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Fred,

Thanks for the list, absolutely perfect. I have now got a 5 piece Loomis rod so I should be fine! All I need now is to get some time to make some sparkling flies! 30 of them will take some time!

Hari,
No problems, ofcourse I will do a report of the game-viewing as well. It is the least I can do to try and somehow give something back for all the help we have received. And hopefully some pictures too even if they will certainly not be up to the standard on this forum.

rgds,
Tom

GreenDrake

Might me interesting Lynn. I only wish I knew what it meant to them when I pawed the ground or shifted my upper body side to side meant. Maybe "Can I have a dime for a cup of coffee", or " I want your sister" or perhaps "The check is in the mail". Whatever it was they sure got excited!!

Tom that Loomis GLX is a "sweet rod". I too am a slow tier and it would take me awhile for 30. I did lose a couple of flies when I got caught up in bushes on the opposite bank. Normally you just wade over and pull it out, but it was a no brainer not to wade in waist deep water no matter how "hot" the fly was.

luangwablondes

News Flash from NLNP and Ramon with Remote Wildlife. Regarding the condition of the bush camps:

"Yesterday we had a big storm, Buffalo is without roofs, Kutandala with all the mattresses wet…. Its was a disaster, except for Nkalamo, its like new."

Normally the staff doesn't put plastic in the roofs of the bush chalets as it is .... the dry season they are open for.

GeoffG

Fred,

Ah Mwaleshi camp! I haven't been there since 1999. Your lion encounter brought back memories of lion sightings everyday.

Did you go upto Chipopoma Falls?

My hosts at Mwaleshi were Rod & Guz who now own Kutandala just up the river.

Geoff.

GreenDrake

luangwablondes- We saw storm clouds approaching a few times, but they never hit us. I would have enjoyed the "show", but as you point out these camps are not set up for rain. Ernst said the chalets all would leak if it rained. Sounds like the Kutandala chalets have had a rough couple of weeks- I believe the porch of one was damaged by a elephant while I was there.

GeoffG - The area where we flyfished was about an walk below the Chipopoma Falls. We drove to the point where the camps normally hike 2 hours to the Falls. Instead we waded up river about an hour, but never went all the way to the Falls.