Hi guys. I am wanting to go pop a fly in somewhere

Grunterrr

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Hi guys. I am wanting to go pop a fly in somewhere at muizenberg. I saw some pics on flytalk.co.za where guys had some great carp on fly ( czech nymph ) at muizenberg. Do you guys know of good spots??? sitefishing i presume....... One more thing. what is the coating, material??/ on the back of a czech nymph. makes it look realistic like a maggot or worm. do you guys know??


Cheers
Chris
 

Grunterrr

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THis is what it looks like. dunno what the material is, but i wanna tie it......
 

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Dorado75

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Ok, there are a couple of places in Muizenberg for Carp. The best place is if you drive down Baden Powel drive towards somerset west from Muizenberg, and about 1km from the circle at Capricorn you will see a turn in to the left and that road runs alsong a stream, now in that stream i have caught carp up to 10kg, i saw a few guys standing there the other day.
My second fav spot is in Lakeside, opposite Woolworths on the main road you get a turnoff to a road called Rutter road, and you will find the vlei at the end of the road, we catch nice carp there and there is also Bass and Barble, otherwise you can go to the main vlei or Marina Da gama.
Hope this al helps!
 

miles

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Ok, there are a couple of places in Muizenberg for Carp. The best place is if you drive down Baden Powel drive towards somerset west from Muizenberg, and about 1km from the circle at Capricorn you will see a turn in to the left and that road runs alsong a stream, now in that stream i have caught carp up to 10kg, i saw a few guys standing there the other day.
 

Be VERY, VERY careful here!! A short while back, some anglers were hi-jacked here. ALWAYS, and i mean ALWAYS fish here in a group, with a couple of fire-arms with you!
 

Grunterrr

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flies????/ nymphs? colours? natural,or reds etc.??? Would anyone like to join me there??? another thing...is it reasonably safe?

cheers
 

Grunterrr

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How big must the group be???? +-. just making sure !!! rather safer than sorry. obviously you cant guarantee anything
 

Dorado75

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[color=#ff6633]miles[/color] wrote:
Ok, there are a couple of places in Muizenberg for Carp. The best place is if you drive down Baden Powel drive towards somerset west from Muizenberg, and about 1km from the circle at Capricorn you will see a turn in to the left and that road runs alsong a stream, now in that stream i have caught carp up to 10kg, i saw a few guys standing there the other day.
 

Be VERY, VERY careful here!! A short while back, some anglers were hi-jacked here. ALWAYS, and i mean ALWAYS fish here in a group, with a couple of fire-arms with you!


I have not fished there in quite some time, had no idea that it was that bad. I heard of the attacks at Strandfontein though, i guess that it falls in the same sort of area!

Rutter Road is then your best bet!! And you might get lucky with a Barble or Bass.

You could even try in Glencairn, i see the carp swimming around there in the Vlei, have not managed to catch one yet though
 

Grunterrr

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alrighty, sounds good! So i have quite a good chance at Rutter road? What flies should i use dorado??? would be appreciated =)
 

Dorado75

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Last time i fised there was a few months ago, caught 16 carp one sunday morning, all between 1 and 5kg.
Using a bit of groundbait and little flavoured floaties, the fish hang around the edges of the reeds. I have fished off my ski there in the past and also made nice catches!!
 

Dorado75

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Nope, it is a small vlei area, it is fed by Sandvlei. I think it is quite safe, there are houses on the edge of the vlei too....
 

miles

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The problem with that area is that its relatively hidden away. There is also a garbage dump, that has its own population of people who rummage through the garbage. So, you have a considerable number of unsavoury characters in the area, everyday.........

Last time i was there, which was a few months back, the small outlet was completely overgrown with water hyacinths, and was impossible to fish. Just before the gate to the garbage dump is a turn off to the right. Its a gravel road that'll take you to some dams. 20kg class carp are caught here, mostly on fly!! The water is how-ever of a VERY poor quality, as its probably JUST been treated, so you're effectively fishing is just treated raw sewage water!! Your hands will burn when it gets wet from the fishing line!!

I fish a very nice spot, which'll be ideal for fly-fishing. Coming from the M5, towards Muizenberg, from Cape Town, turn left at the robots of 5th Avenue. There's a Nando's on your left at the traffic lights. Continue all the way down until you reach a large intersection. At the traffic lights, "Busy Corner" is on your right. Turn right here and continue until you get the road "Fishermans Walk", turn LEFT into Fishermans Walk. Travel a short way down this road and you'll see a big open field with a big un-finished house on your LEFT. This is the spot. You'll most likely see the guys fishing in front of this house....

Caught carp up to 10kg's here and its SAFE!!
 

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Dorado75

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[color=#ff6633]miles[/color] wrote:
The problem with that area is that its relatively hidden away. There is also a garbage dump, that has its own population of people who rummage through the garbage. So, you have a considerable number of unsavoury characters in the area, everyday.........

Last time i was there, which was a few months back, the small outlet was completely overgrown with water hyacinths, and was impossible to fish. Just before the gate to the garbage dump is a turn off to the right. Its a gravel road that'll take you to some dams. 20kg class carp are caught here, mostly on fly!! The water is how-ever of a VERY poor quality, as its probably JUST been treated, so you're effectively fishing is just treated raw sewage water!! Your hands will burn when it gets wet from the fishing line!!

I fish a very nice spot, which'll be ideal for fly-fishing. Coming from the M5, towards Muizenberg, from Cape Town, turn left at the robots of 5th Avenue. There's a Nando's on your left at the traffic lights. Continue all the way down until you reach a large intersection. At the traffic lights, "Busy Corner" is on your right. Turn right here and continue until you get the road "Fishermans Walk", turn LEFT into Fishermans Walk. Travel a short way down this road and you'll see a big open field with a big un-finished house on your LEFT. This is the spot. You'll most likely see the guys fishing in front of this house....

Caught carp up to 10kg's here and its SAFE!!

The spot you talking about here at fishermens walk, is that in Zeekoeivlei?? I used to fish around there when i was a Laaitie.

What about Princess vlei in Southfield, i grew up in that area and caught lots of carp there as a kid and nice Kurper too
 

miles

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Yip, thats the Lotus River that drains into Zeekoeivlei!! Zeekeivlei has simply too many small fish!! Catch's of 50-70 carp for a morning is normal, but most are 500grams to 1.5kg's with the odd fish going 4-5kg's. I've seen 10kg class fish come out at Zeekoeivlei, but its HARD work, with all those small fish occupying you!!

We have another spot INSIDE Zeekoeivlei, that holds very large carp, smallest being 5kg's and as big as 15kg's+, but i'm not sure how safe it is. We fished there in groups of at least 4 anglers, all armed, but still felt a bit unsafe. Just not fun fishing like that!
 

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Grunterrr

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cool! is that 2nd last pic the same one as the 1st pic of the guys with a fish on??? do I go there to fishermans walk and then right to the unfinished house??? I really want to organize going there with some mates. Bread? worms?? I will leave 2 rods in and then use fly.... which flies should i use?? cheers
 
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