Freshwater fishing

Steffan reflects on a couple of memorable encounters with sea trout – one that got away and the one that did not… I am using artistic licence and given that

In lock down, what better way to get a travel fix; live vicariously through the experiences of others. Take a quick trip down memory lane to New Zealand. New Zealand

It’s a big world out there. I have spent the better part of my life travelling around it and trying to experience as much of the fishing it has to

Fresh or Salt? A question I am often asked, it takes no time to consider the answer, freshwater fly fishing for me. Don’t get me wrong, the idea of wading

Steffan shares with us how he got into fishing and his first piscatorial memories of sea trout and brown trout, some of which are certainly a little suspect… I had

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

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