I have the duty to warn you beforehand if you are considering attempting to this almost impossible-to-catch on the fly, fish. Fly fishing for toman (giant snakehead) is not for everyone. Heck, it’s not even for most fly fishers. Lure casters say toman fishing is tough. Just imagine sighting a fish and you have to
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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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The giant snakehead (channa micropeltes) commonly known as TOMAN, is the largest of its species and most ferocious. Giant snakehead are native to Southeast Asia and this video sees Warren and Mark not only trying to catch one but also experiencing their first freshwater fishing trip in Malaysia. We had an amazing time and a
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This trip with Mark and Warren was postponed a couple of times due to travel restrictions. We were all very happy when it finally was able to take place and frankly, it was quite a relief for me with all the craziness taking place this year. Everyone’s tired of 2020 and a trip into one
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You know what they say about the rainforest… If it doesn’t rain everyday, it rains all day! And that’s what we encounter on this trip, very wet weather. The good thing about plenty of rain is when the water level rises high enough, the sebarau (jungle perch) will migrate in big numbers into the rivers
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Many guests and participants who attended the recently concluded Malaysia International Fly Fishing Festival 2018 took a short trip to experience fishing in the rainforest of Royal Belum Temenggor and live aboard a houseboat. Watch the video from that trip…
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