Flyfishing report: Trout - Southern Drakensberg

Please note that the Underberg Himeville Trout Fishing Club (UHFTC) cell phone has been handed over to Chris Smith while his predecessor, Chris Green concentrates on the club website.

Chris Smith’s report for the UHTFC reads as follows; “Over the past month we had 60 rods visit our stillwaters and 30 rods on the rivers. Of these, a third were from non-members as expected with an increase of people visiting Underberg over the December holidays.

The river fishing has continued to be slow although there are signs of improvements. Duane from the Underberg Fly Fishing Shop, mentioned that there had been more fish being caught in the Umzimkulu River. Cooler water from the upper reaches has been fishing well with many smaller fish being caught.

The stillwaters have been challenging due to higher temperatures and low water levels, with fish mostly being caught in the deeper waters. Despite the tough conditions, there have been some good sessions with a 75cm (4.3kg) rainbow taken from Ringstead and plenty of fish averaging about 50cms from Goxhill.”

For the club website please go to https://www.uhtfc.org.za/.

Sunset over an Undeberg dam.

A healthy rainbow from Trealeven’s No. 4.