I love night flights home when I can fish all day before boarding the plane. And this is exactly what Jerry and I did today with our guide friends Daniel Factor and Craig Richardson. Craig is my South African friend that guides out of my home town during the summer. We traveled a mere … Read more
South Africa has more varieties of fishing to offer than you can imagine ranging from the trout fishing you’ve seen this week near Dullstroom to the bass fishing and saltwater fishing I did down south back in 2015. But one place I’ve always wanted to fish is the Vaal River. Today I finally got to … Read more
For the first time this week here in South Africa we had a casual start to the day. We got up around 6 AM and headed into Dullstroom and had a proper breakfast. Then we drove about 20 minutes out of Dullstroom to Belfast and negotiated dirt roads to the Belfast Dam. We launched Dan’s … Read more
I managed to beat the jetlag the first two days here in South Africa. That’s because we’ve been so busy. But when Daniel Factor knocked on my door at Nooitgedacht Lodge at 4:05 AM this morning my body rebelled. I didn’t know where I was and dang sure didn’t want to wake up. But then … Read more
Though a few days ago the forecast predicted some unnerving thunderstorms it appears the weather will be good for us all week here in the Dullstrom area of South Africa. Its good for us but bad for the region. This area is in severe drought and would welcome any rain they can get. Today we … Read more
“Trout fishing in South Africa?”, that was the surprised response I got the last few weeks when I told friends that’s what I was up to over Thanksgiving. But it’s true and after the grueling 36 hours of travel to get here, I’m near Dullstrom, South Africa, the trout fishing capital of Africa. More … Read more
It wasn’t long ago; around mid-September I remember, that despite being prime fishing season in Idaho, I was working too much and not fishing enough. Many were concerned but I said don’t worry. I knew that from late September until mid-December an epic fishathon was coming. Well I wasn’t joking. Today, with last week’s … Read more
A reminder while I’m behind on blogs because of fishing the flats of Belize at Turneffe Flats Lodge! Every shopper struggles to come up with gifts for the angler that has everything. Purchasers end up buying something anglers already have or don’t want. Luckily, my products, starting with my famous fish coffee mugs, have been … Read more
I’ve said it too many times on this blog over the years, “Sometimes you just need to laugh”. That quote pertains often to dreadful weather. It doesn’t matter what trip you’re on or how far from home or how much the trip costs. Weather is weather and there’s nothing you can do about it. “Monsoon … Read more
After yesterday we’re used to torrential rain so the drizzle this morning wasn’t bad. The weather sort of faked us out like it would be ok today. That’s because the wind was howling straight from the west and at Turneffe Flats Lodge your protected. But when we left the lodge with our new guide, Erwin, … Read more
We had three days of great sunny weather here at Turneffe Flats Lodge in Belize. Now the blue skies are gone. Last night I could feel the barometric pressure drop and hear the increase in wind. This morning we awoke to full on downpour, a cold front and a 27 mph wind from the northwest. … Read more
It was another nice morning here at Turneffe Flats. There were some clouds in the horizon but nothing to fear. After a big breakfast Granny and I headed to the dock where we met our new guide, Kimbrel. Kimbrel likes the tarpon and off we went to his haunts. Last time Granny was in … Read more