“Using the lightest reel possible makes some sense, since you’re constantly moving the reel while casting. An ounce of weight carried through the casting motion all day makes pounds of difference.” Scott Roederer, The Compleat Anglers’s Catalogue, 1985. Fishing the small streams near Cape Town often involves hiking into canyons…

Förchensee is a lake situated in a nature conservation area just south of Ruhpolding in Bavaria, around two hours southeast of Munich. This beautiful trout lake with its pristine, crystal clear water shimmering in shades of turquoise and emerald green, has been a long kept secret amongst the fly fishing…

The beauty of the Kwa-Zulu Natal Midlands and Drakensberg is well captured in these photographs submitted by Jean Bence a young, Cape Town based fly fisher. His photo-essay from a recent trip covers the Mooi River, the Bushman’s and the Tweedasiespruit. The images of him holding a nice-looking brown trout…

FROM NIGEL BENNETT I just wanted to share some feedback on a trip to Highland Lodge last week, as I know that you will be heading that way soon. Click in images to enlarge them The best fishing was at Bernards Dam and Spurwing Dam. We fished Syds one of the…

Scientific Anglers new Hover line Says Tom Lewin of Frontier Fly Fishing - I tried this line for the first time on a recent trip to Highland Lodge in the Eastern Cape and was blown away. Formulated on the iconic GPX taper, the Hover loads quickly, cuts through the wind…

A BEAUTIFUL RIVER IN THE EASTERN CAPE HIGHLANDS Tom Sutcliffe photos and text All photographs are the copyright of Tom Sutcliffe and may not be used without permission This is one of South Africa’s premier fly streams and the pictures of it here are in no particular order, shown only…

A couple of fly fishers have recently asked me why trout they take pictures of blow out ‘white’ losing all detail. The answer is that the scales on the side of a trout – or any fish for that matter – form a perfect mirror that reflects light straight back…

GREG CARSTENS REPORTS ON A RECENT TRIP TO THIS WONDERFUL VENUE Text and images by Greg Carstens One of the great things about being a fly fisherman is the endless pursuit of new places. This year fortune favoured us and we found ourselves in the Eastern Cape Highlands. Our hosts…

The Magic of Bamboo Edited by Todd E A Larson Clem Booth, a London-based friend and fellow bamboo fly rod fanatic, kindly posted me a copy of The Magic of Bamboo, a delightful collection of essays by 20 luminaries on the subject of split cane fly rods. What sets this…

Dean Riphagen reports from a trip to Highland Lodge where he had some of the best fly fishing of his life when he took a party of Frontier Fly Fishing clients to this amazing venue! Says Dean: The fishing was phenomenal – probably the best stillwater fishing I’ve had in…