Last year’s announcement by the 3M Company of their intention to acquire Ross Reels, the US-based manufacturer of high quality fly fishing reels, has now come about and this well-recognised fly fishing brand now becomes the stable-mate of 3M’s other iconic brand – Scientific Anglers. Read more…
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Riding High: A season on fly
This seriously has to be one of the best fly fishing films I have ever seen. Well worth the watch and I am sure, like me, you will be waiting with baited breath for the full length feature to come out.
Check out the preview here.
Fishing fly under a mackerel sky
John DiFrancesco with a 27kg Spanish mackerel caught on fly off the coast of Maningrida, Arnhemland.
The Abel #4 screamed in protest as near on 300mtrs of braid followed the Tropic Express fly line and headed off into the distance as John tried to keep his fingers clear of the knuckle busting direct drive fly reel. The #10 Loomis Cross Current was well and truly loaded and the scene was set for one hell of a battle.
I watched on closely as the backing on the reel got dangerously low. Read more…
Been a long time coming!
I have a confession to make and it doesn’t have anything to do with breaking any laws. Well, at least none that I am aware of anyway.
You see, it has been over two months since I have had my boat anywhere near the water. I blame the three W’s. Work. Weather. Websites.
Since early January this year, my work, the weather and the websites I run have pretty well kept me on dry land. Don’t get me wrong. I have still been fishing. Things aren’t that bad, but on the occasions I have fished they have either been in other people’s boats or they have been land-based, due to time constraints. Read more…
Mumbo Magic
It was with great anticipation that a mate of mine Anthony, a primary school teacher who suffers one of the cruellest cases of Fishalitis I have been witness to in many a year, and I launched “Cud-jingaa” my 5m GS Marine Hydracraft from the community Barge landing of Maningrida. Our destination was to be a large rocky bommie known as “Mumbo” that is 8klms from the barge landing. Mambo is roughly 1klm long and no more than 50 mtrs across, however only 60 mtrs is exposed at low tide. Around this rock I have caught a variety of fish with the most common being trevally, queen fish, mackerel, sharks (bronze whalers) and a few coral trout. Read more…
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