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GET YOUR HEAD AROUND… …BUMPIES ON DRY FLY

Yes, you read that correctly. Over at The Mission Blog, Peter Coetzee interviews Tim Babich – head guide at FlyCastaway – on developments at Providence where bumphead parrotfish have recently been caught on floating flies that imitate turtlegrass seedpods. To put this into perspective, ordinarily bumpies are targeted with crab patterns. Getting them to eat a dry fly? Unheard of. themissionblog.com

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The Malagarasi River

Xplorer Fly Fishing are living up to the brand name with an xciting xpedition to the Malagarasi River in Tanzania. Unlike other well-known Tanzanian rivers that run east, the Malagarasi starts from up near the border of Burundi and then runs south-west before feeding into Lake Tanganyika. Xplorer has three prime weeks locked down in October to drift a section of the Malagarasi and fish for Tanzanian tigerfish (like the fat boi pictured here), vundu, and local yellowfish species. Email retail@xplorerflyfishing.co.za to find out more.

GET YOUR STILLWATER TROUT CHEAT CODE… …WITH FLYGENIK’S GAMECHANGERS

Gamechangers are nothing new, but Blane Chocklett’s revolutionary pattern is not something that’s readily available in most South African fly shops because, well, they take time and skill to tie. If you’re not going to tie them yourself but you want to stock your fly boxes for the upcoming winter trout season, check out the beauties being tied by Kevin Short/@FlyGenik who clearly has the skill and the time. He also ties larger versions for targeting largemouth yellowfish. instagram.com/flygenik