Boys

I need some serious advice...

I am heading to the Congo next month. In between catching Elephants and Ebola (hopefully not...) I hope to get a chance to throw a line in one of the many many rivers. Obviously my main target being Goliath tigerfish. I have heard they are notoriously hard to catch on fly. And the bigger fish do not take fly.

I will be in the Congo basin in Odzalo national park. I believe there are two bigger rivers in the park, the Lekoli and Mambili.

I should hopefully do a few more trips there over the next few years, so this first trip will be a recce. I am not really geared to catch 20kg tigers on fly, so am thinking of taking a spinning rod (drop shot gear) instead. (For those who are not familiar with these terms, do not stress, basically it means there are other ways of fishing other than fly fishing...)

Can anyone please give any advice on this?

Thanks
Jacques