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I'll admit, the water is a bit chilly, but the weather is sublime out on the stillwaters at the moment... After the ice has melted....
I guess you could say that there are heavy clouds over us here in South Africa. But we will get through this, and when we do, the calm waters will await us.
Patience fly...... I've been fishing these ahead of a dragonfly nymph, or sometimes behind a floating snail. The secret is to barely move the thing but still stay attuned to takes. Wonderful wintery scenery doesn't help this....
Still winter evenings.... Not all that common. Absolutely beautiful, especially when the trout go dilly....
This winter weather is sublime! The fishing can be slow, but what a delight to be out on the water!
I retired this old donut float tube years ago when it started to make creaking noises. My mate said he would take it over and use it to drown opinionated fishermen. Turns out he is just using it to catch fish!
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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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I wonder if my grandfather – J. H. Yates – walked that very bank?
April 11, 2019 at 8:53 pm
Indeed! The records suggest that he probably did fish here between 1937 and 1940 when he was posted to East London….
April 18, 2019 at 2:31 am
First I saw a beautiful fishing scene, then I noticed an anxious angler trying to calm a greenish lynx
April 11, 2019 at 6:06 pm
Ah…yes..I see that greenish Lynx….but I assure you Roger: It is just a bush, and Rhett was scanning for Rainbows in the clear water of the Bokspruit!
April 18, 2019 at 2:32 am