I used to live in Irene and regularly fished the stream below the Rietvlei dam wall. This was about 15 years ago for a period of 5 years or so.
The stream was full of spirited and beautiful Smallscale Yellows, carp and barbel. Absolutely magnifcent small stream fishing. The papgooiers used to fish below the m57 bridge and I used to walk up towards the dam or downstream under the highway and further. You cant go there now for safety reasons, but also because the housing estates have claimed most of that land. When the building started and the fertilizer started being washed into the stream, the fish vanished.
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