Phoitos - North Luangwa & South Luangwa
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Conn.--small world. My sis lives in Conn. splitting time btwn Hartford/Stonington, and is an avid flyfisher. A real hoot since she was far more interested in boys, clothes, etc. growing up (although she claims to have caught the first trout on a long ago vacation. Funny I don't remember it that way.<g>) She even belongs to an all gal fly fishing club.
My companion isn't all that interested jn fishing, but she loved being out on the Zambezi with me. Because of the great fishing guides at Chiawa, James and Joe, and the good boat setup, she fished bait while I fly fished. It worked just fine, except she--naturally--caught the biggest tigerfish.
The AR can get crowded but there are places and times when you can have it almost to yourself. I've been lucky enough to have mountain streams and lakes nearby couple of hours away, and some great steelhead rivers also near. The Trinity is a favorite of mine. Looks like a trout stream, but gets good runs of steelhead and salmon and is in a spectacular setting. Was talking to a guide friend yesterday whose 2 clients caught 20 steelhead up to almost 12 pounds there on copper Johns and stone fly nymphs. A day to remember.
My companion isn't all that interested jn fishing, but she loved being out on the Zambezi with me. Because of the great fishing guides at Chiawa, James and Joe, and the good boat setup, she fished bait while I fly fished. It worked just fine, except she--naturally--caught the biggest tigerfish.
The AR can get crowded but there are places and times when you can have it almost to yourself. I've been lucky enough to have mountain streams and lakes nearby couple of hours away, and some great steelhead rivers also near. The Trinity is a favorite of mine. Looks like a trout stream, but gets good runs of steelhead and salmon and is in a spectacular setting. Was talking to a guide friend yesterday whose 2 clients caught 20 steelhead up to almost 12 pounds there on copper Johns and stone fly nymphs. A day to remember.
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Hi kata1 - I was at Kafunta River Lodge and their Island Bush camp in the S.Luangwa and Buffalo Camp in the North Luangwa. If you do a search on my name or just click the next 50 posts link at the bottom of this page you will see a thread with a full trip report.
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Jim - I bet I have seen your sister on the Farmington. Only 45 miles from Hartford. I several times have run into an all female fly-fishing club.
The Trinity has received quite a bit of press and I recall readind several articles about the river in the popular fly-fishing magazines. I love rivers I easily wade in.
The Mwaleshi in North Luangwa looked like it could be a trout stream where you put on your waders and easily cast to the opposite bank - clear water, gravel like beds, logs for cover. But the waders will stay home on my next trip as I don't think Simms makes "crock proof" waders
The Trinity has received quite a bit of press and I recall readind several articles about the river in the popular fly-fishing magazines. I love rivers I easily wade in.
The Mwaleshi in North Luangwa looked like it could be a trout stream where you put on your waders and easily cast to the opposite bank - clear water, gravel like beds, logs for cover. But the waders will stay home on my next trip as I don't think Simms makes "crock proof" waders
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Yes, we got a safety briefing when we went fishing that definitely went beyond what we are used to. Such as, do not reach your hands over the side of the boat. And, DO NOT dangle them in the water.
We lose fish occasionally when they wrap themselves around snags. On the Zambezi, they wrap themselves around hippos. This is what happened to another fly fisher the day before I arrived.
We lose fish occasionally when they wrap themselves around snags. On the Zambezi, they wrap themselves around hippos. This is what happened to another fly fisher the day before I arrived.
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