Beat 3
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Beat 3 is an almost strictly an early-season beat, as the flow drops rapidly in the large boulder-strewn gorge in this section of river.
Large brown trout can be approached by “leopard crawling” along the banks of deep pools, where fish have a definitive habit of patrolling the margins and resting intermittently in shaded areas.
Fishing in the company of another angler that sights the fish and instructs the cast is the best approach to fishing this beat successfully.
Beat 3 is known to produce some large browns, with one large, almost impassable, pool named the Eight Pounder Pool, and it wasn’t named that without reason.
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Beat 4
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Beat 4 is probably the most challenging, and most rewarding beat on the Witte.
The beat starts at the large weir above a steep section of the gorge. Fish this weir and then commence upstream until a smaller weir. The water between these 2 weirs is seldom productive outside of the early season.
From here, concentrate on the palmiet enclosed pools in the open valley. These pools can be very rewarding. Above this open valley, a series of smaller pools will lead you to a large open pool with a quartzite bank on the right-hand side, where the largest of four tributaries joins the Witte in the upper valley.
Some memorable fish have come from the lower pools of this tributary and it is certainly worth a cast. This stream will also be your exit point and the end of Beat 4.
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