Nymph fly tied by Nick Ooi We will be off to Sabah, Borneo in about 24 hours for the fly-fishing conclave and some pelian (Mahseer) fishing at some of the rivers. There have been plenty of rain of late over at Sabah. Hope that will not affect the fishing too much. I may attempt to […]
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Local names: Haruan tasik, toman laut. Other common names include black kingfish, black salmon, ling, lemonfish, crabeater, prodigal son, black bonito. Can grow to more than 60kg (130 pounds) and up to 2 meters (6 feet) in length. We get quite a few of them in Malaysia waters and they are a great fish to
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Here’s a link to download the 2013 Shimano Catalog for North America. 2013 Shimano Catalog – click to download PDF (165 MB) Get the tissue paper out before you start drooling over the pages. The product contents are pretty much the same as you would find in Asia. At least you get to download and
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Wrasse or local names Bayan, Bechok. Not entirely sure I correctly identified this species. If you know it could be something else, please leave the info in the comment box below. What is so unique about the olive Razorfish is it is the only fish I know that makes a conscience effort to turn its
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Above photo is the main building and venue of the Malaysia International Fly-Fishing Festival 2012 (IFFF). It is all in a very traditional Malaysian setting with wood crafted buildings in the midst of a rainforest jungle. For more photos, please click here. With just days to go for the IFFF the participants, visitors, guests and organisers
Youngest CCI at 11, Lachie Hayes demonstrates fly-casting in this short clip shot during Paul Arden’s fly-casting workshop here in 2011. Lachie is the son of fly-casting guru and MCI, Peter Hayes. Both Paul Arden and Peter Hayes are among the visiting guests here next week for some fishing and the Malaysian International Fly Fishing
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