Elands River 46cm Smallscale

[Fontuin]

I was down on the river again yesterday afternoon late.I use my 7’6” rod and a 6X tippet and fish a Midge under a small black Flashback using a strike indicator in almost still water of about a meter deep. After about ten minutes I lost a Smallscale of about 25cm at the net.
So today at around 11:00 I go back to the same spot, Likewaan Corner for those who have been to the river, and I used the same method as Yesterday. On my very first throw my indicator dips under and I hook a 46cm Smallscale, after a lengthy fight with some nice long runs I eventually land the fish.

[MCC]

Awesome fish!!!!!!!

[saml]

Wow! good catch! that's a beast!

[Stones]

Nice going Max!

[gazzarowan]

awesome fish man...lovely to see they are healthy

[Fontuin]

Thanks, I caught a 47cm one in December but this one seems far heavier. There are many fish around. I have seen some that I am initially disappointed by because they look like Carp and then realize that they are in fact big Yellowfish, substantially larger than this one.

What is nice is that I haven't hooked or seen even a small Bass this year yet and I've never seen a Carp but lots of Yellowfish.

Does anybody know how to convert length to mass on these fish?

[Fontuin]

Die viz hier by ons is gewoonlik so .4m tot 1m. Die' vis was gevang in viz van so .5m. Daar is tye dat ek kan sight fish maar dit is n uitsondering en ek het gewoonlik min succes. Meeste visse wat ek vang sien ek nie.

Daar is visse in die strome maar hulle is gewoonlik kleiner en moeilik om te vang. Czech nymphing werk dan die beste vir my.

[Jacques O Dell]

Dankie Fontuin.

Gary where (in Pta) can I get a net like that? And what do they cost?

[Gerrit Viljoen]

Dankie Fontuin.

Gary where (in Pta) can I get a net like that? And what do they cost?

Jy moet die auctions dop hou, ek het een geadverteer vir 3 maande lank niks nadda niemand het belangestel nie,eers verlede week aan iemand verkoop. :smile: Ek weet 'n chick in JHB bring hulle van NZ in so jy sal maar moet shops bel en hoor wie dit aanhou. Jy gaan nou so R700 vir 'n nuwe een betaal.

[GGY]

Dankie Fontuin.

Gary where (in Pta) can I get a net like that? And what do they cost?

You missed out on Gerrit's auction. (I even "plugged" it for him, since it is a great net).

I think you might find @ Solly's, else Mias does stock.

Yes - they are not cheap, but have a properly accurate scale and are built to last a lifetime.