LATEST FISHING REPORT: Trout - Amatolas
AMATOLA FLY FISHING CLUB (Stutterheim & Kingwilliamstown). Gubu & Maden dams. Gubu Dam has dropped to about 70% but because it is a large bit of water this is not a problem. The rainbow stockies are in abundance and doing very well. They are in the 32 - 35cm class, then the other three classes are in the upper 40s, low 50s, and upper 50s respectively. A number of rainbows in the 55-60cm size class were caught recently with a few browns in the low to mid 50s in-between, and at least three big-browns-that-got-away-at-the-net stories on top of that...
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Fly of the month- CRAFTY ROACH by Murray Pedder
The Crafty Roach came about out of necessity rather than by design. On a trip to Highland Lodge in the Eastern Cape, I ran out of Olive Rabbit fur strips to make some Pappa Roaches. I found some olive Craft fur in my travel kit and started playing around with the early version of the crafty Roach. On its first trip out the next day my client John and I were well rewarded with some great fishing and took fifteen rainbows between 4 and 6 pounds in a morning session. The pattern has been changed and modified slightly from the original to the pattern I am presenting to you in this piece. This final version has taken a number of great rainbows and a few browns over the last few years...
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