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),...
Tanzania Tigerfish Fishing Tanzania tigerfish fishing is underway for another season at Dhala & Samaki, and after months of preparation, there is always something satisfying about seeing the first guests settle into camp and the boats push off on day one. The fishing made everyone work this week, but that became only one part of...
Fishery Conservation When you think about fishery conservation, it is easy to picture rules, patrols, and remote river systems. At Dhala and Samaki Camp in Tanzania, fishery conservation is far more practical than that. It is built into the daily work that happens before a guest arrives, during the season itself, and long after camp...
Blue Tigerfish The week started with a new team of anglers settling in, tackle prepped, and spirits high. Everyone was eager for the first full day on the upper beat. After a quiet morning, Ronin’s fly was suddenly smashed beside the boat in an explosion of water and teeth. The blue tigerfish launched clear of...
