Calitzdorp

**pottie** · 02-07-07

HI GUYS ,SPENT SATURDAY AT CALITZDORP DAM TRYING FOR YELLOWS, WITH NO LUCK. WE MAINLY FISHED TO THE LEFT OF THE DAM WALL IN DEEP WATER, I TRIED FLOATING AND SINKING LINES AND DIFRENT FLIES WITH NO LUCK. GAVE UP AFTER 6 HOURS. PLANNING TO GO BACK SOON, ANY HELP OR HINTS FROM THE GUYS WHO HAVE BEEN THERE WOULD BE NICE.

**KevinC** · 02-07-07

Originally Posted by pottie

HI GUYS ,SPENT SATURDAY AT CALITZDORP DAM TRYING FOR YELLOWS, WITH NO LUCK. WE MAINLY FISHED TO THE LEFT OF THE DAM WALL IN DEEP WATER, I TRIED FLOATING AND SINKING LINES AND DIFRENT FLIES WITH NO LUCK. GAVE UP AFTER 6 HOURS. PLANNING TO GO BACK SOON, ANY HELP OR HINTS FROM THE GUYS WHO HAVE BEEN THERE WOULD BE NICE.

Hey Pottie- I fished Calitzdorp dam for the first time about 3 years ago and had a blast nailing the yellows (after some of the Southern Cross Fly Fishing guys from George arrived and gave me some tips on how to fish the dam). I was so excited that I took a group of guys from this site the following year and we virtually blanked! The dam was much lower and the water clarity not nearly as good.

I have yet to fish it since then, having heard from my mates who used to fish it regularly that the papgooiers have stuffed it up good and proper.

When we first fished the dam the papgooiers would catch hundreds of little fish, the fly fishermen would catch dozens of really good sized fish and the artlure okes would not catch many, but the ones they caught were often beasts.

In any event- the few things I have learned about the dam are as follows:
Fish up towards the inlet with the Nels River and then in the bay to the right hand side of the dam wall (if looking at the dam). Most successful flies are Viva Tadpoles by far, followed by zonkers and Mrs Simpsons.
TO catch those fish you should be on a tube and cast virtually onto the bank- the fish sit close to the cliffs. And a fish finder helps massively.

Out of interest- where did you get in? Was there water up the side leg of the dam towards the Nels River? This is the hot spot- when we were last there it was 100% dry!

**pottie** · 03-07-07

HI KEVIN, WE PAID R40 AT THE CAMPING SITE, FROM THERE WE WENT TO THE INLET, THE WATER WAS VERY CLEAR AND NOT TO COLD. WE SPENT ABOUT 2 HOURS THERE WITH NO LUCK, WE THEN MOVED TO THE DAM WALL, WE FISHED THE BAY ON THE LEFT FOR +-4 HOURS, SAW SOME RISSES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAM. LOOKS LIKE NO FLOAT TUBE = NO FISH.