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A wonderful mild spring evening on the river, complete with rising trout and a glowing sunset.
A photo from several years ago, but taken at this time of year. It snowed that evening and I remember how cold I was. We got some fish too. Is this year wetter/drier, warmer, greener? Time to go find out.
Springtime. Hot. Windy. But the Browns seem hungry!
We had a day of wild hot berg winds on the river yesterday, but the Browns were 'on the prod'!
I am restocking my nymph box for the streams. These ones tied on an @umpquafeathermerchants jig hook in #20. Just a simple microfibetts tail, some dubbing and a dull 1mm copper coloured tungsten bead.
Spring can make for tricky fishing, particularly now, before decent rains have arrived, but it's a challenge and a test with often humbling outcomes. I like that..... 🤔
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Truttablog is a "Trout centric" journal, in which I seek to highlight South Africa as a fly-fishing destination. In particular I write about my home waters of the Kwa-Zulu Natal province, which seem to receive little press. Recent moves by authorities in South Africa, are threatening to close down Trout hatcheries, ban the practice of catch and release, and in other ways see the demise of a species, entirely without good reason.
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A fine picture of what looks to be a young diver of some sort.
June 15, 2015 at 11:08 pm
Yes Walt, I guess you could call it a diver, since that is what they do. Here we call it a “Dabchick”. Many swirls on a lake, that you thought were Trout rising , end up being a cursed Dabchick that surfaces.
June 16, 2015 at 9:18 pm