Ed grew up on a small farm near Port Alfred. His father is an outdoorsman through and through so he had no choice in the early alignment of his interests. From the youngest age he had a curiosity to explore.

On arriving at Katse Dam for the 11th group of the season we were quite unsure of what the start of the trip would be like as the previous week it had rained most heavily, making the fishing tough with swollen rivers. Regardless, the guys on this trip were all veterans to yellow fishing, and...

Our trip started out in the village of Ha Lejone so that we could first fish the Malibamatsu river and its sister tributary the Motete . Our group consisted of Murray Pedder from Flyfishers Unlimited and 4 of his guests namely Ken, Alan, Martin and Thys. On arrival of the guests the rain Gods had...

Finally after two weeks we can finally say it seems the river is back to its old self again! The water has slowed down and the level is nice and low with the temperatures back in the late teens. This really bode well for our next group of guys who came into camp on Thursday...

So after all the rain the previous week we were a little nervous to see how the fishing would be this week. The weather forecast showed that it has cleared up but when we drove up the Mafika Lisiui Pass, which by the way is the catchment area for our river, on our way to...

From hero to zero. Thats what it felt like when we arrived back from Katse in camp after collecting the new guests. A complete opposite of what we experienced the last couple weeks! One spectacular low pressure system moved into the area and rendered the river into a raging torrent of muddy water! Nonstop heavy...

So after a little day off for the guides our next group arrived amped and ready to catch some Lesotho Yellows. We were joined by two lads from Port Elizabeth, Phil and Ken then last but not least, competitive angler Andre Smith from Johannesburg. No time was wasted and the guys climbed straight into the...