Flyfishing report: Saltwater - Border

Date of Report: Thursday, 3rd July 2025
Name: Dean Stoltz
Email: target@intekom.co.za
Phone: 043 726 4496

Although winter is not considered the best time to flyfish the estuaries of the Border area of the Eastern Cape they are presently full of juvenile leervis which take the fly readily. Some are as big as 40 to 50cm which give a very good fight on a fly rod. We have had plenty of rain but the estuaries are clear and most of these fish are taken near the mouth when the tide is on the push. Friends and I did very well recently at the drop off at the mouth of the Nahoon.

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A leervis/garrick