Flyfishing report: Trout - Port Elizabeth

Upper van Staden’s, which is one of the two local dams which we stock with trout, is still inaccessible as the floods of May washed away the access road and there is little sign that the municipality will repair it any time soon. The other, the Bulk River, is again accessible but is still very murky, and I fear that like the Upper van Staden’s many of the fish will have been lost downstream during the floods. I will be visiting our bass dam, Sand River, although there will be few bass moving until the water warms up.

Our club, the Eastern Province Freshwater Fish Conservancy, will hold be holding its AGM at the Geman Club in PE starting 19h00 on 20^th August.

Club outings calendar.

August 7 to 9. Thrift Dam in the Winterberg.

October 16 to 18. Rooihoek in the Baviaans Nature Reserve. Smallmouth bass in the Kouga River.

October 31. Upper van Staden’s Dam. Home waters. (to be confirmed)

November 27 to 29. Settlers Dam near Grahamstown. Largemouth bass.

Bulk River Dam with the club boat in the foreground.