Hi Noel,
That's a shame . Never mind , now you,ve got a great excuse (would one were needed !) to go back. I hear the Swff is something else .
Is the trout fishing all small upland stream stuff or do they have bigger fly fishing rivers with trout in them ? I presume that they have lough ( 
) fishing too.
Cheers for the noo,
Paul.
Will def be going back, planning it already
. SA is a huge place, we stay in Cape town as have free use of a place there. Had a beer with a guy who planned on taking me out on the salt but he couldnt get his boat out due to tidal conditions, never the less he was full of info. The salt water scene near cape town depends on sandbars, these can build up at the mouth of eastury's trapping predators inside, that come in to feed on baitfish etc.
This year there were huge floods a few months ago which blasted the sandbars and has screwed up the fishing. He reckoned the local guys were doing well to connect with .7 fish/day
He had a sad tale to tell of commercial over fishing and dwindling stocks though. Four or five hours west of CPT the fishing is supposed to be much better. I had planned to go out with a guide in that region but we never made it up there, this time....
Its all small upland streams in the western cape yes. Not sure about loughs never heard mention of any ??? Lots and lots of reserviors everywhere and they all got fish in, mostly bass which i would love to try but thats a winter persuit there. I believe they fish the large reserviors loch style from boats and tubes, again a winter persuit. Lucky buggers can fish all year round in decent weather conditions.
If you want to go offshore deepsea stuff you can connect with some serious game fish, but thats not my scene at all.
