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Cosmoledo Season Roundup Part 3 Week 14 saw the return of many familiar faces that have visited Cosmoledo before. George Mabreger started the week with a splendid one metre GT,

Cosmoledo Season Roundup Part 2 Week 8 and 9 of the season was used to give the fishery a bit of a mid-season break. We invited a few special guests

Apart from my constant intrigue to tie and try new fly patterns each season, there is a clear set of dry flies that make up my chalkstream fly fishing box

Cosmoledo Season Roundup Part 1 The first week of the 2019-2020 Cosmoledo season welcomed 10 anglers who were met with testing conditions. However, it certainly wasn’t all doom and gloom

I have been beguiled by fishing since the age of four. There was something about seeing those shapes in the water and wanting to somehow connect with them. I don’t

Whenever I get asked what my most memorable fish was, suddenly visions of multiple fishing trips come flooding back to me. There are so many wonderful moments that I could

The 2020 Rio Grande season is officially over at Villa Maria Lodge, and although cut a bit short, it was certainly a season to be remembered!  We can say, with

A few weeks earlier than expected, we have finished up this year’s season at Kau Tapen for obvious reasons. The COVID-19 pandemic has quickly become the center of everyone’s lives

I love fishing in Tanzania and the age of my car is a direct result of “having” to go back to fish the Mnyera and the Ruhudji “just once more”.

Oh For The Love of Trout As the world of fly fishing has evolved, we are now able chase bigger, nastier and more exotic species than ever before. Huge flies

Owen River Lodge is situated on New Zealand’s South Island and specialises in offering guests a five star service whilst fishing one of the world’s finest sight fishing destinations for

I think there is a defining moment in your fly fishing career when you find which of the many forms becomes your passion. I had been an obsessive fly fisherman