It was an early morning because we switched from the Mnyera River Camp to the Ruhudji River. The Ruhudji is where I started last week. It’s a two hour jeep ride where you see lots of wildlife which this morning included enjoyable sightings of Lichtenstein Hartebeest and not so fun Tsetse flies. When we … Read more
I’ve known Oliver White for about 15 years. Not well however. Oliver moved to Jackson, Wyoming and worked for the fly shop down the street from the one I managed. He became a well known Snake River fishing guide but like most, eventually left Jackson for the “real world”. But he hit the real world … Read more
After yesterdays epic day of fishing, any experienced angler would be suspicious that today might stink. Furthermore, our beat today was the lower Mnyera River, the section where we had our worst fishing day last week. We’re mixing up fishing partners every day and today I was with John Elgee and guide Sven. As … Read more
After Steve landed his first tigerfish last night, a 13lber, I made it clear that this huge fish was not the norm. I didn’t want him to expect such incredible fish all week. That’s never a good thing. But after his second fish he must have thought I was joking with him. Steve and … Read more
Today was the end of the week for my first hosted group. Don, Linda and Mark boarded the charter for civilization at 11 AM and my second group of Steve Reem, John Elgee and Oliver White arrived. Naturally these guys were beat after forty hours of travel from the states. I helped them unpack their … Read more
How time flies – today was the last day of week one. You wait and plan for a year and then the trip itself goes past in a blink of an eye. The good news is it’s been a great one for everyone and we ended big with solid action, hamburgers and the premiere of … Read more
Today was back in the boat with Mark Del Frate. Mark and I fished together earlier this week over on the Ruhudji. You may remember we worked very hard for just couple nice fish. We hoped today would be a better one. We left camp very early with guide Greg. We were on the … Read more
It rained hard at 3 AM. The wind howled and our tent shook and flapped as if things were about to hit the fan like in India last May. Luckily, the mini storm was short lived and when I headed for coffee at 5:15 only a few puffy clouds lingered. Looks like we dodged a … Read more
After two challenging yet successful days on the Ruhudji River it was off to the Mnyera River. I must be more specific however, we went to a place I had the good fortune of fishing while here in 2010, the rapids, better known as the Garden of Eden. The rapids are one the most beautiful … Read more
In 2010 my friends Linda Newquist and Mark Del Frate joined me in the Amazon. I had a large group so the only time I got on the water with Mark was for two hours dangling piranha heads for catfish. The short session became memorable because I landed an impressive redtailed catfish. Being there’s just … Read more
Unless you’re unusual its hard to get good sleep the first night on the other side of the planet. Personally I use chemistry to get me on schedule. Therefore I was up early and refreshed at around 5:15 AM. I drank coffee on the edge of the Ruhudji River not far from our tent. I … Read more
This is my sixth fishing trip to Africa. Although only two were hardcore tigerfish trips, my three Nile Perch exploits to Egypt were filled with tigerfishing as well. Tigerfish are the most widespread and popular game fish of Africa. Many anglers are aware of this; however what they don’t know is that there are at … Read more