Swartwater - Kwa Kwa

[smallstreams.co.za]

Taken on a #14 PTN nogal.

Umpanque Nymph not so??

[Gerrit Viljoen]

Na I was told a Hare's ear. He even beached the fish,didn't have a net.

[smallstreams.co.za]

Na I was told a Hare's ear. He even beached the fish,didn't have a net.

I'll re-read the article tonight. He "kept" the fish in some sort of net until someone with a camera arrived. Regardless, a massive fish!!

[Booger Rose]

Got that monstret photo from Swartwater.

I know this is not the way to handle a fish - long time ago.

[Michael]

Umpanque Nymph not so??

You mean "Umpqua"?

Umpqua flies are not one specific fly...you get "Umpqua" nymphs, dries, terrestrials, caddis, etc etc etc...and one of them is called an UMPQUA NYMPH - PHEASANT TAIL.
PTN, essentially.

See this: http://www.intrepidangler.com/produc...ESSID=dmtcpkpg
Also click on "Umpqua Flies", to see the range.

[smallstreams.co.za]

You mean "Umpqua"?

Umpqua flies are not one specific fly...you get "Umpqua" nymphs, dries, terrestrials, caddis, etc etc etc...and one of them is called an UMPQUA NYMPH - PHEASANT TAIL.
PTN, essentially.

See this: http://www.intrepidangler.com/produc...ESSID=dmtcpkpg
Also click on "Umpqua Flies", to see the range.

Yes, I know, but Brett made a boo-boo with the name when he started working at Frontier, and the name stuck. He called it Umpanque or something to that effect.

[chrisvd]

Dunno about them...but do know about an 18.5lbs (I think) cockfish that came out of a specific stillwater in Natal. It's mounted at Frontier FF...Brett Manix cought it.
Sight-fished in shallow water nogal! Taken on a #14 PTN nogal.

I used to fish the dam quite often, it's an amazing place. The record from there was taken by Andre Postimus if I remember correctly. The fish was up on the wall in present a fly, fly shop, not sure if it's still there. Very, very big fish. There are still huge trout there and I am convinced the biggest trout in SA is still in that dam.

[smallstreams.co.za]

I used to fish the dam quite often, it's an amazing place. The record from there was taken by Andre Postimus if I remember correctly. The fish was up on the wall in present a fly, fly shop, not sure if it's still there. Very, very big fish. There are still huge trout there and I am convinced the biggest trout in SA is still in that dam.

Mike Postimus

[smallstreams.co.za]

http://www.swartwater.co.za/cms/page?id=9

Record Catch

Rainbow Trout of 8.255kg (18.161 lbs.)

• When: On Monday 22nd March 1999, at 10h05
• Where: Swartwater Dam in the Freestate, (Kwa Kwa)
• Length: 82 cm.
• Girth: 54 cm.
• Sex: Female
• Who: Mike Posthumus of Bethlehem.
• Fly: Pancora Woolly Worm, size 12.
• Rod: Stealth 6/7.
• Reel: Daiwa Lochmor 200
• Line: Cortland 222 fast sink
• Leader: Rio, & Silstar tippet, slow sink.

[gazzarowan]

if i remember correctly, that trout is hanging in The Kingfisher in Durban...