South Africa: R190 (vat incl)

South Africa: R190 (vat incl)

introduction By pj jacobs Published by: Tight Loop Productions (Pty) Ltd Editor: PJ Jacobs Contributors Volume I: Brendan Becker Derrick Beling Jonathan Boulton Graeme Field Leonard Flemming PJ Jacobs Marcus Janssen Arno Laubscher Gerhard Laubscher Andrew Mayo Rasmus Ovesen Murray Pedder Dean Riphagen Keith Rose-Innes Design: Tight Loop Productions (Pty) Ltd Advertising sales: Lizelle Jacobs E-mail: info@ultimateflyfishingbucketlist.com Tel: +27 12 371-3914 Hard copy sales: JP Koekemoer E-mail: orders@ultimateflyfishingbucketlist.com www.ultimateflyfishingbucketlist.com Tel: +27 12 371-3916 Digital sales: Magzter: www.magzter.com MySubs: www.mysubs.co.za Directly from the publisher via the website: www.ultimateflyfishingbucketlist.com All enquiries should be addressed to: Tight Loop Productions (Pty) Ltd PO Box 1777, Ifafi, 0260 South Africa e-mail: editor@completeflyfisherman.co.za Tel: +27 12 371-3914/5/6 All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the publisher. Editorial opinions expressed are not necessarily those of the publisher. The publisher does not accept responsibility for advertising content. Brought to you by: Fly fishers are an adventurous lot, it s part of our nature. The thrill of fishing new waters is undeniable, the lure of the next bend on the river or a flat never fished addictive and, at times, all-consuming. It is what we do, and what makes fly fishing the special pursuit and lifestyle that it is. I have been a fly fisher for most of my life and for the past 24 years fortunate and privileged to serve as Editor of The Complete Fly Fisherman magazine. In that capacity as well as in my private life, I have travelled the world with the long rod, targeting species from tarpon to trout, and almost everything in-between. This has enriched me as a person and as a fly fisher in more ways than imaginable. For me the pursuit is as much about the dream as it is about the experience, for where would we be if we no longer dreamt about fishing somewhere spectacular, be it in our own backyard or halfway around the planet? The thing is, dreams have a way of coming true, and the harder you focus on your dreams, the better the chance of actually doing that once-in-a-lifetime trip. Part of TCFF s policy is to regularly feature editorial on venues across the globe and this we have done almost religiously. As a result, we have amassed a treasure trove of information on some of the most desirable destinations on the planet. It s been in the pipeline for a while, but we have finally managed to sit down, evaluate what we have, and whittle down the list to destinations that offer some of the finest and most exciting fishing available today. We then redesigned the layouts, standardised the content and added new and previously unpublished photographs, the result of which is what you now see, an ultimate bucket list of venues you simply have to fish! This volume comprises 20 diverse fly fishing locations for several species from across the globe. It will be published under The Complete Fly Fisherman banner and our wish is that it will serve as an excellent source of information on these venues to readers around the world, as well as providing exciting reading, stunning photographs and a visual smorgasbord of the lifestyle and what we do best. And, most of all, wherever you live, I hope to someday meet you on those waters, for in fly fishing, our language is universal. Tight loops. africa s fresh and salt water fly fishing magazine On the cover: seychelles permit PhOtO by: mark hatter/alphonse fishing company ULTIMATE BUCKET LIST VoL 1 1

CONTENTS www.ultimateflyfishingbucketlist.com www.ultimatebucketlist.co.za the ULtIMAte bucket LISt VOlUme 1 6. 22. 36. 54. 68. 82. 96. 110. 124. 140. Alphonse Island, Seychelles: Tropical Fishing Paradise Target species: GTs, bonefish, triggerfish, milkfish, permit By Andrew Mayo Quest for Argentina s Monster Browns Target species: Brown trout By Jonathan Boulton Iceland s World-Class Salmon Fishing Target species: Salmon Jungle Fever: Bolivia s Golden Dorado Target species: Golden dorado By Gerhard Laubscher Florida: The Flats of Homosassa Target species: Tarpon By Arno Laubscher Alaska: Beyond the Frontier Target species: Salmon, dolly varden, lake trout, northern pike, grayling, char By Jonathan Boulton Jurassic Lake: Died and Gone to Heaven Target species: Rainbow trout By Dean Riphagen Russia s Kola Peninsula Target species: Salmon By Keith Rose-Innes South Island, New Zealand: Land of the Long White Cloud Target species: Trout By PJ Jacobs Piscatorial Perfection of the Spanish Pyrenees Target species: Trout By Marcus Janssen 2 ULTIMATE BUCKET LIST VoL 1

CONTENTS www.ultimateflyfishingbucketlist.com www.ultimatebucketlist.co.za the ULtIMAte bucket LISt VOlUme 1 156. 170. 180. 196. 210. 224. 238. 254. 266. 276. El Pescador, Ambergris Caye, Belize Target species: Tarpon, bonefish, permit By PJ Jacobs DIY Exploration Madagascar Target species: Trevally (kingfish) By Graeme Field Fly Fishing in Remote Mongolia Target species: Taimen, amur trout, lenok trout, amur pike Exploring the Dark Continent for Tanzanian Tigers Target species: Tigerfish By Leonard Flemming Mexico: Barefoot in the Baja Target species: Roosterfish By Graeme Field Costa Rica: Home to Monster Tarpon Target species: Tarpon By Murray Pedder Henry s Fork: Fishing the Railroad Ranch Target species: Rainbow trout By Gerhard Laubscher Golden Mahseer of the Himalayas Target species: Mahseer By Brendan Becker Christmas Island: Halfway Around the World Target species: GTs, bonefish, permit, triggerfish By Derrick Beling Danubian Salmon on Fly Target species: Danubian salmon ULTIMATE BUCKET LIST VoL 1 3