Doring River update

[George Thom]

I have some nice foto editing software i'll try and enhance your pic of the mama and post it back tomorrow.

[Jasper]

Is this a private water Chris?

You can camp at Die Mond - and use their stretch of the river.

[Garage]

I have camped at de Mond, but not for a while. Saw and caught some nice bass but only saw one Yellow - and it was a bus of note - after many hours of hiking in the heat.

I managed to spook her before anyone had a shot.

Still haven't been forgiven.

[Nymph+O-]

Hehehehe... could not help myself

[Arthur]

It really is!

I am not sure if this should be broadcasted but I'll say it anyway. I firmly believe that the Doring is fast becoming a better bass fishery than the Breede. A big plus is that carp and catfish haven't invaded this system...... yet! The bass are plentiful!

Although I havent posted any pictures of fish, we caught countless numbers of bass between the three of us. I had my fill of a dozen bass after about two hours of fishing and opted to spend the rest of the four days exploring and occupying myself with other things of interest in the area. Jasper and Gary on the other hand made a feast of the fishing, and I was pleased to see them returning with beaming faces and some really good keepable bass every day.

I know a bass fanatic that has explored and fished the Doring the last couple of years and he reckons it is a top notch bass fishery.Don't think mentioning it here will be a problem - it's hardly a place for the masses - too far and quite a bit of effort involved.

[Chris Shelton]

Hehehehe... could not help myself

wow, now that is pretty impressive! Well done, it looks just like the real thing.

In hindsight i thought I should have taken the shot through one of my polaroid sunglass lenses. Fact is, I was seeing the fish perfectly with my polaroids on, yet the glare through the camera lens destroyed the detail. We live and learn

[Chris Shelton]

I know a bass fanatic that has explored and fished the Doring the last couple of years and he reckons it is a top notch bass fishery.Don't think mentioning it here will be a problem - it's hardly a place for the masses - too far and quite a bit of effort involved.

I agree with you Arthur, it is a bit like the Orange in that regard. Thankfully only the die-hard enthusiasts will venture that far.

[Chris Shelton]

Hi Garage. We were downstream of De Mond on no mans land, awesome river crossings to get there and you camp on an island. It is real rough stuff, but nothing to beat it. We never saw a single soul or heard a single domestic animal in 4 days. It's a real tonic, believe me

[Nymph+O-]

wow, now that is pretty impressive! Well done, it looks just like the real thing.

In hindsight i thought I should have taken the shot through one of my polaroid sunglass lenses. Fact is, I was seeing the fish perfectly with my polaroids on, yet the glare through the camera lens destroyed the detail. We live and learn

I've found myself in a similar situation once where I just could not get a pic to show what I was actually seeing through my polaroids - I even went as far as taking the pic through the lens of my polaroids but still turned out bad.

[will101]

Remember that polarization only works when you have the lens at the right orientation - try rotating your head while looking at something (with your shades on) and you will notice the polarizing effect diminishing as you come to 90 degrees. While using a filter on your camera one must also always "tweak" the filter to align it correctly otherwise it will not filter out reflected light properly.

As far as I am aware the area that you guys visited belongs to Hannes which owns the land at de Mond, but the pumphouse and weir areas has been on lease to DWAF. The pools below the weir is where I had the most awesome sessions with lean and mean SM bass, catching them like you would yellows, with small nymphs that resemble very small fish / tadpoles.

Awesome spot, indeed, but technically this is not yet the Doring river (at de Mond) but the Groot river... the Doring joins in further downstream and is dry most of the year.

W