Travel Reviews

For some obscure reason buried deep in my distant English heritage and my abiding love of islands, this has been a lifelong dream. Now you may well ask who would want to visit a fairly barren volcanic mountaintop perched precariously in the southern Atlantic Ocean somewhere between Southern Africa and Brazil. Many people, is the correct answer, for those of you who guessed and have bothered to read this far. It’s just not easy to

So I went to film some fishing in Kenya with my cameraman Chucky. He’s from Zimbabwe A lot of people think he’s my bodyguard. Not sure why. Sure, he’s built like a brick house, but he’s a damn good cameraman and people shouldn’t jump to conclusions. Anyway, he’s not so good on the water. Which is a problem for a person who films fishing for a living. Look the guy can swim. He went to

Those that know me, know that my favourite form of fishing is estuary fishing. If I had to be even more specific, then I would say Transkei estuary fishing. In my experience there are few places as tranquil to fish, as a Transkei estuary. I value any time spent on these beautiful rivers, soaking up the peace, enjoying the sounds of bird calls, the magnificent scenery and of course hunting a variety of elusive, predatory

I simply love fishing, not sure why, but there it is. I’m happy to sit on a rock and watch the water. Whip a popper till my arms are sore, or try my hardest to land a delicate little fly on the spot. For me it’s a primal instinct, not a race. Every time I go out I learn something about the fish, the world, even myself. I’m happy to watch the boffins casually discuss

Tigerfish are fairly easy to catch, aren’t they…? Television programs and viral videos always paint the picture of Tigerfish feeding constantly, aggressive and hungry all the time and eating anything and everything that dares cross their path. This is what I used to think until I got my first taste of the “Tiger Blues” So the truth is, tigers don’t feed constantly and they don’t eat anything and everything that crosses their path, in fact,