Craig Richardson

Craig Richardson grew up and was schooled in Johannesburg, South Africa. He has been fishing from a very young age, focusing the majority of his time fly fishing. He spends the majority of his time fishing freshwater around South Africa, primarily focusing on the Vaal River, Dulstroom and small Highveld streams around Johannesburg. On matriculating he joined Fly Fishers Unlimited in Johannesburg, tying commercial flies as well as freelance guiding on the Vaal River. He joined the competitive fly fishing circuit in 2008. He represented his province for 7 years and competing for South Africa for 4 of those years.  He fished two Youth World fly fishing championships, 1 commonwealth games and one Men’s World Fly fishing Championship. He won a team bronze medal in Ireland. Craig started working for FlyCastaway in 2013 on the Pongola river camp. He then started guiding on Sterkfontein dam early in 2014.  At the tender age of 19, he experienced saltwater flats fishing for the first time on Farquhar Atoll in Seychelles. He guided one season on Farquhar before being relocating to St Brandons Atoll in Mauritius. He guided St Brandons for 9 seasons and is served as a head guide. He has fished a lot around the world, including France, Bosnia, Lesotho, England, Ireland, Swaziland, Wales, Canada and the USA. He is a passionate fly tier and spends a lot of his off water time thinking about new patterns and materials. Craig now spends his winter season in Naples area with his wife Kendall and dog Timber, guiding anglers for Redfish, Tarpon and other saltwater flats species.