Monday, 18 May 2015

Welcome home Rob Bentley!

Ben Pretorius - On Tuesday evening I will be hosting several #fly #fishing buddies at a special braai to welcome home Rob Bentley.
  
Rob was the logistics manager for a team of South African climbers to Mount Everest. He and the team were at base camp when that horrific avalanche whipped out the best part of the camp killing numerous climbers.

The positioning of their camp was such that the main thrust of avalanche narrowly missed them leaving them very traumatised and very fortunate to have escaped with their lives. 

My advice to Rob will be ….that with fly rod in hand he will always be in a far better space!!  Good to have you back in one piece Rob.

For more info on Fly Fishing please go to: http://www.ufudu.co.za/

Thursday, 14 May 2015

‪#‎HOSTED‬ ‪#‎TRIPS‬

Every year ‪#‎UFUDU‬ ‪#‎Flyfishing‬ ‪#‎Safaris‬ invites guests to join us on hosted flyfishing trips to exciting flyfishing ‪#‎destinations‬ in Southern Africa and the ‪#‎Maldives‬.
All the trips are planned, taking great care that they coincide with the best flyfishing ‪#‎seasons‬ and/or ‪#‎tides‬. To ensure guest safety, comfort and personal attention, the number of ‪#‎anglers‬ on each trip is limited to six.
Your ‪#‎host‬, Ben Pretorius is an accomplished ‪#‎fly‬ ‪#‎angler‬ who is familiar with the ‪#‎fishing‬ destination and in on hand to offer advice on where and when to ‪#‎fish‬, fly ‪#‎choice‬, what ‪#‎tactics‬ and ‪#‎strategies‬ to apply and assistance with ‪#‎knots‬ and the construction of ‪#‎leaders‬.
Ben will fish with ‪#‎guests‬ on a rotational basis, pointing out fish and offering advice on aspects such as ‪#‎casting‬ and ‪#‎stripping‬ ‪#‎techniques‬. He will also ensure and enforce clearly defined ‪#‎safety‬ measures and precautions at all times.
For more info visit: http://www.ufudu.co.za/trips.html


Monday, 11 May 2015

#UFUDU #Flyfishing's #Services

#UFUDU #Flyfishing, established in 1999, is a specialised and passionate #saltwater and #tigerfish flyfishing company. We are based at the Home of UFUDU in #Kloof #KZN #South Africa.

We offer a range of services that include a flyfishing academy (emphasis on #casting instruction), practical saltwater flyfishing #workshops, a #shop that stocks specialist saltwater and tigerfish #gear, a #fly tying factory as well as #hosted and #unhosted #trips to #local and #international #exotic saltwater and tigerfish #destinations. Finally we offer honest advice with many years #experience at the #coalface.


Visit the UFUDU website for more info: http://www.ufudu.co.za/


#Casting #Lessons

Ben Pretorius - During this past week I have been pretty busy giving #casting #lessons.  

The participants who came from #Durban, #Gauteng and #Botswana. Everyone made huge progress and will with practice become very competent #fly #casters in the near future.


For anyone wanting help with their casting skills, I run various courses from a beginner’s course to salt water distance casting to remedial courses. I cater for individuals and for groups up to four at any one time. 


Please visit our website for contact details and more info: http://www.ufudu.co.za/contact.html


Thursday, 7 May 2015

Monday, 4 May 2015

#Triggerfish #Bite

I am not sure if any of you have ever made close and personal contact with the front end of a #triggerfish, but I can assure you it is not something you will ever want to repeat.  Talk about being once #bitten twice shy….

On a recent trip to the #Maldives Heather Ralph caught a yellow margin #triggerfish which I had tailed for her.  In the process of handing it over to her the #fish latched onto the palm of my hand.  With a good chunk of palm flesh firmly ensnared by those huge molars the fish locked its #jaws it would not let go.  It was only after fellow angler Rudi managed to prize its jaws open with a pair of pliers that I was able to retrieve my very painful hand. 

UFUDU Flyfishing Experience: http://www.ufudu.co.za/