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Insights, tips and secrets…

Egg Sucking Leech?

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Egg Sucking Leech by-Jason-Heyne

Featured pic by Tom Sutcliffe from The Spirit of FlyFishing. Thank you Jason Heyne aka The Bear for this flying fly fishing piece on Egg Sucking Leeches.

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Video: Evan Phillips baby GT and Chelsea Dog Attack Behaviour

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Evan Phillips with his Umzimkulu Estuary baby Geet about to be released

Video: Evan Phillips baby GT and Chelsea Dog Attack Behaviour In this video shot on a morning fishing trip on the Umzimkulu River – young Evan Phillips gets his baby GT. And we catch Chelsea Dog Attack Behaviour red-handed on camera. Again! A few pics of the Umzimkulu Marina, in Port Shepstone, where we are … Read more

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Casting lesson #1: look behind you before you throw

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Our casting clown in full glory

All the gear and no idea! This happens a lot in fishing and you really need to watch out for clowns who don’t look before they cast.

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Captain Matt Wainwright on the Umzimkulu

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Fishing the brown water in KZN: Matt Wainwright down on the water at the Umzimkulu Marina with a fresh kob

Captain Matt Wainwright on the Umzimkulu – “It’s my favourite place to fish away from home!” Matt Wainwright has been coming down the south coast to Port Shepstone from his home waters off Durban, for quite some time now. He used to just fish with us on the Niteshift, but soon he was towing his … Read more

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The day the “mojo” worked: The Sailfish Interprovincial by Captain Len Mathews

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Another beautiful Sailfish lives to tell the tale

The day the “mojo” worked: The Sailfish Interprovincial by Captain Len Mathews Mydo team rider Captain Len Mathews checks in with a fantastic roundup of his teams recent success at the 2018 Sailfish Interprovincial held at Sodwana recently. It is an extremely technical and thorough reference as to what it takes to consistently catch more … Read more

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