One of the competition we put together during the Kuala Lumpur International Fly Fishing Festival is the accuracy casting competition. Contestants have to cast into 5 loops, each one further than the one before, in 10 casts. At stake is one of the first Sexyloops fly rod. Casting Instructors are barred from entering, as is […]
Casting accuracy competition at the International Fly Fishing Festival, KL. Read More »
A pocket point-and-shoot camera is not the best camera for great images. So why use one? The main reason is they are so handy. My other ‘camera’ that I use the most is my iPhone. Like they say “the best camera is the camera that you have with you”. Olympus did something new with their
Olympus TG-1 Teleconverter lens TCON-T01 review Read More »
If you see a freaky looking creature staring out at you from inside a fish’s mouth the next time you catch a fish, say hello to Cymothoa exigua. In this instance the parasite crawling out from the fish’s mouth happens to be a kerisi (threadfin bream). These freaky looking parasite are not that uncommon. The
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This post was originally published on July 15, 2013 and updated on December 5, 2019. A follow-up fly fishing event was held in Bandung, Indonesia in 2017. See some report here. After the highly successful United FlyFishers Organisation Malaysia (UFOM) organised International Fly-Fishing Festival Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 2012 – our friends in Jakarta, Indonesia is
2013 International Fly Fishing Show – Jakarta, Indonesia. Read More »
Tandem hook flies for sailfish tied by Dron Lee of Fly Tying Nation Single and tandem hook flies for sailfish tied by Nick of Tacklebox Adventures
It is always great to see a family team fishing together and sharing the adventure and new experiences. Our guest fishing with us this time is dad-son team Joakim and nine year old Albin, one of the most well-behaved nine-year old I have ever met! This is the first time Joakim and Albin is fishing
Rompin sailfish and when every fish species is a first Read More »
