| Date of Report: Wednesday, 29th July 2026 |
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Name: Horst Filter Phone: 082 628 7702 SE Mpumalanga. It is prime time for Horst on his rivers which are looking awesome as they are clear and flowing well for this time of year. He and a client had a bumper day yesterday on the Pivane with 50 fish and the previous 2 weekends guiding clients with good results which included the Assegai and Phongola rivers. Some nice sized small and largescales were landed and once again the odd chiselmouth to add to the interest. Illegal netting remains a problem as it is on both our rivers and estuaries. As may be seen from the photos below Horst and his clients retrieved netting and destroyed it after a confrontation with the culprit. KZN. There have been reports of large scalies (Natal yellowfish) taken from the middle Tugela in the Colenso area, possibly Zingela. From now on until the first heavy summer rains which muddy the Tugela is the best time to target the really good sized scalies which frequent this section of the river. The middle Umkomaas is also looking great and crystal clear but only the odd angler giving it a try. According to Michael Aadensgaard one fishes deep with small nymphs towards the lower end of slow-moving pools. However, as it warms up in late August into September the fish move into shallower water and become more active. And then the anglers arrive in numbers.
Horst’s client with a smallscale.
Horst with a largescale
Horst with a chiselmouth.
Retrieving illegal netting.
And destroying it.
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