Trout in South Africa

My friend, Tom Sutcliffe, of South Africa wrote the other day to ask me to write a few paragraphs for his newsletter—which I am happy to do—go here to see his web site. He also included a few photos of trout fishing (its early fall there). I wanted to post these just to give everyone a true sense of what South Africa fly fishing for trout looks like. Having spent time there fishing with Tom and others, I can tell you that it really does look like this and the fishing is quite good.

angler-blue-sky

Blue sky days are stunning in the mountainous country of South Africa–especially when you are fishing a beautiful stream like this.

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Yes there are cloudy days, too, but that keeps the snakes at bay (well, not really, but not to worry, the snakes are few and far between).

Angler-with-brown

The browns are wild, as wild as only Africa can be. There are rainbows, there, too, and they are equally as wild.

Brown-in-hand

The browns were taken to SA from Britain in the 1800s, and planted in many streams, where they have become naturalized, wild populations.

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