Empangan Air Kuning (EAK) or Air Kuning Dam located in Taman Botani Shah Alam is one of the most scenic stocked fishing pond in Malaysia. EAK is actually a small dam and you can fish either on the upper or lower dam sections. The most abundant of fish species here are the “ball cutter” pacu.
Pacu from the air at Empangan Air Kuning (EAK) Read More »
Wanted to show you guys what flies we used during our last fishing trip in the ponds of Thailand. Click Fly fishing for arapaima to see one of the post. The flies were used to target arapaima, amazon redtail catfish, alligator gar and a myriad of others. If you look at these flies and think they’ll
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We were lucky to get out from the intense afternoon thunderstorm but it was a tough day out fishing for peacock bass with Bob and Revo. Fortunately, Bob managed a nice peacock bass estimated at around 50cm (20 inches) in length early in the morning. The peacock bass could be in the pre-spawn stage and if
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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
Casting to a Peacock Bass Frenzy Read More »
Well, not quite the actual thing but the pacu does have the reputation of being called the freshwater GT due to their powerful runs and the patin is called the Iridescent Shark (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus). One of the place we fish for these two species is located near Semenyih town, between Sukida and Fish Valley – if you are familiar with
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I don’t know about Bob, but coming from the recent twin tragedies of the Malaysian Airline flights, namely MH370 and MH17, I am a little nervous taking another MH flight into Bangkok. Having said that, the sunset scene from the skies over Bangkok city was breathtaking and took my mind off the jitters. Our flight
Arapaima Fly Fishing at AmazonBKK Bangkok Thailand Read More »
