{"id":337,"date":"2014-05-10T08:43:20","date_gmt":"2014-05-10T06:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/?page_id=337"},"modified":"2014-06-10T10:25:38","modified_gmt":"2014-06-10T08:25:38","slug":"beat-5-6","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/streams\/witte\/beat-5-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Beat 5 &#038; 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Beat 5<\/h3>\n<p>[hcolumns]<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-md-4\">\n<p>[columnhelper col-md-4]<\/p>\n<p>Image Needed<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-8\">\n<p>[columnhelper col-md-8]<\/p>\n<p>Beat 5 is one of the most scenic beats on the Witte. The beat starts at the confluence of the Witte and its largest tributary.<\/p>\n<p>Beat 5 starts off with of large, distantly spaced pools, hidden amongst dense fynbos and palmiet, \u00a0However, higher up, the\u00a0vegetation\u00a0thins out to allow better access to these lovely pools. At this point a slow, careful approach is required to avoid spooking the skittish trout.<\/p>\n<p>Beat 5 finally ends beyond several long pools stacked on top of each other at the confluence of the small tributary that forms the barrier between Beats Five and Six. A narrow footpath on the right, facing upstream, will lead you back onto the trail that joins the jeep track to Eerste Tol.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/hcolumns]<\/p>\n<h3>Beat 6<\/h3>\n<p>[hcolumns]<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-md-4\">\n<p>[columnhelper col-md-4]<\/p>\n<p>Image Needed<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-8\">\n<p>[columnhelper col-md-8]<\/p>\n<p>Beat 6 is the highest fishable stretch on the Witte River. It is seen as ideal small-stream territory for ultra light\u00a0fanatics (000 &#8211; 2wt rods).<\/p>\n<p>The beat starts, at the confluence of a smaller\u00a0tributary, with several large pools. As you continue upstream the pools become\u00a0progressively\u00a0smaller and further apart until the beat ends at a prominent bedrock pool with a waterfall.<\/p>\n<p>Although the fish encountered in this stretch of water are generally smaller, they are plentiful and the opportunity of hooking a trout between 14 and 18 inches is still there. Fishing Beat 6 requires a high level of fitness as large distances are covered on foot.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/hcolumns]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beat 5 [hcolumns] [columnhelper col-md-4] Image Needed [columnhelper col-md-8] Beat 5 is one of the most scenic beats on the Witte. The beat starts at &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":56,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/337"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=337"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":429,"href":"https:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/337\/revisions\/429"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}