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Fly Fishing for Tigerfish
Picture this, from about 15 meters off the bank, you and your guide are scanning shin to knee deep water, flowing uniformly over a white sand bottom.   Walking slowly, you are on edge, constantly asking the question, “what‘s that?!”with an urgency that belies the  calm and  methodical manner you are approaching the session, as...
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As most of us, most of the world in fact, sit in their homes in isolation due to the Covid 19 virus, we have time. Time to relax and reminisce. Here is our reminiscing session by telling you a few stories from the start, and unfortunately the forced end of the Sudan 2020 season. The...
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One of the greatest challenges of fly fishing is making the most of the conditions on the day. Sometimes it’s easy, other-times you need to dig deep into your skillset, flybox, and patience to get those fish into the net. Recently the Bokong tested the resolve of angler and guide alike, after a few days of...
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Making good use of the travel time on the upper Ruhudji to strap a few more flies for the days fishing.  Miles fished with us in Tanzania in 2017. He promised to return to settle a few loose ends with the tigers. A man of his word, he returned! This time he brought backup in the...
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The halfway mark of the Sudan season brought in guests Brian Griffith, Hein, Thomas and Jackson. Each eager angler arrived with certain goals and boxes to tick which of course made for a very dedicated team of fly fisherman. High spirits and excitement on arrival gave me
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All seasons must eventually come to an end, and group three marked our final week on the Kavango River in Botswana. This group was a mixed bag from all over South Africa. Peter Moss, Haden Keeton and Mike Blake of Durban joined Mike and Johan Khun of Cape Town along with Gordan
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Each new week of the season brings new guests, new enthusiasm and a new story to preach.Week seven of the Tanzanian season saw veteran tigerfish wrangler Karl , two new guests Nick and Pete of the UK, and couple Pam and Brian all the way from Texas. The coming together of this
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Nothing beats a full fishing camp, and after the last few relatively relaxed weeks, there was a definite buzz about arrival day as we welcomed seven new guests for the fifth installment of the 2016 Tiger season. As always we were very happy to be seeing Paul Lavins back where he
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30km of Mnyera River and about 60km of Ruhudji were the exclusive property of just two anglers that made up the third week of the 2016 season. It was great to be able to catch up again with Tim who had fished with us two years ago, and also a pleasure to welcome Allan, who...
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The life of a fly fishing guide is very often filled with moments of crisis control. Jan and Hagen’s trip was one of those times of crisis. First off, Lionel’s boat which had been niggling with starter issues for a few weeks finally decided to take early retirement from guiding
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