So it’s no secret that Clanwilliam yellowfish were stocked into the Berg River back in the day (from 1964). I’ve been trying hard to find remnants of these stockings, but even though I’ve hiked and fished most of the Berg River main stem and tributaries over the past thirty years, I’ve had no luck.

Until two weeks ago, I struck gold! After a long day fighting fynbos and missioning up steep ground I found trophy small stream Clans in a cool, crystal clear tributary of the Berg River: