Sardine Fly Fishing
Hi
I have been lucky enough to Fish while the sards are around
The shore Fly fishing was dismal as there is so much natural bait around and as the shoal gets pushed against the beach its so large that the "outside edge" (where the gamefish are feeding ) is out of fly casting distance
Most of my success was with a "live" or newly dead sard or shad in the deeper channels
Had a couta,garrick and kingys from lee rock in this way
The only artifical action we managed to get was on a large tin spoon that was thrown over the shoal and let to sink and retrived near the bottom (Kob and kings )
while large surface chisel plugs are rumored to work I have had little success with only one smallish Garrick
The offshore fishing on Protea also hots up but unless you enjoy boating half yellowfin tuna it gets frustrating as the shark population is also wild
one thing to remember is that when the sards get to natal they are LARGE 15-20 cms so you have to throw BIG flies to have any chance of success
That been said if you ever get a chance to got on a boat in sardine season its one of the most fantastic scenes you will ever see
10 000 000's lil fish 1 000 000's birds going crazy 1000's dolphins , sharks and game fish breaching
its truly spectacular
/d
What ever you do never confuse Fishing With catching Fish !!!!
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