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    Good day Gents,

    Recently I was fishing for yellows and a local farmer came up and started chatting.
    He said the pool I was fishing was called the "Paaling Gat" and he has caught some of over 5kg in it.....
    What is a Paaling and DOES IT TAKE FLIES..?

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    That would be an Eel ....
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    Quote Originally Posted by JCD View Post
    Good day Gents,

    Recently I was fishing for yellows and a local farmer came up and started chatting.
    He said the pool I was fishing was called the "Paaling Gat" and he has caught some of over 5kg in it.....
    What is a Paaling and DOES IT TAKE FLIES..?

    JC
    That would be an eel and it probably would. They eat worms, insect larvae, snails, crabs, fish, ducks etc.
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    Thanks for the replies... fresh water eel then.
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    JCD, eel is correct...

    All rivers flowing east have eels, they spawn at sea and then return to a river to live for a few years then spawn at sea again, kind of like a steelhead, only the other way round...

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    UK reports suggest that eels are often caught on Black Dancer's/Woolly Buggers. Can't hurt to try a Fritz as well.
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    JC, you are such a Soutie...........
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