Recent content by bastion

Hi All, I will be going on a trip to fly fish the Zambezi for the first time in the last week of july. We will be based at Shackletons lodge and fishing the surronding regions of the river. I have fished for Tigers and Bream on the Kavango in Namibia, but have no experience of the Zambez. From...

Hi Guys, I had a lot of fun this summer targetting smoothhounds at langebaan for the first time. I just wanted to know if these guys are still targettable from the shore during winter at Langebaan? If not, how much longer would we have before they "disappear"? Thanks Grant

143cm TL (12.92kg - ORI) female, caught on Mullet/Chokka combo. Tag No. ORI-A145300 168cm TL (22.71Kg - ORI) female, caught on Mullet, Chokka, Spatchcocked Pilchard head with brains mashed with a chokka mallet (Just kept adding stuff to the bait and kept throwing it back out till it was big...

HI Everyone, I have been looking at prices of the Trinidad DC's in the States, and it seems they have dropped a lot. Do you think this is to do with the Trinidad A on the market, ie is it superior technology to the DC? I know that the Trini A doesn't have all the Digital Conrtol stuff, but...

Cptyfly and I went out to Langebaan for the day. We started off with a bit of fly fishing for sand sharks on the prawn banks and each got one, and then later in the morning stopped in town, got some bait and went off to Spreeuwalle for some sharks action. It started a bit slow with no action...

Hi guys, does anyone know where i can find a clik pawl for my Shimano Torium 30 (Part nbr 330)? The one I have is worn and the ratchet is very quiet. I have tried the local cape town stores that i know, but none seem to have it. Cheers Grant.

Sharkskin and I went up to Langebaan to target some Smoothhounds and whatever else would bite. We arrived in Langebaan just after seven and while driving through town we noticed one of the tackle shops open (Not sure the name, but it's next to the pet store). What?? This early?? Sweet! So we...

Hi there guys, I have been fishing for sharks now for the whole of last season and now the beginning of this season, and have caught a bronzie and a small eagle ray. It accurate to say that I am very new to this whole thing. Since catching my first bronzie i have got the  bug even more and so...

Hi All, Apologies for posting in the wrong forum section but when I try in the Reel Maintenance section it tells me i am blocked from posting in that section. I have a Shimano Torium 30 that has a very quiet ratchet when the ratchet is turned on. It used to be louder but has gotten quieter...

Kevin (Sharkskin), Bossi and Myself spend the day at Macassar yesterday. We arrived at about 06h00 and drove around for a long time trying to find a decent hole, but there was nothing that looked really promising. We drove up and down and eventually settled on the best we could find. Kev...

Hey Dudes, Sharkskin just asked me to post this for him (He can't start threads from his phone but will reply). He had his Pentagon Heavy HMG stolen in tamboerskloof sometime over the weekend. The rod has red into yellow flash and has his name on it: "Kevin Cox". Cheers Grant.

So on friday i was trying to explain my throw bait rig to my wife. I explained the foam on the hook for floatation, and the toothpick in the eye of the hook to help seating the cutletts on either side. Her response was: "Aren't the points on the Toothpick going to hurt the fish's mouth?"......

Apologies for those that have seen this on other sites, just thought the tigerfish (and salty) fly fishermen on here could use this: Synthetic Clouser Minnow On my tiger fish trip the conditions dictated that the fish were sitting deep and so the clousers that I used were quite heavily...

Hi all, has anyone had any success sliding White Stumpnose heads for sharks in the western cape? Thanks Grant.

Hi All, I was wondering if the Mustad Z-Steel and Demons are both suitable for large sharks? I have been making my traces with the Z-Steel (11/0 or 10/0) but came across the Demons on the weekend and have made up a few traces with them (10/0). The Point of the demons is much longer, but i am...