August Yellows !!

This yellow took a Flashback Pheasant tail nymph # 16

One of our really good friends came to visit from Tanzania, he insisted we go fishing , the only problem, it was on a Monday.

Ok , not really a problem , for some of us.

Wayne O also managed to catch a CARP , while static nymphing for small mouth yellows.

My Mistake

Hi ,

I made a serious mistake , to credit someone else w

ith a fish he did not catch is pretty close to kissing the .... , i would not kno

w of course.

The 16lb tiger was not caught by Christoff , but by Conrad Blake , the second fish , a 14 lb beauty was caught by Jon Smallie .

Once again gentleman , i apologize.

Middelpunt deliver once again

August 2010

The Blow fly , a very simple , but effective trout fly. If you want the recipe , you have to give us a ring.

One more for the log book.

We found the fish to be very deep. This made us change to sinking and intermediate lines. There was only one problem, we kept hooking up on weed. I then remembered a blob (egg fly) shown to me by one of our younger clients , THE BooBY Blob.

Note the foam , this fly is a winner when you fish weeded still waters.

Some more BIG BIG Tigers

Sekoma Island - July 2010

Christoff Badenhorst and a 16lb Tiger

a awesome 14lb tiger

Thank you Christoff for the update ,

" remember , we have 2 weeks in July and August 2011"

Yellow fish from Israel !

Yellows in the Jordan River.

We have two types of yellowfish here smallscale (Damascus barbel ) and largescale.

Both living mostly in Jordan river. ( Israel )
Largescales are very common here up to around 2-3kg, caught well on lures (not many flyfisherman here).

Smallscale is not taking lures at all, but taking flies quite well.
I had a luck on a weekend and caught a good size one. Next time I'll try and send you a largescale on a fly (untill my last visit to South Africa I was fishing for them on a lure).

Best regards,

Arthur

Some more Trout 'n things

Matthew Pedder at Middelpunt Farm,

a decent fly rod with a decent bend,

The end result, a 4 pound Rainbow.

World Champs

Well done to South Africa , 5th overall.

1. CZE - CZECH REPUBLIC
2. FRA - FRANCE
3. SVK - SLOVAKIA
4. POL - POLAND
5. RSA - SOUTH AFRICA
6. FIN - FINLAND
7. SPA - SPAIN
8. NZL - NEW ZEALAND
9. AUS - AUSTRALIA
10. BIH - BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVI
11. ENG - ENGLAND
12. SCO - SCOTLAND
13. ITA - ITALY
14. POR - PORTUGAL
15. USA - USA
16. NOR - NORWAY
17. IRE - IRELAND
18. ROM - ROMANIA
19. BEL - BELGIUM
20. LUX - LUXEMBOURG
21. NET - NETHERLANDS
22. GER - GERMANY
23. CAN - CANADA
24. SLO - SLOVENIA
25. JPN - JAPAN

A long time ago...

May to June

The first letter in the month's May and June should have been a T. Not a minor or "kleinletter" t like we say it in Afrikaans , but a BIG , Capitol , Mayor "T".

The reason, I ( we ) had some of the best fly fishing for

TARPON , TRAVELLY , TIGER Fish and TROUT

in the last two months.

This is just a short photo essay on the Cuba trip. We were hosted on boa

rd Avalon 1 , a 7 star yacht. The fishing took place in " Jardinas de la Reina " - loosely translated - The Gardens of the Queen.

Avalon 1

Roger Upton and a 110lb Cuban Tarpon

Silver in the Drink.

We will host 5 trips to Cuba in 2011 , the cost of these trips will be from Euro 2800 - Euro 5800.

If you are keen , drop us a mail or give us a ring.