At the last FOSAF EC AGM in November, Brian Clark stood down as Chairman of the EC Chapter after
4 years at the helm. Martin von Holdt has taken over from Brian, being duly elected at the AGM.
Brian will remain on the Committee as Vice Chairman. Martin is the eldest son of the late and well
known Brian von Holdt who before his passing chaired this chapter for many years. Together with
people like Martin Davies of Rhodes University, Brian von Holdt was largely instrumental in
popularising fly fishing, especially for trout, in the Eastern Cape.
Martin von Holdt, who matriculated at Grey High and graduated as an engineer at UPE lives in East London
where he runs his own business, Greener Solutions, which specialises in greenhouse and hydroponic projects
and green house consulting services. He has a formidable task ahead of him as the Eastern Cape chapter
covers a huge area which includes Molteno, the North Eastern highlands and Umtata and through to
Stutterheim, Winterberg and Port Elizabeth in the south west. Much of the fishing is in the hands 7 clubs of
which 5 issue day tickets for visitors and many privately owned destinations scattered throughout this vast
area. Regarding trout fishing in the many high altitude dams, this is totally dependent on a limited
number of hatcheries which are nearly all at some distance from these waters. For all these reasons
Martin von Holdt will need the support of everyone interested in furthering the promotion of fly
fishing in the province. You may contact Martin at martin@greenersolutions.co.za
Martin von Holdt (left) and Brian Clark at Mountain Dam, Somerset East
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