Sunday 14 September 2014

First fish of summer.

Bass fishing in South Africa usually takes in the summer, that is all the month's that have and "r" in them.

Took a #6 fly rod down to one of the farm ponds and tried my luck, well first cast and I caught a nice small-mouthed bass. These bass are real fighters and give you a good run for your money.

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+/- 2 lbs.


Same fish, photo by Enrico Bucceri, a.k.a., the Italian Leprechaun. The following photos were all taken by Enrico.


I look a bit startled here, but this photo gives a nice idea of the size of the fish.



Tombi watching me cast. I think I have mentioned it before, Tombi means young girl in Zulu. Not so young any more +/- 14 years old now.


 Strike!



Second bass, small but gave a good account of itself.



Third fish, slightly bigger than the second. I caught four fish and missed several, think the hook was a bit blunt. 

My fly was a large "woolly bugger".

2 comments:

Gorges Smythe said...

I won't go into why I don't do it anymore, but I must say that I truly miss fishing. I hope you have a wonderful summer.

Mark Kautz said...

Good to see you wetting a line again. Farm ponds always seem good for a Bass or six.