First Hunt of the Season starts off with a blast 2010!

The 2010 safari season is already here and the first hunt went very well. A fantastic Buff, Steenbok and Big Gemsbok were highlights of the hunt. In a few days time I will be off to Zimbabwe for 3 Big safaris and will keep all updated when I get back at the end of August.

Its a busy year this year will safaris going all the way into November and a Marco Polo hunt in Tajikistan still on the cards! keep the fingers crossed!

Safari Hunting Season Trophy Highlights

Here are some of the Highlighted trophies taken in the 2009 safari season with Rayno Egner and Coenraad Vermaak Safaris. Amongst them are some truly beautiful specimens including 2 30"+ Nyala, a magnificent Timbavati Lion and a Suni and Red Duiker combo taken 30 min apart!Also let us not forget the Zebra hunt that ended in a smashed finger! Thank you to all of the Clients both new and old who hunted with me this season. Looking forward to sharing a campfire again soon!!!

Safari Season Update 2009

The Season has finally come to an End! It has been eventful and Busy with some fantastic trophies taken in both the Hunting and Fishing departments! I will post some of the best hunting pics up shortly but first wanted to give a brief rundown of the great time that was had at Rio Azul with the Mortimer group and Garreth Coombes of AFRI-G safaris. The Fishing was supposedly slow but each angler at some point or another during our 4 days of Fishing got a good hook up with Fish.
On the filming side of things there were some great underwater shots and a very exciting hook up of a huge GT on the surface plug amidst a shoal of Fusiliers!
Here are some pics.

Trout Bum Style

We have started the ball rolling with a new production on sightfishing for river and stream trout in South Africa. Location - TBA

Lion charge filmed in Botswana

Thought I would insert this lion charge I filmed in Botswana a couple of years back, It has been posted on Youtube by another user but the clip is taken off the dvd edited by African Video Productions and filmed by Rayno Egner. It covers the 45 yards in 2.16 seconds!

Sterkfontein

Sterkfontein has to be one of the most special places to be at when the fishing is cooking and the weather perfect. Sightfishing utopia and a stunning backdrop is what this place is all about!
I plan on being there around mid december to complete the filming of Safari and Film Africa's latest project-to be released next year autumn. The dvd will cover most of the challenges anglers face at Sterkfontein and will be filled with awesome scenic, wildlife and fishing shots! The edit style will also be slightly against the run of mill stuff like ESA, Jeep and wildfly-a fresh change is in order I think? Yip thats the plan-check out the sight mid Jan as a trip to mozambique is also on the cards for the new year.

Trailer for the dvd to be released next year fall!

Okavango Catfish Run

In September of 08 I travelled up to Botswana to film (safari and film africa) and guide (tourette fishing) on the annual catfish run.

This is when the Sharptooth Catfish form huge shoals, surround and pursue the small baitfish that hide in the structure and where on the periphery Tigerfish lurk waiting for a meal. This is the target species-the striped water dog!

The activity and runs were not as significant as later on in the season but it was still an interesting time and some good fish were landed-10 pounders and some tipping the scales just short of 10 were the order of the day! In between groups I managed to throw a line myself but could only manage a 7lb fish, the nice thing was finally christening my new TFO pro series 9 weight rod! Its a beaut and really has a nice action to work with!