Flyfishing report: Saltwater - Border

Date of Report: Thursday, 20th March 2025
Name: Dean Stoltz
Email: target@intekom.co.za
Phone: 043 726 4496

The Nahoon Estuary has turned chocolate after heavy rains, but the Gonubie is clear enough for flyfishing and the swimming prawns that have been present have given angling a boost and plenty of small leervis have been taken. It appears to be the only estuary where a skipjack has been taken and that was back in mid-January. There have also been reports of high numbers of small leervis being taken in the Bonza Bay estuary.

Normally April is the last month for good fishing in the estuaries of the Border region and thereafter one has to work quite hard with a well sunk fly for kob in the winter months.

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A Border estuary – photo by Kevin Cole