, and in increase in temperatures, things are getting back to normal on the Bokong River at the Makhangoa Community Camp. The team are in high spirits as the yellowfish are moving well, and dry fly fishing to sighted yellowfish is the name
I was last on the Red Sea in 2014, so it was good to go back. Every season the team sets time aside to expand their horizons to new waters or areas only fleetingly visited in the past. For this voyage, we headed to the Suakin Archipelago, a scattering of tiny islands 60km off the...
Welcome to the Makhangoa Community Camp With the lingering drought conditions affecting most of Lesotho, the fishing conditions in early summer have been tougher than normal this season. None the less, all guests are managing to land some good fish in the technical conditions.
Rest,revive, release, remember, and repeat. The beauty of a sustainable tiger fishing operation.It was with slight trepidation that we welcomed Seb and his crew back to camp this season. Having had a blow out 2 years ago, and on the back of a very tough week 9, things were
Some unseasonable early rains made for really tough conditions this week as the rivers came up and temps dropped. Non the less, hard work was rewarded, and especially so for Gerrit, who landed 2 fish over 20lbs in a single
With the fireworks of week 7, fresh in our minds, it was with great excitement that we welcomed 8 new guests into camp this week. Returning ‘local” Charlotte from Aarvark Mcleod was accompanied by Ronnie, Andrew and Wouter. Adventurous fishing family, Chris and Diane, were in