Tonight at 8 PM EST I will be giving one of my FREE Online Series PowerPoint Presentations sponsored by Fly Fishers International. This evenings program is “Amazing Diversity – Fly Fishing in South Africa” and features some of my enjoyable visits ranging from the saltwater fly fishing along the Garden Route, trout fishing near Dullstroom … 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
The Clarens Inn roosters had us up before 5 AM today. Some people get worked up over such but I grew up raising Rhode Island Reds and I wish I had some roosters back home in Victor. The early start had us ready to rock to begin the last chapter of this southern Africa adventure. … Read more
Anthony and Ed took Granny and I out on the Port Elizabeth estuary today. The Port Elizabeth estuary is the 2nd richest in all of South Africa. Our plan of attack was to hit all the spotted grunter hot spots as possible in hopes to fool one of them into eating a fly. You may … Read more
The sounds around camp here on the Gourits River in South Africa last night put me in a deep sleep. Granny and I were serenaded by frogs, birds, jackals and more all night long. I woke up bright at 5 AM and made some instant coffee and kicked back and worked on the blog while … Read more
Our South African adventure isn’t a week old yet and we’ve done lots. We have our travel groove on thanks to Craig and Coreta Smith. They’ve shown us a beautiful piece of the Garden Route along the coast of South Africa. But today Craig and Coreta drove us north away from the sea and into … Read more
We said bye to Knysna, South Africa early this morning and traveled with Craig and Coreta west over an hour to visit their friends Chris and Teresa. Their friends have a house on top a cliff overlooking the ocean about a half hour past the famous Mossel Bay. Their view is stunning. We’re staying here … Read more
There was barely a cloud in the sky this morning when we left Craig and Coreta’s house for fishing. Today was an exploratory in search of tailing spotted grunter. Craig knew of some flats about a half hour from Knysna, South Africa which put us at a river mouth and estuary near Sedgefield. The entrance … Read more