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At 4am I was awoken by the sound of pouring rain which left me wondering if our trip to the Umkomaas was still on the cards. Thankfully as I lay there the downpour slowly abated and by the time I climbed out of bed there was just the slightest drizzle. I made a few rolls, […] 
With Leo heading for the UK we decided to do one last outing with the fly sticks prior to his departure. Our chosen quarry was the Natal Yellowfish, aka the scaly, on the Umkomaas River just outside of Richmond. We had a great turnout with 6 of us making our way to Hella Hella via […] Sterkfontein is regarded as one of the premiere sight fly fishing venues in the world. Who wouldn’t want to cast to sighted smallmouth yellowfish in crystal clear waters, ever fearing the imminent Berg storm. After Nick’s successful new year’s Sterkfontein trip it was quickly decided that the Baha Boys needed to get up to Africa’s premier sight fishing venue before the season ended. So after a quick look at our calendars we booked a long weekend in March and did the necessary planning – calculating how much booze to […] View at Sterkfontein On the 30th of December I packed up the family, camping gear, and boat for a 5 day getaway to one of the Free State’s best kept secrets – Sterkfontein Dam. It was an early 4am start to get to the dam and set up camp before searching for some gold. […] Testing out my new Fortuner in the Umgeni Valley A year has passed since our last Heritage Day but the memories of a day spent fly fishing under snow capped mountains (and the adventure that followed) is still fresh in my mind. It therefore seemed only fitting to spend this Heritage Day in search […]
Natal Yellowfish (Scaly) With the streams opening on the 1st September Nick and I planned the mandatory, season opening, trip to the Berg. But then something strange happened, a friend invited Nick and I to fish a stretch of the Umkomaas with him. After much deliberation we decided that the trout could wait another week […] Enjoy our Sterkfontein adventure through our video. Fly fishing and yellowfish…does it get any better? |
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