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Grunters At Night
Going farther and/or deeper doesn’t always guarantee you fish, because the best time for man to fish, isn’t always the best time for the fish to feed. With a busy 9 to 5, I can’t go fishing whenever I...
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Glow bugs
I got bored one evening and thought I should try something new. Since the idea of Grunter fishing at night came into being, the idea of tying glow in the dark flies was born with it… I have to admit, I...
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Colombia: Trucha in the hills
They were small but I found them! A stunning stream that reminded a lot of a Cape Stream, although the massive wax palms in the background did make it rather unique. The Rio Quindio runs high, cold...
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Golden Grand Slam at Alphonse
Alphonse Island Celebrates a New World Record Achievement The almost impossible feat of a “Golden Grand Slam” has been achieved whilst fishing St François atoll. Fourth–season Alphonse fishing guide,...
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Transkei
I’ll be spending this coming week fishing this lovely piece of water on the Transkei Coast. It’s a river that my old man cut his teeth on and one which I haven’t returned to in more than five years!...
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Kei Times
While the did not produce the hoped for results with a fly rod. There were some stunning fish caught. And the research has been done for a future. Africanus is an outside possibility but the river, I’m...
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This is where we are going this week…
Just thought I’d make you all a little jealous… Kosi Bay. Pete will be chasing Giants up and down that beach… While I chase everything that waves its tail me on this atoll…. See you all in a week… :p
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Fishing Crab Patterns – Part 1
I have been fascinated by crab patterns since my first Seychelles trip way back in 2002. It was a long time ago and as ‘green behind the ears’, fresh out of school youngster I had very little idea...
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The biggest ever.
Im not usually a GT kind of guy. Tug of war in the tropics doesn’t require that much, its a hook up and hold. But in the surf its a whole different fish, sport, everything. Add scarcity, 2m+ swell...
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Farquhar day 4
Jack Samson, once editor of Field and Stream once wrote about Saltwater Fly Fishing that his love with the sport was visual. That fly fishing in the salt was 95% looking and searching, and 5% fishing....
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Two Loop Knots You Should be Using
Two loops you should be using to tie Flies to Leaders… Over the years I have used and tested a fair few knots. One of the biggest debates is what knot to use when tying a fly to the leader. The first...
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Grunter Thoughts
I happened upon one of my journals this past weekend. It’s from 2009 mostly and figured it’d make an interesting read. As I was paging through it having a chuckle at odd insights and strange thoughts,...
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Take an intermission from life and watch this now…
A video like this could make me quit life and become a total fly fishing bum… Must be one of the sickest video montages I have come across!
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