And looking forward to big things to come. By big things I mean big fish, naturally. The new Lamson Speedster reel completes the 10 weight setup that I have been putting together. The other gear that makes up this setup is the Ross Flystik and Rio Tropical Outbound Short Saltwater WF10F/I 425 gr. The ultralight Speedster […]
Need for Speed – Lamson Speedster 3.5 Read More »
Main photo: “One more cast. One for the road” Sounds familiar? – at the Black rock or Batu Hitam Pulau Sembilan or nine islands is a cluster of islands that can be productive for fishing, especially light to medium tackle. Common target species here consist of the giant trevally, queenfish, hard-tail scad, and barracuda among
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Sport Fishing Asia is tagging along with the United Flyanglers Organisation Malaysia (UFOM) to Sabah for the 1st Borneo Fly Fishing Conclave from 23-26 January 2013. Joining us there will be the North Borneo Fly Angler (NBFA) and Jabatan Perikanan Sabah (Department of Fisheries, Sabah) officials. A fly casting and fly tying workshop will be held to
Malaysian Red Mahseer Fishing at Babagon Sabah Read More »
This is it. The line for the new Ross Fly Stik. I’ve already taken it to the water once and you can shoot this line right to the backing with just one back cast! Sweet! I’ll use it on the Ross reel you see in the photo for the time being till I find a
Rio Tropical Outbound Short 10wt for the Ross Fly Stik Read More »
The Olympus Tough Mju 1030SW finally called it quits so in came the latest Tough TG-1 to take over fishing adventure duties. I had reservations about getting another Olympus Tough after witnessing the poor image qualities of the previous model. I take a lot of photos and it is a lot of resource and time
Olympus Tough TG-1 Abused! Read More »
Local names: Haruan tasik, toman laut. Other common names include black kingfish, black salmon, ling, lemonfish, crabeater, prodigal son, black bonito. Can grow to more than 60kg (130 pounds) and up to 2 meters (6 feet) in length. We get quite a few of them in Malaysia waters and they are a great fish to
Cobia (Rachycentron canadum) Read More »
