Sterkies!!

[MR.GT]

Hey there fellow fliers!!

Has anyone been to sterkfontein in the last 3 weeks or so?
Been heering mixed reports on the fishing and as we are heading next week, I would just like to know if there is more "updated" details!

[firephish]

I was there last weekend of November, water tempt was still cold at around 16C. Fishing was tough, but as always the rewards are there to be had if you put in the effort:

[MR.GT]

So were you part of the TCFF event?

Spoke to Andre the monday after that and I have been tracking the weather ever since.

I don't mind working hard for each scale as it makes it all the more rewarding, but the mate coming with, is a "sterkies virgin" so hope the temps picked up a bit.

DO you know which spots were producing?

[firephish]

no was not there with TCFF, spots working depends on which way the wind blows. Wind was from the NE when i was there and most of our fish came from the ararat and nieuwejaars areas.

So were you part of the TCFF event?

Spoke to Andre the monday after that and I have been tracking the weather ever since.

I don't mind working hard for each scale as it makes it all the more rewarding, but the mate coming with, is a "sterkies virgin" so hope the temps picked up a bit.

DO you know which spots were producing?

[MR.GT]

Thanks for the info. Those parts of town are out of range for us,seeing as we are "landlocked" fishers.

[kreef]

I was there last weekend, and it was tough. We had a mixed bag of weather conditions, and the water temps are still low (17C). Found some fish in the Ararat area.

[Korrie]

Had a friend up there about 10 days ago.
Everybody insisted that he MUST do it the dry fly way,(beatle and hopper patterns) as it is the way to fish.
After 1,5 days of nothing, he decided to switch to little nymphs.
Had plenty of fish on the nymphs with intermediate lines and slow retrieves.
The rest who insisted on dries only, went home fishless.