South Africa???

[Carpcatcher]

Does anyone have any experience fishing in South Africa? I'm headed there on vacation for a couple weeks, spending most of my time around Cape Town and Johannesburg.

Thanks for any information.

[Josh Barnett]

Go to www.smallstreams.com (http://www.smallstreams.com) and ask the same question. There is a guy, Gerald I think, who lives and fishes there all year long! Hope you have a good time, and catch one for us...

Joshua Barnett

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[Windknot]

DDD was at the Fling, but I think he is traveling quite regularly now. Hope he sees this.

[BLACK KNIGHT]

Seal fly on a 12/0 hook for Great Whites!

[bencmyers]

Tim Chambo at Orvis in Buckhead has a book about fishing in S. Africa that one of the S. African Air pilots gave to him. I'm sure he'll let you browse through it.

Ben

[MountainMan]

"Fish and Fly" magazine has an article on fishing in Africa in their new issue, im guessing Feb. 2004. On the cover is a nice size Tiger fish.

-MM

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[DDD]

Hi CarpCatcher

I'm originally from South Africa and can give you lots of advice on flyfishing there - if you haven't left already! I just returned from a vacation in SA. Contact me via email (usfishing@afrikanuts.com) if you still need help - I can even lend you some books on where to fish and what to expect. The following websites might also help (in no particular order): http://www.icon.co.za/~entrepot/saflydir.htm http://www.ffsa.co.za http://www.flyshop.co.za http://www.theflyguide.com http://www.africanfishing.com http://www.flyfishingafrica.net

Cape Town have great opportunities for trout, bass, saltwater and other indigenous fish and even some carp. Depending on the weather (it's now high summer there) opportunities might be a bit more limited as Cape Town is in a winter rainfall area and it might be a bit dry.
Johannesburg is not that great for flyfishing for trout, but yellowfish (and indigenous species) is great fun in summer. Joburg is also a comfortable drive (2-3 hours) from a lot of great trout fishing destinations in the MPumalanga province (towns such as Belfast, Machadodorp, and Dullstroom)
Hope this isn't to late!
Regards
DDD
(Heinrich)