Flyfishing report: Saltwater - West Cape

Date of Report: Monday, 26th October 2026
Name: Capt. Louis Day
Email: louis@hermanus.co.za
Phone: 082 555 8317

Unfortunately, Louis has landed up in Mediclinic hospital in Hermanus with double pneumonia. At least he sounded as if he was on the mend when we spoke on the phone, but we guess he will be out of action for some time. Prior to that, just over a week ago he and his wife were at Witsand on the Breede where they caught just one decent grunter in 6 days and plenty of unwanted fish such as sea barbel and undersized fish. The problem was that the North Wester blew the whole time but the week before that there were lots of grunter and kob taken while the wind was from the Southeast. And that is all we have from this coastal area except that the commercial boats are catching yellowtail off Struisbaai.

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The Breede estuary.