CONTENTS

38. VALLEY OF FLAMES

In a tale that spans bass, bluegill, garage pies and half-spoken lies, Jazz Kuschke and LeRoy Botha make a meal of their fishing in a bushed-in secret valley and learn something about themselves in the process. Or do they?

50. SATANIC PAPAYAS

Like Batman and the Joker(s) Peter Coetzee relishes doing battle with triggerfish. Having studied his frenemies up close and personal all over the world (including gyotakuing one into an artwork) when Pete encountered a behemoth yellow margin triggerfish in the Maldives, he was ready.

54. HIGHLAND TRIBE

When Matt Kennedy joined his dad on a trip to fabled Highland Lodge in the Eastern Cape, not only was it a coming of age moment in terms of family tradition, but for Matt an initiation of a different sort was also on the cards. One that involved doubledigit stillwater trout.

66. THE 4TH PERMIT

We speak to Oliver White and Jako Lucas about their experience in Oman chasing down the reef-dwelling, musselloving Trachinotus africanus, aka ‘the 4th permit’.

76. TROUT BOXING

We sent Leonard Flemming off to tackle African Waters’ inaugural Bokong Flyathlon in Lesotho with a clear brief: catch all the fish, drink all the beer, crush the opposition, win the race. Fighting altitude, ego and a field of trail-running racing snakes, it didn’t go quite as planned.

Regular Features

30. High Fives 86. Salad Bar 94. Pay Day 98. Lifer

The Next Generation

Ask a group of experienced anglers to name the greatest dry fly rod of all time, and the T&T Paradigm is sure to be mentioned more than once. Over twenty years later, we’ve followed the same inspiration that made the original into a legend to create a new Paradigm for the 21st century.

THE PARADIGM SERIES, 5 MODELS FROM 3 - 6 WEIGHT

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