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September 15, 2023

Orange River Fishing – Adventures, Mishaps, and Monster Fish Await!

Orange River Fishing Orange River Fishing: With the Kalahari Drift season about to kick off, the guides have been keeping themselves quite occupied. This included numerous hours of shopping, a grueling 16-hour drive, and an unexpected weekend encounter with the Upington police. On top of that, there were some epic battles with monstrous barbel and...

December 14, 2022

Largemouth Yellowfish Flies – The key to success on the Orange River

Largemouth Yellowfish Flies In all our groups prior to this one, we had most of our success coming from swinging largemouth yellowfish flies from faster water into slower moving eddy’s where we believed fish would be holding. This time however things were different. Majority of the fish were caught by accurately placing flies behind boulders...

December 5, 2022

Big Fish – A catch of a lifetime!

Big Fish As we get into the later stages of the Orange River season the sun rises over the valley a lot earlier, making it much easier to spring out of your tent in the early morning. This drift there was a clear change in temperature which eliminated the crisp cool mornings that we had...

November 30, 2022

largemouth yellowfish – Kalahari Wilderness Drift

Largemouth Yellowfish The Orange River, known for its spectacular largemouth yellowfish numbers, originates in the mountains of Lesotho (Interesting fact: The Bokong River, which is home to the Makhangoa Community Camp is one of its highest tributaries). Flowing in a general westerly direction, it exits Lesotho, travels across the interior of South Africa into the...

November 8, 2022

Kalahari – Largemouth yellowfish season in full swing

Kalahari Some thumping tunes, a minibus full of excited guys, and a few empty beer cans, signaled the arrival of the first group of the 2022 season. It was clear that the 2022 Kalahari season going to get off to a great start. Hitting the water on day one we quickly realized that our quest...

December 1, 2021

KALAHARI WILDERNESS DRIFT – SEASON 2021 – Week 9

Riding the success of the previous week the guys set out for the ninth drift of the season feeling confident that the fish would still be feeling and holding in the same water. Unfortunately this was not the case as upon arrival we were greeted with high water levels, a massive amount of water had...

November 25, 2019

Kalahari, Orange River – Group 5

The long, never ending road to Eldorado was to be embarked on one last time. The group of Tavis, Brad, Paolo and international guest Tim joined myself and Matt on the last drift of the 2019 season. Tavis, who joined us last year on a trip, was back for another crack at the Orange with...

November 25, 2019

Kalahari, Orange River – Group 4

Group 4 of the Kalahari season brought Brad, Dean and Morne to the banks of the Orange River. The three Capetonians had and an absolute blast. We caught some good fish, both Largemouth and smallmouth yellowfish and the guys learned alot in their week drifting down the gorge. The guys brought a great vibe to...

October 14, 2019

Kalahari, Orange River. Trip 3

The halfway mark of our Kalahari season saw veteran African Waters guest, Brian Griffith, join me in the hot, dry landscape of the Northern Cape With the elusive largemouth yellowfish on the mind, and any other species willing to take a fly, Brian arrived at Upington airport on a typical scorcher Kalahari afternoon.With Brian being...

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September 11, 2019

Kalahari Largemouth Yellowfish 2019: Group 1

The Orange River, an endless ribbon of beauty snaking its way across almost half of the country. Her size, power and flare is forever noticeable. Not only does she boast with unreal scenery and breath-taking views, but offers us gold straight from her waters. This gold is what inspired weeks of planning

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