See the sights and action of Kuala Lumpur Malaysia and fly fishing for sailfish in Kuala Rompin through the eyes and lens of Jason Stratford.
We recently have Jason fish with us for six days, together with his fishing mates from Australia – Lyall and Barry.
These are all images shared by Jason. Many thanks to him for allowing us to post these fantastic shots of the going-ons and action.
I hope you enjoy looking at them as much as I did – Juan Wei
If you would like to find out more about how to do this trip, contact JW.
The Kuala Lumpur Tower
The guys taking in some sights of Kuala Lumpur
Me, Lyall and Barry at the restaurant in the first evening.
The seafood chopping block
Great shots that captures the mood in the kitchen of the restaurant at the jetty. Many Malaysian (asian) restaurant kitchen looks similar.
Barry with the newly published fly fishing guide book for Australia and New Zealand
My turn to have a look at the new book “Fly Fishing in small streams” by David Anderson. Some very nice photography in it, too.
Barry loves the food
One of the breakfast. Or what’s left of it.
Tough to be a baitfish. In this case, an anchovy as the sailfish hunt and push them to the surface and birds pick them off from above. A great shot where Jason manages to capture an anchovy out of the water.
Barry waiting for his shot with JW in the background on the teaser rod
Jason’s fly about to be hit by a sailfish
A sailfish explodes on the surface
Close-up of a new fly tied by Dron Lee
Jason and his first sailfish of the trip
Lyall hanging on
Lyall battles a sailfish with his custom sailfish Sage Salt
Lyall and a nice fish
Lyall and Barry posing on the bow with the two sailfish flag
Barry trying to reel “buster” in
A sequence of shot of “buster” tail walking
Barry vs Buster
Outcome of Redington the rod vs Buster the sailfish
Happy nonetheless
Me introducing Barry to some of our local Malay delights
A traditional east coast rice for breakfast
A fishing trawler netting anchovies
Lunch on board in the form of key tow noodle with fried chicken
Birds often gets attracted by our trolled teasers. Sometimes, a sailfish will be under the surface, too.
Giant freshwater prawn in sweet curry
Giant freshwater prawn in sambal curry
As you can see, we eat a lot! Haha
More yummy fried squid
Evening at the jetty under the full moon.
The guys aboard Sea Urchin
The Sea Urchin live aboard and mother boat with one of our tender/sport fisher
The infamous and rustic looking Rompin jetty with its charter fleet
There are no shortage of sailfish around.
Plenty of birds
Many sailfish casually working the anchovy bait balls with no hurry
Especially refreshing taken after successfully landing a sailfish on the fly
Another of Dron’s intricately tied flies
Barry: Sailfish…left teaser!
Lyall just about makes a cast
Goofing around and having some fun aboard
Fish-on!
Beautiful adversary
May not be the biggest of billfish but certainly one of the best looking
Success for Lyall
Bringing out the kung fu to catch fish
Barry with a brightly shaded sailfish caught using a prototype Yamaga Blanks 12wt rod.
Quite a few frigate birds in the air on some days.
Jason is on to a fish
A big sailfish for Jason! This fish literally jumped out of the water and pounced onto Jason’s fly.
The frigate can be quite nasty and aggressive
It’s intense when an angry sailfish chases down a teaser. And we certainly saw some big aggressive fish on a few occasions.
A nice shot of Lyall with a nice bend on his custom sailfish rod
A photo-op with Lyall
Five sails day!
Satay in Kajang town where it is argued to have started
Last one staring down at Jason. You can do it!
Big crowd at this mega-sized satay complex
Some of the flies on display masterfully tied by many skilled fly tiers.
Visiting Nick of Tacklebox Adventures fly shop
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