In this issue

Features & Regulars

• Salt Water: Garrick under threat
  By Anthony Krüger. This month: An overview of the current status of garrick along our coastline.
• Fresh Water: Bookworms unite
  By Ian Couryer. This month: Even though this is the Age of the Internet, fly fishing books still have a lot to offer.
• Why I Fish
  There is no doubt that fly fishing has popular appeal. Ewan Naude considers whether it may break into showbiz.
• The Heavenly Little Caledon
  Our country offers several fly fishing gems if you take the time to find and visit them. Continuing our series on the ten best small streams, Field Editor Leonard Flemming takes us to a Free State river that meets the criteria.
• Rivers of the Southern ’Berg – Part III
  The Upper Rosstrevor’s Diepspruit
  Although it has suffered from fluctuating water levels, contributor Miles Divett has only good things to say about this delightful stream.
• Hopper History
  By Ian Couryer.
• Trophy Tigers – Putting Together the Pieces
  Contributors Keith Clover and Rob Scott report back on lessons learnt targeting monster tigerfish in Tanzania.
• A Piece of Scotland
  Scotland is not only about salmon fishing, there’s some pretty good sea trout and brown trout fishing too, says contributor Jonathan Boulton.
• Rebel With a Cause
  After a few disappointing skipjack seasons, Field Editor Anthony Krüger inadvertently strains family relations when he cashes in on an unexpected bonus of fresh schools of marauding skippies in the Swartkops River.
• Permit Me
  Artist Chris Bladen goes in search of the elusive Indo/Pacific permit, and learns that there is more to flats fishing than finding and catching the fish.
• Another Look at New and Different Materials
  Fly-Tying in its many facets is continually expanding. This month, Fly-Tying Field Editor Murray Pedder discusses some new materials and their uses.
• Thoughts From a Lagoon
  By Andrew Levy.