Fly Fishing for Tigerfish After their second trip to the Mnyera and Ruhudji Rivers in as many years, Chris and John became our first guests of the season at Shangaa Camp on the Nyerere Dam (also known as Lake Nyerere) in Tanzania’s Nyerere National Park. Their trip was a tigerfish double-header, and it shows both...

Shangaa Tigerfish Camp There are very few genuinely new fly-fishing destinations left in Africa. Most of the continent’s iconic fisheries have long since earned their place on every serious angler’s bucket list.  On the tigerfishing front, the latest discoveries being Tanzania’s legendary Mnyera and Ruhudji rivers (Hydrocynus tanzaniae) , the Chinko  in CAR (Hydrocynus goliath),...

Megalops Atlanticus When anglers talk about tarpon, they usually say the name with a grin. Scientists call them Megalops Atlanticus, and over these two weeks in Port-Gentil, that name carried real weight. After a long stretch of late rains and frustrating wind, the pattern finally shifted. Proper rain arrived, the wind backed off, and suddenly...

African Tarpon Sette Cama has a way of producing moments that stick with you long after the tide has gone out, and this one was no exception. From explosive surf takes to tense beach landings, the fishing has been nothing short of electric—but one African Tarpon stood above the rest. The Tarpon That Almost Got...

Makhangoa Community Camp fishing Makhangoa Community Camp fishing this week delivered everything from dirty water drama to explosive dry fly eats. The rains returned to the Bokong catchment, and while the river looked prime in terms of flow, visibility tanked—turning it chocolate brown and pushing the yellowfish down into the dam. No one flinched. We...