The Deka Big Five
This feature is an extension from the previous post about a trip to the Deka Drum area in Zambia. Tips about the flies we used to catch numerous fish species and the things we did for fun in between the fishing is described. Five flies worked particularly well for all the fish species we targeted in […]
Deka at 10 mm
Photo essay of a fly camp to the Zambezi Deka Drum above Lake Kariba (all photographs by Leonard Flemming, unless credited otherwise) (This is the first of a series of articles that will describe my experience in the Deka area) Well-travelled African fishing and hunting explorers, Alex Jordaan and Russell De La Harpe (from Zambia and […]
Tiger Hunt – by Thomas Andrews
Text by Thomas Andrews (photos by Thomas Andrews and Tourette Fishing) I’ve been fascinated by African tigerfish for most of my angling life, even though I live half a world away in Australia. I don’t remember where I first learned about them, but it was many years ago and once I’d discovered them I wanted to […]
The Victoria Nile
Uganda… Where do I begin? An incredible country of colourful markets, genuinely happy people and shit roads. Our expedition up the Rwenzoris was successful. We’d summited Africa’s third highest peak, spent some time cruising Queen Elizabeth National Park in our Toyota Hi-Ace, now nicknamed The Green Jacuzzi – I’m still not sure how it came […]
Tigerfish by Dale Steyn
More fishing action from South African cricketer Dale Steyn…Dale, you are invited to join the Feathers and Fluoro team for some fishing.
Hippo charge
This is a short movie clip of a male hippo charging a boat on the Chobe River in Botswana – note how fast this animal is moving under the water. I’ve experienced a similar scenario while drifting down a river in southern central Africa. The difference between this movie clip and my experience is that the hippo actually got […]
The ‘fine art’ of flyfishing – proudly South African
A Zambezi tigerfishing experience
