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. …
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 …
Nick picked me up at 4am and Saturday morning and we headed for Suncoast Casino where we were meeting a few of the guys from the Durban Fly Tyers club. At 5am we were on Casino Beach but hadn’t spotted any other fly fisherman. Undeterred we started flicking a fly while waiting for the others. …
After umming and ahhing for quite some time I bit the bullet and purchased myself a GoPro (well, in truth, it was actually a Christmas present from Sharon). This saw me heading down to Inanda Dam on Sunday morning to throw a fly for some bass and to test out its capabilities. This short video is …
Sunday started off with a little admin as I helped Nick patch up a few holes on his newly acquired boat. This was of course all worth it as we hooked it up to the Jeep and headed down to Inanda Dam to make sure it didn’t sink. This did of course mean that we …
Fresh off a week at Mkhuze Sharon and I were at it yet again, only this time we were heading for the mountains to overnight in Zulu Cave. The original plan had been a hike to Marble Baths but sadly it was booked and we were forced into plan B. We met Lyall, Caroline and …
Sharon and I jumped out of bed like eager kids on Christmas morning. After freshening up we climbed into the car and headed over to my mom’s house where we had a quick breakfast and then got down to opening presents. Sharon spoiled me immensely with a beautiful telescope for our trip to Mkhuze. Sadly …
Long weekends are made to be taken advantage of and this particular one was no exception. With Friday being a public holiday I’d agreed to monitor the stocking of several NFFC waters by Bushman’s River Trout. So at 6am Sharon and I took a leisurely drive to the Giant’s Castle area where we met John. …
Sharon picked me up from the office at 4 and we headed straight for Underberg stopping only to grab some KFC for dinner. The weather was miserable with thick mist and heavy rain. Thankfully there wasn’t much traffic on the roads, especially after we’d passed through Hillcrest. That said, driving my ‘favourite’ road in the …