Category: Fly Fishing
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My Fishing Journey – A Speech at the 95th AGM of the KFFC
I remember the first time I caught a fish. I was 4 years old and in the company of children around my age from my neighborhood. We lived in SouthLands, Langata. We had gone on an expedition to the Nairobi Dam. Armed with plastic containers and pieces of bread we walked towards the water. Those…
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A Friday in June – First posted in KFFC Newsletter
The sky was pitch black. The birds fast asleep in their grass coves. The thunder of silence deafening. I had slept like a baby anticipating what the next couple days would hold in store for me. The evening before had been spent in my study replenishing my fly boxes with new flies and cleaning my…
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A Kenyan Fly Fishing Chronicle: The Beginning, Thika River
I was having a delightful cup of tea at my friend’s Andy’s house one sunday morning. I had just handed him a copy of the book ‘Fishing in Kenya’. As we peered through it’s slightly brown pages an idea was born. Wouldn’t it be great if we could go fly fish all these rivers? A…