Dullstroom 6/7 August

[schloshd1]

I took a new SWAMBO to Dullies this weekend. Didn't get to fish all that   much, maybe 3 hours yesterday and 2 hours this morning. I did manage to   get a few good fish though, 4 all together. The big hen fish is my new   PB, did not weigh or measure it but it was a strong, solid fish. As   usual the pics don't do the fish justice.
















 

[REEFMAN]

Great pics! 

[WalkersKiller]

Awesome stuff  :shre:

Those are some proper rainbows well done on the pb  any estimates of the weight? Looks like a big fish!

[Manuel Junior]

Good fish man.

[schloshd1]

Thanks guys.
WK, I would not like to guess the weight, I never weigh fish so I don't really have a reference point other to say that it was heavier than a pint and lighter a case .
All I know that it was noticeably bigger than any that I have caught before and also deeper bodied than what it looks in the pic. It's the first time that a trout has taken me into the backing. Got it at Mavungana's Bird of Prey dam. Well worth the R200 it costs to fish it.I will post a few pics of the flies that did the damage.

[Lichia amia]

Well Done Schloshd1. Sizer you got there !!!!!!!

[Rory]

Nice fish Andrew!!    It lookes like it was pretty cold out that way!!

[Big Van]

Congratulations -Great catches, of some real quality fish. Tell us on what did you get them.

[WalkersKiller]

Thanks guys.
WK, I would not like to guess the weight, I never weigh fish so I don't really have a reference point other to say that it was heavier than a pint and lighter a case .
All I know that it was noticeably bigger than any that I have caught before and also deeper bodied than what it looks in the pic. It's the first time that a trout has taken me into the backing. Got it at Mavungana's Bird of Prey dam. Well worth the R200 it costs to fish it.I will post a few pics of the flies that did the damage.

fair enough!

ALways wondered what that dam fished like, well done again bru 

[schloshd1]

Thanks guys. Rory, I wet waded to about waist deep to revive the big hen fish, pretty cold is an understatement.
Big Van, I was  fishing a tandem rig, big olive aggrivater with an orange tail up front and a dark brown minkie with an orange tail about a meter behind it. Leader length +- 3m, 1m 2x flouro tippet then the first fly, another meter of 2x flouro to the second fly. Got 3 on the minkie and the big one on the aggrivater. Fished fairly fast over weed beds off the dam wall. Watched the bow wakes chase down the flies from about 2 meters away, BANG, fish on.

[WalkersKiller]

Very interesting!
 
You should submit that hen for catch of the month! http://www.ultimateangling.co.za/index.php/topic,6113.0.html

[Naruto]

congrats and thanks for sharing!

[woerman]

Nice catch!!!