NFFC Members Day

NFFC Members Day

Sunday morning was the much anticipated NFFC club day and I climbed out of bed at 5am. Nick met me at Plantations at 5:30am and we were soon joined by Hans who had requested to fish with us at Pump Dam. Hans was kind enough to offer to drive so we climbed into his Fortuna …

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Cape Vidal

Cape Vidal

At 4am on Friday morning Nick pulled into the Plantations parking lot to pick me up for an epic long weekend at Cape Vidal. The Baha Boys had teamed up with the Durban Fly Tyers for a fly fishing trip that was certainly not to be forgotten. We vigorously packed the car and then headed …

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Glengarry, Giant’s Castle and Kamberg

Glengarry, Giant’s Castle and Kamberg

Things got off to a ropey start when Sharon woke up sick at 3am. “This can’t be good,” the fisherman in me thought. Thankfully after taking a few pills she climbed back into bed and we managed to doze for another hour or so until we climbed out of bed at 4:30am. We packed the …

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Rocky Bay Fly Fishing

Rocky Bay Fly Fishing

My alarm went off at 3:45am on Sunday. Ouch! After rubbing the sleep from my eyes I climbed into my car, started the engine, and cruised quietly towards Rocky Bay. On route I was treated to the most amazing shooting star right in front of the car. Quietly I prayed that this would be a …

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Casino Beach Bashing

Casino Beach Bashing

If you ever studied science you’ll know about potential energy. Well that’s exactly what public holidays are…potential energy. All that needs to be done to them is to convert them into kinetic energy, which is exactly what Nick, Hayden and I did when we headed for the beach to do some salt water fly fishing. …

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Float Tube Testing (And Bass Fishing)

Float Tube Testing (And Bass Fishing)

The weekend got off to a good start with a morning’s fishing at Inanda Dam. Nick picked me up and, after a quick stop at McDonalds, we headed for the water where we met up with Gavin and a mate of his. Things got off to a very interesting start when we spotted a spear …

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A Tough Morning At Prairie

A Tough Morning At Prairie

Having played four league matches in a row I was feeling a little tender and in desperate need of a relaxing evening. Friday thankfully provided just that, so we turned down a few braai invitations and instead spent the evening relaxing on our couch. But rest is for the wicked and so I dragged myself …

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Beer Brewing

Beer Brewing

On Sunday afternoon we headed over to Nick’s place to try out the new Baha Boys beer brewing kit. We smashed down a few burgers and then got down to the real business of beer brewing. All was going well until we discovered, with 20 odd liters of fluid in our barrel, that our tap was faulty. …

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Harcore Harbouring

Harcore Harbouring

Nick and I, never defeated, found ourselves back in the Durban harbour on Saturday morning. Rather than wade the banks (again) we’d opted to fish off of the newly acquired boat in the hope of picking up some pickhandle barracuda in the silt canal. Immediately there was some excitement with a lot of small kingies …

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