With a Toyota Quantum approaching from a distance struggling up the hills of the breath-taking Lesotho Highlands, we knew this was going to be an interesting week. Upon arrival, we were greeted by a South African turned Swedish journalist by the name of Simon who was transporting
March signals a change in season at the Makhangoa Community Camp. Days get shorter, waters temps begin to drop and we begin to feel the first early signs of the coming winter. It is also a time of technical, yet rewarding fishing. The larger yellows remain in the upper beats
Fly fishing guiding is a great leveller and as any fly fishing guide will tell you, you can go from hero to zero in no time at all. No matter how good you are at your job as a fly-fishing guide there will come a time where Mother Nature will make things impossible for you....
For their fourth time Dave (Davo), Graeme (G man), John, Umkulu and Pelham made there annual pilgrimage up from Natal to the Bokong valley. Joining them for the first time was John Bredin, who made a worthy addition to the team.
The Vagabond Fly Mag crew re-visited the Makhangoa Community Camp for a second time this season with a team of anglers from far and wide. It was Craig and Kyle, Dr. Mike and Andrew and Mike with his son Greg that joined Colin Cambell for his crazy adventure
People say that you learn something new eveyday, especially if you surround yourself with people who are willing to share their wisdom. This was the case with our 9th group this season. Our newly appointed trainee, Brent, and I had the priviledge of guiding a team
The eighth group of the 2016/2017 yellowfish season has a feast at the Makhangoa Community Camp. Butch, Bertus, Anton, Felix, Matt and his nephew Nick joined us for a short, but splendid trip. These fine fellas drove all the way from Tzaneen, the northern tip of South Africa
2016 was a tough year for many of us and the drought took its toll on all of us, but that is in the past. 2017 is here and we are looking forward to the year with great expectations. The drought seems to be over, in fact we had a little mre rain than we...
It was an absolute pleasure to have this group of champions back at the Makhangoa Community Camp to end off the year. Chesney, his uncle Peter (Uncs) and cousin, Trevor came up to the hills with their mates, Paul (Spank), Mork and Eugene. On their previous trip to the Bokong there was hardly any water...
Dylan Oelefse joined us for a few days in the hills to see what all the fuss is about and he was pleasantly surprised by these special fish of the Bokong River. He has never caught yellowfish before so to say that he was keen to get off the mark
