Long Hike Pays Dividends Fishing in Lesotho

The sun rises here in Lesotho just before 5 AM.  The birds go off like mad.  While winter approaches back home, the green of spring is full on in Southern Africa.  I live for the southern hemisphere when the days are cold and short back home.  We left early to fish a...

Return to Flyfishing in Lesotho

Its amazing what a good night’s rest will do after being completely exhausted.  I awoke this morning feeling sharp and after coffee with the FlyCastaway team we drove about an hour from our cabin here in Lesotho to a river they fish twice a year.  Once again, despite...

A Month Long Journey Officially Begins

I arrived in South Africa yesterday on my way to hosting a Yellow Dog trip to the Seychelles.  I’m visiting my friends Gerhard Laubscher and Ryan Hammond that own FlyCastaway, the outfit that operates Farquhar.  We planned months ago to fish for largemouth...

Fly Fishing in Lesotho

It will be difficult to return home in ten days to deal with winter and even harder to deal with the shortest days of the year.  I can’t stand short days.  Down here in Lesotho it gets light at 4 AM and I’m halfway through my coffee by 5.  And just like the last two...

Makhangoa Community Camp – Tourette Fishing

It was gorgeous around the beehive this morning on the premises of Clarens Inn Backpackers.  Granny and I have been up at crack a dawn which is around 5 every day this trip and we sipped coffee till 7.  Then friends Mark Murray and Stu fired up the Land Cruiser and we...