Watch Alan successfully land the biggest chao phraya catfish in IT Monster Lake to date, estimated at 60kg, on a fairly light but strong AJN APR rod paired to a Shimano Stella reel. Great effort indeed. (I feel his pain, too – JW) Fish: Giant pangasius Common name: Chao phraya catfish Also known as the […]
60kg chao phraya catfish at IT Monster Lake Thailand Read More »
IFFF MCI Yusaku Tsutsui, owner of Drag Free Fly-fishing Shop based in Osaka Japan ties some very awesome flies. It is hard to judge how good these foam flies are until you start casting them and discover just how light they are and how little wind resistance they create – which makes them easy to
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A great video created by Saul who enjoyed his Rompin fishing tremendously recently. Great effort and video, man. Hope to fish with you again sometime soon. That first sailfish on fly (so, close!) is just waiting to happen!
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A pick-up and lay-down distance casting competition was held during the International Fly Fishing Festival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Competitors have three chances to pick-up the line and make a single cast. The first cast starting with one rod length of overhang line. In this video we see Yusaku Tsutsui, owner of Drag Free Fly
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Sailfish fishing in general gets the heart pumping. Sailfish fishing on lure or popper raises the thrill up a notch. Fly fishing for sailfish, now that is excitement beyond words! In the video above, I manage to film sailfish going after the teaser and fly. If you look carefully at one scene you can clearly
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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 »
