Earliest SA Fly fishing event?

[ArcherFish]

Here's one for the historians.

When was the 1st recorded fly fishing event in South Africa?

[gkieser]

Stocking of the Mooi?

[core fly]

Maybe the 1950S

[white death]

I read somewhere that there was flyfishing for indigenous species in the middle 1800's. Probably English colonists that brought their tackle with from England and finding them unsuitable to eat and also difficult to take on fly, started projects to bring Trout ova from Europe.

[Jax]

Hi Found this on Google Hope it helps. Have Fun.

http://www.fishthesea.co.za/flyfishing/historyoftroutfishing.htm

[ArcherFish]

so far you guys haven't got close.

[Korrie]

The English soldiers in the Boer war, fishing for SM yellows with flies

[ArcherFish]

MUCH earlier than that Korrie.
Clue, it was in the Karoo.

[Korrie]

KHOISAN with a feather wrapped around a bone, tied to a riempie???? :)
Documented on some cave wall around Beufort west hills?

[ArcherFish]

There was a Khoi guide involved, but the fishermen were 'white'.

[Chris Shelton]

1840's, Capt. Cornwallis Harris?

[ArcherFish]

Chris
You are about 40 years out


1840's, Capt. Cornwallis Harris?

[Korrie]

Well, then it can't be the 1820 Settlers. ;)

[ArcherFish]

Before the Settlers

[Chris Shelton]

Jeez Craig, you've got me racking my brains here. It must surely have been one of the early explorers/specimen hunters? How about François Le Vaillant? His third trip was round about the time you refer to, when he travelled to Namaqualand and as far as the Orange. I unfortunately sold my copy of the reprint, so I am a bit sketchy on the details.

[ArcherFish]

How about an ancestor of Ed Truter and his mate Somerville

[Chris Shelton]

Ah ok :) I think William Somerville was the original Stream X guy! From my research I glean that he was not very partial to favouring the public with whatever knowledge he had accumulated! My kind of guy! lol