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),...
Nyerere Dam Nyerere Dam is opening a different kind of tigerfishing opportunity in Tanzania, and it is important to say this clearly from the start. The Shangaa Tigerfish Experience is not here to replace Dhala and Samaki Camps. Those fisheries on the Mnyera and Ruhudji Rivers remain the flagship Tanzania tigerfish experience within African Waters....
Safari Fishing Safari Fishing is the phrase that keeps coming up in camp, and this week summed up exactly why. With only two weeks left in the season, the valley felt settled, confident, and quietly electric. You could sense that mix of familiarity and urgency. Everyone knew time was running short, and nobody was wasting...
Tanzania Tigerfish It’s been amazing watching the season build and tigerfish numbers increase, as the days continue to grow longer. Each of the rivers is changing in their own way and each offering unique scenarios in which we target Tanzania tigerfish. This week marked the first sighting of dragonflies on the water coupled with the...
Big Tigerfish From the hustle and bustle of major global cities to the tranquil and vast wilderness of the Kilombero Valley, the start of week two was beckoning with big tigerfish on everyone’s radar. Gear prepped, theories pondered and excitement unrivalled as the group of 8 anglers were split in two, one group from Frontiers...
African Waters 10/10/19 Tanzania Trophy Tigers 2019, Weeks 1 and 2 Photo Blog The Ruhudji River ! Winding and snaking its way across the floodplain, but always heading the same way! as its always has. Its always a treat to wrangle with one of these incredible fish. although not a monster , this one made...
It was a week of old and new. Juan and Chantal who have both fished with us before; Chantal a veteran of the sport, who has fished with us in Lesotho as well as on the Okavango looked to make acquaintance with H. tanzaniae. the legendary cousin of the H. vitattus. While Juan
With a population growing a ever increasing rates, the wild corners of our globe are in constant threat of over exploitation. The remaining pristine wilderness areas in Africa are no exception. Habitat destruction, poaching, and unsustainable use of natural resources are just
