5 trips to this pond in a month! That must be a record of sorts for me. Anyways, I’m in between trips so why not… The first time was when I got invited to try out this new catch and release – private booking only, new offering. I then got some buddies together to try […]
Saujana D’Rimba: Monster Pacu Fishing Pond
Located just outside of the small Semenyih town, is the pond with arguably the largest pacu to be caught in Malaysia. Semenyih is somewhat notorious for a couple of fishing ponds such as the very old but still going strong Sukida and the popular Fish Valley amongst others. Interestingly, all located along the same stretch […]
Getting Our Rear Kicked At The Pacu Pond
Stocked pond, pay pond, whatever you want to call them are not always easy to fish, even if you’re familiar with the place. That’s what happen to David and me when we went for a morning session of pacu fishing at one of our regular spots. It has been months since our last trip here […]
Pacu Fishing In EAK With Etlon and Myra on Boxing Day
South African Etlon and Myra came over from the Philippines for a week between Christmas and New Year 2017 for a fishing holiday and a catch up with the Malaysian fly fishing community. The main fishing is targeting toman (giant snakehead) and sebarau (hampala barb) in Royal Belum Temenggor Lake. Before that, we went fishing […]
The Fish That Pulled Our Boat Around
For some time now I prefer to go fishing without any expectations whatsoever. Not necessarily the easiest thing to do, as we tend to look forward to a trip and is full of anticipation, especially as the date gets closer. But with practice and on purpose, it is very possible. When I do not have […]
Fly fishing at the Jugra Saltwater Pond with Alan and Richard from Perth
Alan and Richard are on a short holiday cum business trip here and we arranged a short session at the Jugra saltwater pond fly fishing for redfish, barramundi and groupers. Alan also had a short casting leason with me the day before. He needed to tune his casting and get some tips on handling his […]