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Under grey skies these spots suddenly look so "trouty".... And they are!
Interesting water this. Not everyone's cup of tea... It looks like a canal... Kinda dull. But "three quarter mile pool" is packed with Brown Trout. They sulk, get lock-jaw, get crazy hungry and reckless, and everything in between. And mostly they hide in the reeds tight against the bank. They are generally more fickle and testy than trout in a fast rocky stream, and so they are a challenge: frustrating and intriguing.
Its great to be on the rivers again.
A little caddis. A searching pattern for the river, where a pale tawny coloured natural is often about. I am looking forward to the river season!
Lately the weather has presented wonderful vistas of cloud and light touching the mountains. Just one of the joys of being out on some water, fly rod in hand.
A couple of big browns have come to the net this week. I was lucky enough to get one of them. This was another one. I love these things!
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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.
I hope that in some small way, my writing will amplify the pleasure and importance of fly-fishing for Trout in South Africa, and in so doing will act as a counter weight to this turning wheel.
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Are you Superman?
July 29, 2015 at 6:37 pm
Ha Ha! That is my buddy “PD” in there. As far as I can remember he emerged from there WITHOUT a red cape and his underpants worn on the outside! That phone (an old fashioned one with a crank riunger, that dialled through to the manual exchange, was operational until less than 20 yrs ago! It was near the top of one of our highest mountain passes, and was there in case you got stranded in the snow up there.
July 30, 2015 at 5:08 pm
Can’t remember seeing that Publieke Telefoon anywhere. Did it serve as a loo? and where?
July 28, 2015 at 5:57 pm
For the sheep it was a loo! It was at the top of Naude’s Neck Pass, and with a wind of the handle, you could pick up and speak to the “tannie” in Barkly East, who would ask you about the weather up there. Some of those special things will just never be the same!
July 28, 2015 at 9:56 pm