forever young's blog

Well guys and gals
Winter is on its way and the action is going down.
Caught some good ones during April.
Found a great spot along the Vaal river about 3 km below the Barrage with good rapids and safe parking.
Very back to basics with 3 flushing toilets, many freah water taps and a 'donkey' shower system. Liefie and I loved it. Stayed there 3 days. Like being in the Bushveld.

Hi fellow addicts,
Was down at the Vaal river on 27 and 28 March and Liefie (my wife) son Bennie (visiting over school holidays) and me myself dropped a few flies into the river to see what would happen.
We caught quite a few yellows but I noticed damaged patches on their bodies. Open sores and scales missing testify to the weak condition of the fish. I figure this is still the result of the floods, as after the floods(previously mentioned by myself) most of the Carp I saw as well as yellows and mudfish were damaged in the same way. 
Back to the day.
Caught most on a homemade wasp pattern (two colour types) yellow and orange. Also Liefie caught a lot using an adapted PS Nymph pattern I tied, whereby a gold yarn is used to wrap the rabbit hair dubbed body/thorax and wings made of White Zebra mane hair with two or three strands of flashing. Fish grab this at a fantastic speed.

Hi fellow fishermen.
Those whom have read my profile 'forever young' will know I reside at Deneysville, Vaal dam.
On 29 January 2010, Vaal dam was 110% with 14 gates open.
Those whom are interested can contact me and I will e mail some superb photos to you. My e mail,   youngg@dwaf.gov.za.
Tried to do some flyfishing for yellows below the wall after the floods on 20 feb.
You just can't believe how the force of the water released from the dam, has changed the river bed with massive rocks lifted and dumped all over the place. Having fished this section of the river many years, I found I will have to learn the river bed all over again.
Water temp was cold and only caught a couple of small yellows and a carp of about 5.5 lbs on a ddd fly.