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Casting to a Peacock Bass Frenzy

Fly Fishing, Malaysia, Peacock Bass Fishing

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 on the surface.

Remember to release your catch quickly so we all can have more fish to catch. And release again.

Here’s a short video of a spotted fish that quickly took the fly.

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Sebarau on Popper Fly

Malaysia, Royal Belum, Video

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.

Always trilling to catch fish on top-water
Always trilling to catch fish on top-water

On this very same trip, the split-tail fly I had tied on for sebarau with no wire-trace, was taken by a toman instead. Watch the video of that here. I love it!

Watch the video below of Nick of Tacklebox Adventures who also landed some decent sized sebarau.

Some fly fishing equipment tips for Royal Belum

  • Weight 5 or 6 is good for sebarau and smallish toman
  • Weight 7 to 10 more suited for bigger toman above 3kg

Tioman Island Resorts and Sailfish Fishing

kuala rompin, Malaysia

A section of Japamala Resort's jetty
A section of Japamala Resort’s jetty

[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 boat. 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 opt to stay in one of the many beach resorts on Tioman Island.

Stay in Tioman Island

You can have the option to enjoy a tropical holiday at Tioman Island with your group or loved ones and have a sailfish charter from Kuala Rompin come pick you up for some serious game fishing, best of everything.

However, do be prepared for higher charter fee when you choose to do this as extra fuel and time are required to cover the additional distance.

Or Fish Your Way to Tioman from Kuala Rompin

You can even choose to fish all the way to idyllic Tioman Island from Kuala Rompin, spend a night or two on this popular holiday island destination and fish all the way back to Kuala Rompin again, if you are game. That’s quite a holiday.

Not all charters from Kuala Rompin offers the above options, so do find out beforehand.

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Fly Fishing for Peacock Bass with Bob

Malaysia, Peacock Bass Fishing

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 bass in the Kinta Valley area just south of Ipoh, Perak.

We arrived the day before and after a two-hour drive from Kuala Lumpur, checked into a budget hotel for a good night’s rest and to start the day fresh and early the following day. [Read more…] about Fly Fishing for Peacock Bass with Bob