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SALTWATER GURU ADVICE, WASTE NOT WANT NOT GEAR, AN AWARD-WINNING PODCAST, & INCREDIBLE AUCTION ITEMS
CHECK OUT… …KYLE REED’S NEW YOUTUBE SERIES on saltwater fly fishing covering subjects from gear selection to pretrip tackle prep. Formerly based in the Seychelles running remote saltwater fly fishing destinations like Astove, Kyle and his better half Jess are now managing The Delphi Club in the Bahamas. Whether it’s the Indian Ocean or the Caribbean, saltwater fly fishing is his day job so you can be sure his info is legit, having been tested over the years in the best saltwater fly fishing destinations on the planet. youtube.com
TAKE A CLOSER LOOK… … AT PATAGONIA’S colour options on various pieces of gear and apparel on their site. In between shades like “Pigeon Blue” and “Owl Brown,” you might come across a skewbald jacket or a harlequin Black Hole Cube. If that piece of gear has the ‘Multi’ descriptor, it is made from leftover bits and bobs of material from the company’s various product runs. There’s nothing wrong with the material, they just did not have enough of one colour to make a uniform product. So, instead of throwing them out, Patagonia’s designers used them to make gear that is far from uniform, but also far from boring. patagonia.com
LISTEN TO THE … … INTO THE OKAVANGO podcast. Winner of the 2021 Best Narrative Nonfiction Podcast Award at the Tribeca Film Festival, this brilliantly produced series by Cat Jaffee of the House of Pod takes you on a journey of discovery that combines local legends and folk-lore in the fabled Okavango Delta with critical conservation initiatives across the region. Backed by National Geographic and the Wild Bird Trust, it is narrated by Angolan biologist Kerllen Costa and features a range of characters from Dr Steve Boyes (who led the 1500-mile that was turned into the 2018 documentary Into the Okavango) and Koketso Mookodi a Botswanan who has come of age, living and working in the Delta. We’re on our way there to fish for tigerfish in the barbel run so the incredible eco-system of this area is very much top of mind for us. wildbirdtrust.com/guardians-of-the-river
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