Herman,
My feeling about brown vs rainbow and clanwilliam yellows is that the rarer your opportunity of catching a particular fish, the more highly regarded peoples perceptions are regarding that fish. In the case of browns in the Western Cape, you have the Witte which is a long walk with few fish and the Witels which is a k@k hike but more fish. Yes other streams exist for browns but I am talking about the more well known ones. For Clanwilliam yellows, they are endangered and you can only catch them in a couple of places. If browns were our staple fish in our rivers with only one or two streams containing rainbows then I am sure we would all be out trying to catch rainbows.
I don't think that browns or Clanwilliam yellows are any harder or easier to catch then rainbows or other yellowfish, it's simply a matter of opportunity.
Regards,
Darryl
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