The great John Buchan said that “the charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope”. This was precisely the notion that was running through my head last week as I applied the factor 50 and boarded the elegant at anchor off Watamu bay on my first morning of fishing in Kenya. The twin 375hp motors were firing up, the crew was busy with gaffs, rods and improbably enormous lures, and we
