Euro Nymphing for Trout and Smallmouth Yellowfish in South Africa: A Complete Guide – Part 2 Casting and Drift Techniques

Part 1 of this guide explores the fundamentals of Euro Nymphing for trout and Smallmouth Yellowfish in South Africa, with a specific focus on leader construction. It explains why Euro […]
Euro Nymphing for Trout and Smallmouth Yellowfish in South Africa: A Complete Guide – Part 1 Leaders

Euro Nymphing has proven to be an incredibly effective technique for targeting trout and smallmouth yellowfish in small streams and rivers. South Africa offers a wealth of conditions for this […]
Tactics to Find and Catch Stillwater Trout

When approaching a stillwater, you have to think about searching for the fish in three dimensions. The next step is establishing the preferred retrieval speed and fly profile that results […]
How to Find Rainbow and Brown Trout in South African Stillwaters

This series of articles will help you find trout in South African stillwaters by discussing a four-step approach: finding the fish, the depth, the retrieve, and the fly. After this […]
My Journey Into Fly Tying

I’m not certain of when exactly I started tying my own flies, but I can tell you that it has been an incredibly enriching experience. It has humbled me, kept […]
Bosnian Grayling On Dry

Occasionally you see a photo of a fish that you just know you have to catch yourself. I regularly find myself drooling over other people’s fish on social media – […]
Brown Trout and Gurus – Part 1

This blog series is all about my encounters with wild brown trout in rivers in South Africa, Spain and New Zealand. Their unique behaviour I have seen, the techniques I […]
Grunter On Fly – This is Why I Love Fly Fishing

One of the most exciting aspects of fly fishing is targeting a new fish species. Targeting fish that are notoriously difficult or “almost impossible” is even more exciting. Recently, I […]