Etlon and Myra is here from the Philippines for a week between the 2017 Christmas and new year and are taking the opportunity to do some fishing while visiting Tacklebox Adventures and meeting up with the local fly fishing community. After catching their first pacu in a pond in the suburbs of Kuala Lumpur, we […]
Big Bad Giant Snakehead and Nice Hampala Barb in Royal Belum For Etlon Read More »
Very proud to see 15 of our photos selected and used in the latest edition of the Tourism Malaysia Sport Fishing brochure. One is wrongly labelled in the printed copy, but what the heck. Still proud as hell. I’ve to thank good friend Andrew Sebastian for his recommendations and getting our pictures in! I’m also
15 Photos Gets Tourism Malaysia Sport Fishing Brochure Feature! Read More »
Bob is one of our longest clients. This is his fourth time here fishing with us. This time we guided Bob to his first fly fishing trip in Royal Belum. It was then followed up with two pond fishing outings to catch fish that may be more challenging for Bob to venture out to the
Saltwater Pond Fly Fishing with Bob Beamish Read More »
One of my favourite freshwater fish is the peacock bass which posses a love-hate relationship with many anglers in Malaysia as it is an introduced invasive species. FYI, the peacock bass have been in Malaysian water for about 20 years as I write this. Below is a video of Phil fishing for peacock bass for the
Urban Peacock bass with Phil Read More »
IF YOU’RE NEW to fishing and in particular to fishing for haruan (striped snakehead) and toman (giant snakehead) and is wondering what you need to get started, then this article is meant for you. What Rod? The best gear to get started with is by acquiring a medium-light 7ft rod spinning rod rated within 6lb
Beginners’ Guide to Snakehead Fishing – How to Get Started? Read More »
This is the second Bob I’m arapaima fishing with in Thailand. Both Bob hails from Australia. Some things are funny like that. This trip, by the way, happened in May 2015. Amazonbkk is still the place for arapaima in Thailand (probably the region) as they have a healthy population of fish stocked and some of
