Words By: Rasmus Ovesen Photos By: Rasmus Ovesen, Klaus Boberg Perdersen and Mark Johnstead THE MONGOLIAN HIGHLANDS appear before us under the sky’s deep-blue arch, like a rough-hewn setting from an...
Fishing
The balancing act: Balancing your tackle for better performance
Stuck in the mud for the fifth time, I started to question if this trip was worth it. The promise of catching my first snakehead on a lure was a prospect that sounded good at that time. The vastness...
Kiddie travelogues by Sarah Derbas
In December, I published a writing journal for kids called, “My Travel Journal.” My objective was to encourage children to write, explore and learn. I love to read what kids have to write, their...
Rigging soft jerkbaits: A technical cheat sheet of rigs
Words + Photos By: Kit Belen There is more than one way to skin a cat and even more ways to rig soft plastic baits. The following are some of the rigs that I use and have been successful with. Some...
Winter Doldrums: How to beat the cold and make your fishing hot!
Words + Photo By: Kit Belen Winter is the peak time for fishing here in the UAE and Oman. The challenge is when it gets too cold, too fast. When the temperature drops, the fish suddenly get a...
Then and Now
Then My fishing didn’t start as glamorous as it did for others. A small pond, a ditch and anything that had fish in it was enough to wet a line in. When I first tried saltwater fishing, I was so...
A Fishy Vision: What lure color is best?
Joe must have caught his fifth fish, yet I wasn’t getting a single tap on my line. Fishing at the yacht club in the afternoon on a low tide targeting barracuda was our usual Sunday afternoon bit of...
A Trip to Tokara, Japan
For the last few years, I have been lucky to have had some great Japanese clients and made a couple of trips to Japan. It has been a great experience to learn new techniques, see new products,...
A Fishy Thing: How to ‘easiliy’ scale a fish
Usually you get your fish already cleaned a scaled if you go to the fish counter. But a fisherman does not only need to catch his fish, he also needs to clean and prepare it. We have here some great...
Flat Out: Fishing the flats in the dead of summer
The summer is in its peak and with weather soaring close to 500C, fishing is not only hard in the sweltering heat, it’s quite a challenge to make a fish bite at times. Scouting for the Next Season...