Friday 30 September 2011

You go girl!!

Not only does Hugh Cumming play blue grass guitar .... magnificent personal best Nembwe... Beautiful fish....

You go girl. Tiger nearly as big as Mel. Congratulations on a magnificent fish. Lovely to have Hugh and Mel Cumming back at Shackletons. Great company, great fun and warm hearts..... lots of love everyone at shackletons

Monday 19 September 2011

Staffie pup TOGO joins the team


TOGO
TOGO at camp

Our newest little addition to the camp. Togo arrived on British Airways to start his new life on the Zambezi.
 
Our thanks to the Schoeman family for their incredible care and professionalism. The most wonderfulStaffie breeders in the world. Check out Kavuki Frank Schoeman on facebook....There were 3 brothers and 3 sisters.Gonna have fun ....
 
Togo's Mum
Togo's Dad
Togo's Sisters and Brothers
 

Fantastic catch in September - Tiger Fish and Cat Fish - Congratulations to the Coetzee boys!















Thursday 1 September 2011

Wonderful feedback from a recent guest:


"Thank you again for all you did to organize what turned out to be an awesome trip.
The lodge was great, set in a stunning part of the world and my guide, Orbit, was top notch. I landed over 60 fish including one of 4 kgs.  Though I have to admit I worked hard and worked Orbit hard to achieve this, fishing from before sunrise to after sunset (6:30am to 6:30pm).

I tried a wide range of flies but found Jan's weighted orange and black tiger fly probably the most productive fly including landing the 4kg specimen.

Next most productive was probably a black and red weighted tarpon fly. The gummy minnows were probably the next most successful and I found these worked well  whenever we sighted a mass of bait fish.
 As requested, attached are a few pics, plus as of interest a few pics from the TdT ride I participated in before going fishing.
 Many thanks again"
Keith