KZN province, South Africa Since mid November, when last I commented on conditions in the KZN midlands, there has been little improvement when it comes to the drought conditions.
We are now in the throes of our full su...
KZN province, South Africa August fly fishing this year, if you will allow me to generalise, was not good at all. I donât know what it was that caused this. It was generally warm, but that in itself should not be a ...
Nottingham Road, KZN province, South Africa I am afraid it is not good news. The word on the lips of every farmer and fisherman in âdroughtâ. When I wrote a report a few weeks ago, I did mention that it was ver...
Nottingham Road, KZN province, South Africa Here in the KZN midlands we have suffered the drought and the heat like the rest of South Africa this season. In fact, in the first week or so of January, we had the highest te...
KZN, South Africa While I had a ball of a time in the autumn, I had a slow patch through July when it comes to fly fishing. There was a lot of work, a family holiday and some time under general anaesthetic thrown in ther...
KZN Midlands, South Africa My Grandfather used to give up drinking liquor for one month of the year. He did it to prove (to himself and anyone who cared) that he was not dependant on the stuff.
Of course he was ragged m...
KZN Midlands, South Africa KZN Midlands, Trout:
October has been a difficult month to pin down. I say that because of the weather, and as you by now know, I comment as much in these columns on the weather as I do on t...
KZN Midlands, South Africa My wife and I went up to Highmoor for a walk last week-end. We strolled to the lookout over the Ncibidwane valley. When I am fishing at Highmoor, I see many couples doing this. I always wonder...
KZN Midlands, South Africa The Natal Fly Fisher's club posts its quarterly fishing returns summary, 30 days after the end of each quarter. That summary was posted to their website today (within the member area, accessibl...
KZN Midlands, South Africa Since I last wrote, we have had pockets of storms here and there, in the normal unpredictable summer way of things. Then on Monday of this week, it seems that just about everyone had a âhu...
KZN Midlands, South Africa March was, I think, a little warmer and arguably wetter than is often the case. I hesitate to say that because like comments on global warming, these things are often our interpretation and are...
KZN Midlands, South Africa The river fishing petered out at the end of the season. As the hills got browner, the browns got scarcer. I guess that is what happens at the end of the season. It is however a little surprisin...
Nottingham Road, KZN Midlands, South Africa It has been characteristically hot in January. That is kind of how we expect it. Big storms and lots of cloud cover in December, with a killer storm around Christmas day or so....
Veneto's province, veneto, Italy Awesome weekend spent in dolomites chasing marbles and hybrids in that special beautiful location! Clear water, sospicious fishes and really strong to get ...
This is what i mean about f...
"With the authorization of Nahuel Huapi National Park´s
Authorities, the Tourism Office and the Wildlife Guard of Neuquén´s Province,
we were able to do a survey in different parts of the area affected by the ash.
It ...
FD: How was this project born? Where does the name Kuntur come from?Santiago: My name is Santiago Derendinger and I am the creator of Kuntur Fly Fishing. The name Kuntur means Condor (bird of prey) in the Quechua languag...
About fifteen years ago, a friend of mine came home to order ten dozen of flies. I checked out the list of flies and realized he hadn’t ordered any Soft Hackle. I told him so and he just said, “I don’t like those, ...
Growing up
an avid angler, I have always had an urge for new species of game fish that I
could improve my skills with. I have found that with each new body of water and
species, that my knowledge and more importantly, m...
Fd: You have been travelling for months in dream destinations. What can you tell us about fly fishing the famed Skeena and Dean rivers? Adam: Even if these venues didn’t provide such prolific catches, I’d still cons...
Cacique Valentín SayhuequeLORD OF THE APPLE COUNTRY -THE LAST GREAT CHIEF (1818 - 1903).Son of Chief Chocori an Araucanian Indian and Tehuelche mother. He was the most important Mapuche chief in the area and ...
Located in the province of Neuquén, in Argentina, its name comes from Tomás Falkner, an English Jesuit missionary priest and explorer of the XVIII century.It was a hot day with a flat surface lake. A sot warm wind ros...
Lake Strobel is located in the plateau of Patagonia, in the middle of the Santa Cruz province in Argentina. Its name comes from the missionary Jesuit priest Matías Strobel, who worked in North Patagonia in the mid XVIII...
“Because we dared follow our heart we changed part of history” - Mark Dubois“When I’m not afraid to die I’m free to do anything” - Mark DuboisMy early years in San Martín de los Andes
were uniquely special, ...
Nature lover, true fly fisherman and an exquisite photographer with a special sensitivity, he shows his three passions in his fantastic fly fishing images that have gone around the world. He has collaborated with Nationa...
I will speak about the fishing in a few lines but let me tell you something else. After some years of travelling slowly over “The Plateau of the Death” (La Meseta de la Muerte”), the local name of the Strobel field...
River Nera is one of the best (if not "THE" best) rivers in Central Italy. It crosses three different regions (Marche, Umbria, Latium), entering river Tiber not far from Orte, one of the many small villages scattered all...
Five years have passed since my last trip through the Yelcho Lake area. From that moment, the tales of fishing for Tuna and Sierra fish in the sea always resounded in my mind, and it is just 45 km away from the Yelcho Lo...
As a fishing guide of course I have to offer my place as much as I can but let me be objective about the coming season 2012/13. While the last two seasons had been ruled by a low water condition, due mainly of a poor win...
It might be his different way of seeing things, his unique perception of existence, his profuse creativity or spellbinding storytelling that is so appealing. When Mel spoke you listened, became a believer and hoped to be...
Below we expose those we consider
are most important, might help you know the region a little more and may make
you choose it as your next fly fishing destination.
1.
San Martín de los Andes. The perfect town progra...
This is a tribute to my friend Billy Pate who died on April 19 at the age of 81. The name Billy Pate is linked with incredible, mind blowing, fly fishing records, as well as with the renowned Billy Pate Fly Reels made b...
Dave and Amelia Jensen have been working in the fly-fishing world for nearly 20 years as guides, lodge owners, writers, photographers & videographers. Here's some info on their latest project, something trout anglers...
Fd: What can you tell us about your new book: Wild Trout? Wild Trout is a bilingual (English and Spanish) book that covers the basic aspects of the biology of wild trout in Patagonia. Its 300 pages show unique photos acc...
In the beginning I have to ask myself where is the end of the world? Fly
fisherman travel the world in search of the last untouched, unspoilt wilderness
hoping to fish waters that no-one has fished before.Not only compet...
CATCH AND
RELEASE: HOW IT CAME TO BEToday, it is
hard to imagine a quality fishery where fly fishers do not return their catch to the water
alive. This is the standard on the rivers in Patagonia. Releasing their fish is
...
This year started as it should, great fishing, good people and wild places. After guiding many years with my friends of Loop Adventures I started my own business working sometimes alone and some others with colleagues. G...
The Gaspé region of the eastern Canadian
province of Québec has long been known for its magnificent ocean vistas sweeping along an extensive coastline and, inland, beautiful pine-clad mountains. It is also world-famo...
The story of Ralf Bünnings epic solo-trip on the Råstoätno in 2007 was the inspiration for our adventure. (on the german flyfishing forum) http://www.fliegenfischer-forum.de/pdf/rast2007.pdfWe wanted to do something ...
The last house of the small village was some 20 minutes ago and we have driven through an uninhabited landscape following a rocky and sandy track. Huge holes in the asphalt – survived here and there as souvenir of old,...
Patagonia is an immense, yet sparsely populated region in southern South America. It is home to the world’s longest continental mountain range, while also encompassing the seventh largest desert on earth. Words can...
A few days fishing in the north of the Neuquén province, in Argentina, made us realize that we can still dream about Patagonia and other sites that have not yet lost the magic that enchanted Darwin in his trips.We were ...
Internationally known as Willy, there is no need to say his surname to know who we are talking about. He has been a guide for 30 years in Bariloche, Esquel, Rio Grande and in several countries, for instance, in Venezuela...