JUNGLE FEVER

Over here in Sarawak, Borneo, we are blessed with an abundance of mountain rivers, of which, most still holds some decent stream fishing. Similar to overseas trout fishing, employing ultralight tackle for stream jungle perch (sebaraus), is the go to methods for areas that are heavily pressured from netting and spearing. 

Heading to my favourite spot armed with a new Majorcraft Trapara, a great value for money troutin' rod and some tiny lures.

The mark of a good trout lure is its small yet heavy body to cast a mile and swims steady in strong currents. The Spearhead Ryuki 50S by DUO is one such lure.

Few casts later resulted in this 3 striped jungle perch neatly hooked.

Imitating signature downcast eyes of the DUO Spearhead Ryuki. 

Nice fat specimen.

Another sebbie caught on a small Maria jerkbait.

The locally named Juak, indigenous only to the Borneo side.

Another species of jungle perch coming in, the one striped Hampala Macrolepidota.

Beautifully glistening in the sun with another great lure, the Ima Sukari

Had to strip down to retrieve this fish from the snags.

Awesome fish country. 

Smaller dinks on the Jackson Athlete Lipless, an awesome twitchbait made for saltwater species but worked just as well on freshwater fishes.

Another common mountain river fish, the Forest Snakehead (Bujuk) which took a liking to a Zipbaits System Minnow.

Beautifully patterned, the bujuk is an ambush predator with nicely camouflage skin. Deep diver pulled this one out of the logs.

Zipbaits System Minnow hooked a healthy specimen, which I'm hoping will stick around for more light fun. All fishes were released for future stalking.