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Monday, 14 March 2011 23:15 Farhad Safi

Here is a good tip on how to take photos when shooting into the sun. Sometimes you want to show the water as a background to your photo but the sun happens to be behind your subject. The trick here is to force your camera to use the flash. When shooting in Auto Mode, your camera will compensate for the very bright background and as a result your subject will look dark with loss of detail. Forced flash photography will help to add some light on your subject. Look at the example below of how different the photos are with and without the flash.

Fishing Knots

Wednesday, 24 November 2010 20:10

Here are some basic and complex knots that you could use to tie your traces and leaders...

		Palomar Knot This knot is my favourite and I use it the most - on everything from hooks to swivels. The reason I like it is it has the least effect on break-strength and its quick and easy to tie. (Click on the image or download the PDF here)
		Albright Special The best way to tie a leader to your line. (Click on the image or download the PDF here)
		Blood Knot A great way to joint a break in your line. Two lines of similar thickness. (Click on the image or download the PDF here)
		Surgeons End Loop This is the old faithful used for quick traces such as brown bread and river traces. The mistake most beginners make is they don't make the second loop. (Click on the image or download the PDF here)
		Clinch Knot Often used to tie hooks to a line. Strong and reliable. (Click on the image or download the PDF here)

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Last Updated on Thursday, 25 November 2010 21:37

Bait Recipes

Tuesday, 23 November 2010 21:06

Paruk had an idea to start some form of bait recipe exchange area on the site. So I decided to add this article with 2 on my tried and tested recipes as a start. If anyone has any other bait recipes or ideas they would like to share they can add to this article by using the "comment" section below. Just click on comments and add your recipe as part of your comment. We should collect some interesting ideas this way.

Fishing Holes Map

Wednesday, 06 October 2010 21:30 Farhad Safi

Here is our old "Kaphom Fishing Holes" map. We put it back up because a lot of guys were asking for it.

View Kaphom Fishing Holes in a larger map with labels

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Last Updated on Wednesday, 06 October 2010 21:49

Traces for beginners

Sunday, 19 September 2010 00:59

Here are some basic traces that will help beginners and even some old pros to revisit techniques that worked in the past. This type of variety can help improve your catch. Never think the trace you are using is the right one. Always experiment with new ones especially on days when the catch is poor. Most of these traces can be prepared before hand so there is no need to waste time at the waters edge, tying traces.

		Rietvlei Trace A very popular, easy to tie trace, used by many dam fisherman. (Click on the image or downwload PDF here)
		Sliding Rietvlei Trace This is probably the most popular trace used by carp fisherman. The sliding top hook increases your chances of the second hook getting into a good position near the bom. (Click on the image or download PDF here)
		Baby Shoes Trace If more fish are caught on the bottom hook than on the top, then surely two hooks at the bottom will double you chances. (If only it were that simple). (Click on the image or download PDF here)
		Sliding Baby Shoes Trace The idea behind this trace is that, when a fish is hooked, the other hook slides and hides behind the spring and therefore does not get stuck on any obstructions in the water. (Click on the image or download PDF here)
		Single Hook Trace When fishing in grassy or rocky water the second hook can get caught up in something while the fish is being played. As many carp anglers will note, more of their fish are caught on the bottom hook than the top so this ploy does work. (Click on the image or download PDF here)
		Vaal Dam Trace A good trace to use in grassy or muddy waters. It simply keeps you bait off the ground, where the fish can find it. (Click on the image or download PDF here)
		Sliding River Trace A simple trace based on the idea that fish will take the bait and run. The smaller the running sinker the better the chances of not getting stuck in underwater structure. (Click on the image or download PDF here)
		Breaking River Trace The idea here is if your weight gets trapped in something it will simply break off and you won’t loose the fish in the process. Recommenced for areas with lots of structure in the water. (Click on the image or download PDF here)

I am currently using a variation of the single hook trace. I do not use the clip above the bom spring. This allows the line to run freely through the bom spring and the fish can swim off without having to carry this additional weight. It makes for great line runs when the fish bite and make a run for it.

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Last Updated on Wednesday, 24 November 2010 20:30

Much ado about carping

Sunday, 12 September 2010 23:31

The truth of the matter is I am not really qualified to advise anyone on how to fish but I’m going to anyway.
Have you ever had that day when you sat there on the waters edge and tried everything you could but absolutely nothing was caught – not even a bite. To top it all off the guy next to you was landing the big ones one after the other. The next time it happens, and I hope it never does, try going over to the guy who’s nailing them and spend some time with him. Try to see what he is doing differently and I don’t mean what dip or flavour he is using, I mean try to see how he fishes.

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