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…

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…

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…

AMAZING FLY FISHING IN GRAAFF-REINET! Here is an update from Pierre Swartz on what has been happening in Graaff-Reinet. (Click in the images to enlarge them) Pierre Swartz tubing Nqweba dam The Nqweba dam has been fishing extremely well since the start of the season in October 2012 which is…

14 APRIL 20134 NEWSLETTER FIELDSPORTS OFFERS THE WORLD’S ULTIMATE FLY FISHING DESTINATIONS IN ONE MAGAZINE! I just received copies of this magnificent ‘bookazine’ from the editor, Marcus Janssen. It’s 148 glossily illustrated pages are straight from the stuff of dreams; premier fly fishing destinations from around the world, each with…

WHAT TROUT WANT – The Educated Trout and other Myths by Bob Wyatt I enjoyed this book as much, if not more, than Bob Wyatt’s previous work, Trout Hunting – The Pursuit of Happiness. In What Trout Want, Wyatt demolishes two long held beliefs in fly fishing that had their…

AN AMAZING HATCH… Despite the ominous presence of a looming thunder storm, this caenis hatch came off one afternoon recently over the island on Birkhall dam in the Eastern Cape Highlands. The hatch was an impressive sight. Normally caenis will not hatch in windy, trouble conditions. (Click inside images to…