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James Shamley

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I just want to say that all those boxes of tuttifrutti mealies aren't always necessary. In the right conditions its possible to catch more carp and barbel on fly than with bait. Ive done this before, catching twice as many carp than a bait angler who was using three rods.

Heres a pic of a fish out of the misverstand dam. The carp i guesstimate at about 8-10kg plus
 
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Brakkanjan

Senior Member
Great stuff! Tried with the fly for trout, nothing lol! Will stick to my baits.

Congrats with the big one! Gave you one great fight on a fly stick!
 
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Gertus

Senior Member
That was prob one of my most memorable catches...

Berg river at paarl and N1 crossing..

was in spring and wanted a Bass with a nice big dragonfly nymph.. and i hookes into a 3kg river carp..
Boi what a fight..

Good cath man .. ! Enjoy your moment.!!

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pjjdp

New member
I can vouch for the fun you had. I have a trout rod that I fitted with a handle. My PB carp of 16kg was caught with it. I have caught many, many cats in excess of 10kg with it too.
Great fun.
It's 26 years old and still going strong.
 
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Vicb

New member
Great catches!

I spotted some big carp grazing in the Berg river near the arboretum in Paarl. That's next years' goal, to go fly fishing in the evening on the way home from work at least once a week.
 
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deisel

Sealiner
a fish placed on dry soil will loose it protect slime and die later from disease, its not an assumption it a fact, stunning fish, well done to the angler, not 8 kilo thought but a fly rod very impressive,
 
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