Trout in South Africa
My friend, Tom Sutcliffe, of South Africa wrote the other day to ask me to write a few paragraphs for his newsletter—which I am happy to do—go here to see his web site. He also included a few photos of trout fishing (its early fall there). I wanted to post these just to give everyone a true sense of what South Africa fly fishing for trout looks like. Having spent time there fishing with Tom and others, I can tell you that it really does look like this and the fishing is quite good.
Blue sky days are stunning in the mountainous country of South Africa–especially when you are fishing a beautiful stream like this.
Yes there are cloudy days, too, but that keeps the snakes at bay (well, not really, but not to worry, the snakes are few and far between).
The browns are wild, as wild as only Africa can be. There are rainbows, there, too, and they are equally as wild.
The browns were taken to SA from Britain in the 1800s, and planted in many streams, where they have become naturalized, wild populations.