Above photo is the main building and venue of the Malaysia International Fly-Fishing Festival 2012 (IFFF). It is all in a very traditional Malaysian setting with wood crafted buildings in the midst of a rainforest jungle. For more photos, please click here. With just days to go for the IFFF the participants, visitors, guests and organisers
Youngest CCI at 11, Lachie Hayes demonstrates fly-casting in this short clip shot during Paul Arden’s fly-casting workshop here in 2011. Lachie is the son of fly-casting guru and MCI, Peter Hayes. Both Paul Arden and Peter Hayes are among the visiting guests here next week for some fishing and the Malaysian International Fly Fishing
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The black snakehead (Channa melasoma) is one of the more elusive of the channa family of snakeheads. Hence it is always exciting to catch one. Or in this case, a number of them. The black snakehead which is called haruan palas locally, lives in heavily wooded and mostly still water ponds. They do not grow
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Zach Matthews of The Itinerant Angler, created this Instant Dropper Knot for fly-fishermen to tie a super speedy clinch Knot for the purposes of attaching a quick dropper.
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Sukida Resort is a picturesque place to wet a line. Located along Jalan Sg Lalang in the once sleepy town called Semenyih – located in Selangor, Malaysia (Google map at end of article), it has some of the Malaysian kampung (village) feel to it. Only 3 bucks to fish?! Sukida encourages catch and release, and
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Pa’ku The pacu [Pronounced as pa’ku] originates from the Amazon and Orinoco streams and rivers. The pacu is a common sport fish in Malaysia, first making its appearance during the 1980s if I remember correctly. The local Chinese have an amusing name for it ‘sek yarn chong‘ which literally translates to human-eating pomfret referring to
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