A quick video of the guys releasing their catch from a quick weekend’s snakehead (Channa Striata) fishing session.
Trailer Video – The Kodiak Project, Fly-Fishing in the Land of Giants
Nice trailer video of spectacular fly-fishing action for Steelhead at Kodiak Island, Alaska.
Fly Fishing End of The Road….. Mongolia
Another nice video about fly fishing for the Taimen, the largest Salmonid on the planet.
There are fishing trips and then there are fishing trips like this, an adventure of a lifetime.
Catching the Rare Black Snakehead. Labour Day Fishing at a Snakehead-Infested Pond.

What better way to celebrate the labour day holiday weekend than doing some hard labour for wild snakeheads?
Good ‘ol buddy Poh recently discovered a hidden wild pond. His text message goes like this “…pond infested with haruan… want to try?”.
Haruan INFESTED! OMG. That is like the ultimate way you can ever describe a fishing hole. Resistance is futile. In my case anyway!

The terrain
So here I am all pumped-up to get into the thick of the infestation. But knowing Poh and his discoveries, we will first have to endure an infestation of a different kind. The dengue causing, death threatening, master of itchiness the swarm of mosquitoes (do I sound like extreme angler Jeremy Wade yet?).
After a little huff and puff and passing by some rather big termite mounts we reached the summit where the next part of the journey was down some rather steep slopes. So it was slip and slides from there on. I took a short video of the terrain so that you can sort of experience it with me.
It was a good thing Poh had cleared a path to the pond or it will be quite inaccessible. There was the distinctive “plop” sounds made by snakeheads coming from the pond immediately as we set upon the edge of the pond. [Read more…] about Catching the Rare Black Snakehead. Labour Day Fishing at a Snakehead-Infested Pond.
2011 Daiwa Morethan Branzino New Concept Lever Brake Reel. More than what?
Here’s another reel with something new for the trigger-happy angler in you.
The Daiwa Morethan Branzino fishing reel which is based on the highly popular Certate is not new but Daiwa has added the trigger mechanism to the Morethan Branzino 2508SH LBD.
What’s in a name?
Daiwa Morethan Branzino 2508SH LBD. What a mouthful! I always feel the Japanese have a strange way of naming many of their products, even the top of the range Shimano Stella. Why Stella? Anyone knows?
In this case, Branzino is the name of the European Seabass. Highly regarded as a food fish, it is often [Read more…] about 2011 Daiwa Morethan Branzino New Concept Lever Brake Reel. More than what?
Quick video: Ed Fishing for Striped Snakehead (Haruan)
This is a short action video of Ed landing and releasing his two snakehead fish. Story at this post.