Amirul, a young up and coming fishing personality in his own right, quoted me in his latest snakehead fishing article in the May 2016 issue of Rod & Line magazine. I cannot recall specifically when and under what circumstances I made the remark “They bite first and think later”. Snakehead Fever I am however, certain […]
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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
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A reader asked what ‘lure’ we use for fishing sebarau (Hampala macrolepidota in scientific lingo or Hampala Barb by IGFA) in Malaysia. The answer is we use many artificial lures, especially spoons. But one very successful and trilling way we catch them is by fly fishing and the go-to fly is the split-tail.
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I have not been doing much haruan fishing for a long time. There was a time years ago when it was nearly a weekly affair fishing for them. And I put together numerous articles and photos of the haruan until the day came where I ran dry of ideas to write about haruan, haruan fishing
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Ho! Ho! Ho! What a Christmas gift it was for David as he landed this beautiful toman or giant snakehead in Royal Belum. Landed on a 7-weight setup no less, well done (Main photo). Birds suddenly take flight from the canopies of the rainforest – although fishing from a different boat at another river –
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Amirul Irfan, a reader of Sport Fishin’ Asia sent us this great shot of a haruan (striped snakehead) he caught using a Duo Realis Shad 59MR. Snakeheads often get hooked on the front set of hooks due to their ambush feeding behaviour. Although they do occasionally follow a lure and striking from behind, more often
