A very popular way of enjoying the huge lakes of Belum-Temenggor and Kenyir are living aboard houseboats for a couple of days. You get to experience the wilderness of a rainforest lake yet have some modern amenities and conveniences albeit basic. (This post was originally written in December 2011, and updated in February 2022) What […]
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Seeing a sailfish striking and eating you lure is very exciting. But getting a solid hookup and staying hooked up is often very challenging. Sailfish often like to strike their prey with their bill instead of biting down on the lure. At this juncture it is pointless to set the hooks but it is something
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Peacock bass often burst into a feeding frenzy as they hunt in a pack. These frenzies however, happens quickly and ends quickly. The good thing is if you can get your lure or fly into or near to them, they will usually strike it. Keep a lookout as some of these are rather unspectacular swirls
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FLY FISHING IN ROYAL BELUM STATE PARK TEMENGGOR MALAYSIA: Things don’t always go as planned. The popper fly has a short wire trace attached and was intended for the toman (giant snakehead) but a sebarau slammed on it instead. On this very same trip, the split-tail fly I had tied on for sebarau with no
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[Update 1 Jul 2016: We are now offering an even better way to experience Tioman Island, book a Rompin sailfish fishing trip and stay in a luxury 72 footer yacht. Find out more here.] Other than staying in Kuala Rompin when you are here to experience what its sailfish fishing has to offer, you can
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When Bob from Australia came sailfish fishing with us for the second consecutive year, he also wanted to fulfil his desire to catch some decent peacock bass on fly. Bob also came peacock bass fishing the year before, fishing with conventional tackle. So we arranged for a two-day fly fishing trip to catch some peacock
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