Fishing the Elandspad river: "So, we fish upstream?" “Ja well, the fish are all facing upstream to intercept food, so that's a pretty good way to fish dries.” Tudor continues in the background as the reality of how we are going to be fishing dawns on me. I'm essentially going to be walking up river [...]
September 1st, that magical date on the South African fly fishing calendar when the trout rivers open again. For me personally it signifies the end of one fishing year and the start of the next. A time to take stock of the fishing over the past year and set some new goals and challenges for [...]
On Sunday Justin Fletcher and I spent a cracking day up the Elandspad on beat 3. All photos taken on iPhone and S3
Spent a very pleasant morning on EP2 this last Saturday. The fish were around but reminded us very early that no shoddy casts or slack presentations would be tolerated. The overcast weather made for a lovely morning that didn't get too hot too quickly kept the fish moving well into the afternoon. But it also [...]
