Trout and the Farmer
CPS President Ed Herbst on the struggle between the Bain’s Kloof community and the CPS with the Bovlei farmers over the Witte River It was a colour slide that haunted me for years. A trout in a small Western … Continued
Witte Controversy
An article in The Sunday Times by Bobby Jordan from the 6th of December 2015 about farmers upstream of Bainskloof Village diverting most of the Witte River’s water to their own lands. Click the following link – Witte controvery … Continued
The Big Picture (examined up close)
Ian Cox gives an outsider’s look at trout in the Western Cape Introduction This is an article about the Cape Piscatorial Society, the Facebook group Water Warriors and the pollution flowing out of the De Poort trout farm in … Continued
Why do we fish?
Artist and writer James Prosek, writing in the New York Times on why we fish. “To me, trout fishing, in particular fly-fishing, is many things, but above all, it is a conversation, a communication — with a creature to which … Continued
Vice Squad
Fly fishing is by and large a solitary pursuit and that’s probably a big reason why we like it. If anything you will probably fish with the same few friends time and again. The problem with this is it’s easy … Continued