Recreation fishing is a rare thing in African countries, specifically Kenya. Kenya has many fly fishing activities that could a big opportunities. Investors believe that the sport can create more jobs for unemployed youth in Africa. Furthermore, it can popularize the voice to protect river waters for future generations.
Moses Ngai, is seen knoting a small fishing fly past his line. It hopped over mossy rocks before casting to the river which flows in his tea nation. John Moses is just an old man, born and raised in fishing region of Kenya.
The man is 60 years of age. He told africanews how he ties a fly during the dark without including any light. He has been a fisherman for almost two decades. He then continued on how he flick the line into calm moving waters.
The eastern Africa country is one of the oldest fishing grounds in its continent. The fly fishing has been there for almost 10 years, as fishermen gets imported from Norway to go and carry out the process in New Zealand. The handcraft method looks harmless to the sea creatures. Visitors from the rest of the world have visited New Zealand just because of such fun. Through the alpine lakes and highland waters, they are able to make a huge catch.
On Tuesday, the Aberdare Cottage and Fishin Lodge in Kenya tweeted about the flying fishing. They confirmed that after more time doing fly fishing, you might notice and identify rare samples of fish. That’s is where you learn about the Poppers, Streamers, Saltwaters, and Dry flies.
Just from the capital city of Kenya, you take a 2 hours drive to the Mathioya River where the inhabitants exist. It’s one of the best tourist attractions with elephants and black rhinos inside a park. It’s cool to spend a moment in the morning fly fishing, then during the day, you roam around to take pictures. The owner of Abadaere Cottages Zac Gichane said it’s rare to find a fishing Lodge. But people still underlook it as if it has no importance.
Zac insists that fly fishing could be a million-dollar business. It might expand the Kenya economy. He boasted about Kenya being the God’s country. Aberdare is a peaceful village with greener pastures and multiple opportunities for investors.
Gichana started his business after seeing Moses, a craftsman with skills in fly fishing. They have artificial lures that catch the fish. Also, it prevents interfering with some insects and fish like Salmon. But Moses will run for his traditional made tool rather than the artificial one. He calls it riyal coaching which resemble like a butterfly. Moses admitted that it makes trout come to the surface for easy fetch.
Millions of flies used around the world are shipped from Canada, United States, and other fishing countries. But a report from a reliable data source showed that a third of most widely used comes from Kenya. The owner of Ojoo Fishing Flies, Mr. John Nyapola said it’s a major business here in Kenya. A lot of youth secured employment through this activity.
A veteran fly tier, Mrs.Jane Auma has vast experience in flying ties. She opens up about making rabbit pelt, flamingo feathers, and other forms of fabrics. They export the products to Canada, Japan, and Australia as hand-tied. She has a team of almost 1000 designers. She added that fishing industry should change the way they catch the animal. Nets catch all the samples of fish, of which the flies might help at that point.
It has been 50 years down the line when the British were still in the Mathioya river fighting for fertile place. Gichane confirmed that the region was a hot place for resistance. Even during the independence, Kenyans could not roam in that region. Even currently, Gichane admitted Kenyans still think sport fishing is for ‘Mzungu’.
Currently, they have started impacting their skills to local schools. Children are being introduced to learning how to conserve marine life animals. Best fishing practices are installed to protect the rare species.
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