TCFF February 2010, Issue # 180

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In the February 2010 issue (#180)

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

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