Fly Tying Lesson 5 – 8 for Beginners

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Posted on 27th September 2010 by admin in Equipment |Tutorials |Videos

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Yesterday we watched the first 4 episodes of Fly Tying with Dave Cammiss and today we’re going to look at the next four. Now, we’re obviously moving through this rather quickly, but having them all together is a nice way to decide what you want to do next.

Let’s not delay, here you go:

In this fly tying tutorial Dave demonstrates a ‘Cats Whisker’.

In this fly tying tutorial Dave demonstrates a ‘Montana Nymph’.

In this fly tying tutorial Dave demonstrates a ‘Partridge and Orange’ and the ‘Greenwells Glory’.

In this fly tying tutorial Dave demonstrates a ‘Soldier Palmer’ and the ‘Zulu’.

Getting quite a lot tricker as we move forwards, a lot of free time is required. So, when’s that weekend? ;)

Fly Tying Lesson 1 – 4 for Beginners

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Posted on 26th September 2010 by admin in Equipment |Tutorials |Videos

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There’s no better feeling than tying your own fly and landing that prize fish. If you’ve done it before, you’ll know how it feels, if you haven’t, then here’s your chance to learn a little about fly tying in the first 4 episodes of Learn Fly Tying with David Cammiss.

Lesson One tells us all about the equipment required to make your own flies. David demostrates the buzzer:

Lesson Two demonstrates the  ‘Diawl Bach’ known as a ‘Little Devil’.

Lesson Three demonstrates the ‘Gold Ribbed Hare’s Ear’.

Lesson Four demonstrates the ‘ Pheasant Tail Nymph ‘.

We will also cover tutorials on tying wooly buggers, nymphs and mrs simpsons in the next several weeks, so stay posted!

Lessons 5 to 8 – click here.

Which flies are performing in the Western Cape waters

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Posted on 26th September 2010 by admin in Equipment

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When you go fly fishing, you want to be prepared, having a good collection of flies is so important, especially if you’re going to a fishing destination that you haven’t been to before, you never know what sort of fly the fish will go for.

Mrs Simpson
Green Wooly Bugger
Black Wooly Bugger
Bead Head Nymph
Fly Fishing Flies
Fishing Flies

Here are four of the flies that have been performing well over the past few months in the Western Cape waters. You can see what they look like by clicking the thumbnails above, all flies have been labelled accordingly:

  • Black wooly bugger
  • Green wooly bugger (Great at La Ferme)
  • Bead Head Nymph
  • Mrs Simpson (Great at Jonkershoek)

Another fly that has been working incredibly well is one that looks similiar to the Green Wooly Bugger, made from Marabou Turkey Dark Olive feathers and has a touch of red material under the feathers. This fly pulled out four rainbow trout ranging from 2kg to 4kg in a two hour fishing sessions.

It would appear that attraction flies are definitely out performing aggression flies.

Jonkershoek Fly Fishing

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Posted on 24th September 2010 by admin in Destinations

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Nestled high in the most picturesque valley and protected from the Cape’s howling winds, the Jonkershoek flyfishery offer superb flyfishing for both the experienced and the novice angler. All 5 dams are operated from the oldest hatchery in Southern Africa, so there’s an abundance of fish to be caught.

The staff are incredibly helpful, armed with rods to rent and plenty of flies to purchase, and for just R5 a fly, it’s a steal. Recommended flies are black and green woolly buggers and anything bushy and dark green. The fish bite on a slow retrieve and fairly shallow, and they bite a lot! The rainbow trout vary in size from rather small to a couple kilograms.

Black Woolly Bugger
Sign Post
Jonkershoek lower dam
Jonkershoek lower dam
Jonkershoek Info Sign
Trout Jonkershoek

How to get there:

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From Cape Town, take the N1. The offramp after the Engen garage is for Stellenbosch. Take it, and turn right towards Stellenbosch. Carry on that road all the way into Stellenbosch. The forth set of traffic lights you turn left. There is a Mazda/Ford garage on your left. This is Merriman road. Carry on Merriman until you find a big traffic circle and take the second exit. Keep on that road for 7 km’s and we are on the left hand side.

Cost: R100 for the day and use of 5 dams
Fish: Mozambique Tilipia, Rainbow Trout and Whitefish
Tackle: Fly fishing
Rating: 4/5
Catch and Release: Yes
Site Manager: Charl Hamilton – 072 459 7750

BFSA Money Trail Competition

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Posted on 23rd September 2010 by admin in Competitions |News

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BassFishing.co.za is holding a competition this weekend where you’ll have the chance to test your skills against the other anglers. In there first season, they handed out prize money to the value of R25,000 so if you’re keen, you better read on.

This competition is part of a series of competitions hosted by BassFishing and known as the BFSA Money Trail. The events take place at various venues around the Cape. The 3 main venues will be Kwaggaskloof, Theewaterskloof and Brandvlei although others are also being considered and should include Clanwilliam this season.

More Details:

Friday/Saturday/Sunday. 24/25/26th September 2010.

Venue : Bulshoek

This venue we are going to have a TWO day competition and the fee will be R400.00 per boat. They have secured accommodation at David-Thys’s “Pig farm” where we have both Camping and Housing accommodation. This is on a “first-come-first-served” basis. There are ablutions and electricity where needed. They need you to RSVP as soon as possible!

Prize Money:

  • The BFSA Money Trail money is allocated to the first five heaviest bags on a sliding scale. Should there be a tie for first place, the monies will shared evenly.
  • The BFSA Money Trail is a Heaviest Bag prize per team only.
  • There is NO prize for the heaviest fish; it goes towards your bag weight.

You have to be in attendance to collect your prize money at the end of the day’s event.

Read more by clicking here.

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