{"id":54,"date":"2014-03-18T08:06:23","date_gmt":"2014-03-18T08:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/?page_id=54"},"modified":"2016-12-21T04:32:20","modified_gmt":"2016-12-21T02:32:20","slug":"holsloot","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/streams\/holsloot\/","title":{"rendered":"Holsloot"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-54\"  class=\"panel-layout\" >\n<div id=\"pg-54-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" >\n<div id=\"pgc-54-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" >\n<div id=\"panel-54-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" >\n<div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-c67d20f9f743-54\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><\/p>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Holsloot-main-header-enhanced.jpg\" width=\"1366\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Holsloot-main-header-enhanced.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Holsloot-main-header-enhanced-300x66.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Holsloot-main-header-enhanced-768x169.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Holsloot-main-header-enhanced-1024x225.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" title=\"Holsloot main header enhanced\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"pg-54-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" >\n<div id=\"pgc-54-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" >\n<div id=\"panel-54-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" >\n<div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><\/p>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n<h3 style=\"margin-bottom:20px ;display:block;width:100%;margin-top:10px\">The Holsloot River <\/h3>\n<style>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t#tab_container_749 {\n\toverflow:hidden;\n\tdisplay:block;\n\twidth:100%;\n\tborder:0px solid #ddd;\n\tmargin-bottom:30px;\n\t}<\/p>\n<p>#tab_container_749 .tab-content{\n\tpadding:20px;\n\tborder: 1px solid #e6e6e6 !important;\n\tmargin-top: 0px;\n\tbackground-color:#ffffff !important;\n\tcolor: #000000 !important;\n\tfont-size:12px !important;\n\tfont-family: Open Sans !important;<\/p>\n<p>\t\tborder: 1px solid #e6e6e6 !important;\n\t}\n#tab_container_749 .wpsm_nav-tabs {\n    border-bottom: 0px solid #ddd;\n}\n#tab_container_749 .wpsm_nav-tabs > li.active > a, #tab_container_749 .wpsm_nav-tabs > li.active > a:hover, #tab_container_749 .wpsm_nav-tabs > li.active > a:focus {\n\tcolor: #000000 !important;\n\tcursor: default;\n\tbackground-color: #54b4eb !important;\n\tborder: 1px solid #3b9bd2 !important;\n}<\/p>\n<p>#tab_container_749 .wpsm_nav-tabs > li > a {\n    margin-right: 0px !important; 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\n}<\/p>\n<p>#tab_container_749 .tab-content{\noverflow:hidden !important;\n}<\/p>\n<p>@media (min-width: 769px) {<\/p>\n<p>\t#tab_container_749 .wpsm_nav-tabs > li{\n\t\tfloat:left !important ;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-right:-1px !important;\n\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t#tab_container_749 .wpsm_nav-tabs{\n\t\tfloat:none !important;\n\t\tmargin:0px !important;\n\t}<\/p>\n<p>\t#tab_container_749 .wpsm_nav-tabs > li {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tmargin-right: 8px !important;<\/p>\n<p>\t}\n\t#tab_container_749 .wpsm_nav{\n\t\t\t\tmargin-bottom: 8px !important;\n\t\t\t}<\/p>\n<p>}<\/p>\n<p>@media (max-width: 768px) {\n\t#tab_container_749 .wpsm_nav-tabs > li {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-bottom: 8px !important;\n\t\tmargin-right:0px !important;\n\t\tmargin-left:0px !important;<\/p>\n<p>\t}\n\t#tab_container_749 .wpsm_nav{\n\t\t\t\tmargin-bottom: 8px !important;\n\t\tmargin-right:0px !important;\n\t\tmargin-left:0px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n}<\/p>\n<p>\t.wpsm_nav-tabs li:before{\n\t\tdisplay:none !important;\n\t}<\/p>\n<p>\t@media (max-width: 768px) {<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t#tab_container_749 .wpsm_nav-tabs  li  a  i{\n\t\t\t\tdisplay: none !important;\n\t\t\t}<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t.wpsm_nav-tabs{\n\t\t\tmargin-left:0px !important;\n\t\t\tmargin-right:0px !important; <\/p>\n<p>\t\t}<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t#tab_container_749 .wpsm_nav-tabs > li {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tmargin-right: 8px !important;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t}<\/p>\n<p>\t}\t\t\t\t<\/style>\n<div id=\"tab_container_749\" >\n<ul class=\"wpsm_nav wpsm_nav-tabs\" role=\"tablist\" id=\"myTab_749\">\n<li role=\"presentation\"  class=\"active\"  onclick=\"do_resize()\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#tabs_desc_749_1\" aria-controls=\"tabs_desc_749_1\" role=\"tab\" data-toggle=\"tab\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>About<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li role=\"presentation\"  onclick=\"do_resize()\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#tabs_desc_749_2\" aria-controls=\"tabs_desc_749_2\" role=\"tab\" data-toggle=\"tab\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Beat 1<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li role=\"presentation\"  onclick=\"do_resize()\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#tabs_desc_749_3\" aria-controls=\"tabs_desc_749_3\" role=\"tab\" data-toggle=\"tab\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Beat 2<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li role=\"presentation\"  onclick=\"do_resize()\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#tabs_desc_749_4\" aria-controls=\"tabs_desc_749_4\" role=\"tab\" data-toggle=\"tab\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Beat 3<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li role=\"presentation\"  onclick=\"do_resize()\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#tabs_desc_749_5\" aria-controls=\"tabs_desc_749_5\" role=\"tab\" data-toggle=\"tab\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Beat 4<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li role=\"presentation\"  onclick=\"do_resize()\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#tabs_desc_749_6\" aria-controls=\"tabs_desc_749_6\" role=\"tab\" data-toggle=\"tab\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Beat 5<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li role=\"presentation\"  onclick=\"do_resize()\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#tabs_desc_749_7\" aria-controls=\"tabs_desc_749_7\" role=\"tab\" data-toggle=\"tab\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Beat 6<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t  <!-- Tab panes --><\/p>\n<div class=\"tab-content\" id=\"tab-content_749\">\n<div role=\"tabpanel\" class=\"tab-pane  in active \" id=\"tabs_desc_749_1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Holsloot is a tailwater fishery flowing from the Stettynskloof Dam through a deep and arid gorge to join up with the Molenaars system before flowing into the greater Breede River. The Holsloot produces good numbers of rainbow trout, sometime in excess of 20 inches, which is considered a trophy on the small Western Cape streams.<\/p>\n<p>Being a tailwater fishery, the Holsloot flows a few degrees cooler than the other streams in the heat of summer, and at a much more constant level. It is considered the river to fish in mid to late summer when the other rivers are running warm and low.<\/p>\n<p>The upper sections below the dam are controlled by the CPS in conjunction with the Cape Nature, and some 7 kilometres of river has been broken into six wonderful, yet technical beats. Below this section more fishable water is in private hands but access can be obtained from Dwarsberg Trout Hideaway.<\/p>\n<p>Access to the beats is obtained via a service road up to the Stettynskloof Dam, this service road runs through private property and a code for an electronic gate should be obtained from the CPS at the time the booking is made. Parking areas as well as beat markers are clearly visible along the road.\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/p><\/div>\n<div role=\"tabpanel\" class=\"tab-pane \" id=\"tabs_desc_749_2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t[hcolumns]<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-md-4\">\n<p>[columnhelper col-md-4]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full img-responsive img-rounded alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Holsloot1_TS_300_225.jpg\" alt=\"Compliments of Tom Sutcliffe\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-8\">\n<p>[columnhelper col-md-8]<\/p>\n<p>Beat 1 presents lovely water that demands some very technical casting in places. This beat often produces good numbers of trout and some pleasurable sections of dry fly water amongst beds of aquatic grasses.<\/p>\n<p>Using a dapping technique, place dry flies in the pockets among the grasses \u2013 numerous smaller trout hang out here. Also remember to fish larger and more buoyant caddis patterns, such as the Elk Hair, and Stimulators in the headwater of fast runs.<\/p>\n<p>The rainbows not only instinctively take up station in fast water, but they also show a preference to areas with elevated oxygen levels in the mid-to-late summer heat.<\/p>\n<div id=\"panel-1165-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\">\n<div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n<div id=\"kad-wp-gallery90\" class=\"kad-wp-gallery kad-light-wp-gallery clearfix kt-gallery-column-3 rowtight\">\n<div class=\"tcol-lg-4 tcol-md-4 tcol-sm-4 tcol-xs-6 tcol-ss-12 g_item\">\n<div class=\"grid_item kad_gallery_fade_in gallery_item\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-1-Parking.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" data-rel=\"lightbox\" class=\"lightboxhover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-1-Parking.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Beat 1 Parking\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-1-Parking.jpg 448w, http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-1-Parking-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-1-Parking-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" class=\"light-dropshaddow\" width=\"448\" height=\"298\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tcol-lg-4 tcol-md-4 tcol-sm-4 tcol-xs-6 tcol-ss-12 g_item\">\n<div class=\"grid_item kad_gallery_fade_in gallery_item\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-1-Route-to-start.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" data-rel=\"lightbox\" class=\"lightboxhover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-1-Route-to-start.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Beat 1 Route to start\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-1-Route-to-start.jpg 448w, http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-1-Route-to-start-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-1-Route-to-start-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" class=\"light-dropshaddow\" width=\"448\" height=\"298\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tcol-lg-4 tcol-md-4 tcol-sm-4 tcol-xs-6 tcol-ss-12 g_item\">\n<div class=\"grid_item kad_gallery_fade_in gallery_item\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-1-Start.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" data-rel=\"lightbox\" class=\"lightboxhover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-1-Start.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Beat 1 Start\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-1-Start.jpg 448w, http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-1-Start-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-1-Start-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" class=\"light-dropshaddow\" width=\"448\" height=\"298\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div role=\"tabpanel\" class=\"tab-pane \" id=\"tabs_desc_749_3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t[hcolumns]<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-md-4\">\n<p>[columnhelper col-md-4]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  img-rounded img-responsive\" alt=\"Compliments of Tom Sutcliffe\" src=\"http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Holsloot3_TS_300_2251.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-8\">\n<p>[columnhelper col-md-8]<\/p>\n<p>Beat 2 is a mix of heavily-bushed sections and large pools, some of which need to be bypassed in the surrounding fynbos.<\/p>\n<p>An important tip is to enter the pools from downstream with as little disturbance as possible and fish the fringes and undercuts in the tail-outs. Trout often take up station in the shallow, shaded parts under bank-side vegetation near the tails of pools.<\/p>\n<p>As with a lot of the water on the Holsloot you can't go wrong with a #12 Ed\u2019s Hopper pattern tied with bright yellow foam.<\/p>\n<div id=\"panel-1165-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\">\n<div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n<div id=\"kad-wp-gallery90\" class=\"kad-wp-gallery kad-light-wp-gallery clearfix kt-gallery-column-3 rowtight\">\n<div class=\"tcol-lg-4 tcol-md-4 tcol-sm-4 tcol-xs-6 tcol-ss-12 g_item\">\n<div class=\"grid_item kad_gallery_fade_in gallery_item\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-2-parking.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" data-rel=\"lightbox\" class=\"lightboxhover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-2-parking.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Beat 2 Parking\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-2-parking.jpg 448w, http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-2-parking.jpg-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-2-parking.jpg-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" class=\"light-dropshaddow\" width=\"448\" height=\"298\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tcol-lg-4 tcol-md-4 tcol-sm-4 tcol-xs-6 tcol-ss-12 g_item\">\n<div class=\"grid_item kad_gallery_fade_in gallery_item\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-2-Path-to-bottom.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" data-rel=\"lightbox\" class=\"lightboxhover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-2-Path-to-bottom.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Beat 2 Path to bottom\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-2-Path-to-bottom.jpg 448w, http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-1-Route-to-start-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-2-Path-to-bottom.jpg-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" class=\"light-dropshaddow\" width=\"448\" height=\"298\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div role=\"tabpanel\" class=\"tab-pane \" id=\"tabs_desc_749_4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t[hcolumns]<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-md-4\">\n<p>[columnhelper col-md-4]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full img-responsive img-rounded\" alt=\"Compliments of Tom Sutcliffe\" src=\"http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Holsloot3_TS_300_225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-8\">\n<p>[columnhelper col-md-8]<\/p>\n<p>Beat 3 is popular and holds some of the best water on the Holsloot. Made up of a nice variety of deep pools, slots and shallow runs the beat offers anglers plenty of opportunities to catch a good number of fish.<\/p>\n<p>As with many other beats on the river, your fishing strategy should be changed when the trout disappear in the midday hours. Switch to larger terrestrial type flies, especially hopper patterns, or small bead head nymphs and cover the deeper and more shaded areas where trout are most likely to hold in the midday sun.<\/p>\n<div id=\"panel-1165-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\">\n<div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n<div id=\"kad-wp-gallery90\" class=\"kad-wp-gallery kad-light-wp-gallery clearfix kt-gallery-column-3 rowtight\">\n<div class=\"tcol-lg-4 tcol-md-4 tcol-sm-4 tcol-xs-6 tcol-ss-12 g_item\">\n<div class=\"grid_item kad_gallery_fade_in gallery_item\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-3-Parking.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" data-rel=\"lightbox\" class=\"lightboxhover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-3-Parking.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Beat 3 Parking\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-3-Parking.jpg 448w, http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-3-Parking.jpg-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-3-Parking.jpg-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" class=\"light-dropshaddow\" width=\"448\" height=\"298\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tcol-lg-4 tcol-md-4 tcol-sm-4 tcol-xs-6 tcol-ss-12 g_item\">\n<div class=\"grid_item kad_gallery_fade_in gallery_item\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-3-Parking2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" data-rel=\"lightbox\" class=\"lightboxhover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-3-Parking2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Beat 3 Parking (2)\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-3-Parking2.jpg 448w, http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-3-Parking2.jpg-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-3-Parking2.jpg-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" class=\"light-dropshaddow\" width=\"448\" height=\"298\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tcol-lg-4 tcol-md-4 tcol-sm-4 tcol-xs-6 tcol-ss-12 g_item\">\n<div class=\"grid_item kad_gallery_fade_in gallery_item\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-3-Start.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" data-rel=\"lightbox\" class=\"lightboxhover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-3-Start.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Beat 3 Start\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-3-Start.jpg 448w, http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-3-Start.jpg-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-3-Start.jpg-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" class=\"light-dropshaddow\" width=\"448\" height=\"298\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div role=\"tabpanel\" class=\"tab-pane \" id=\"tabs_desc_749_5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t[hcolumns]<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-md-4\">\n<p>[columnhelper col-md-4]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full img-responsive img-rounded\" alt=\"Compliments of Tom Sutcliffe\" src=\"http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Holsloot4_TS_300_225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-8\">\n<p>[columnhelper col-md-8]<\/p>\n<p>Beat 4 starts at a lovely pool, which offers the opportunity for fish right from the start of the day. The rest of the beat consists of long pools, runs and good pocket water.<\/p>\n<p>Fish upstream using small dries and nymphs that imitate the natural insects, such as small caddis species, dark <i>Baetis<\/i> Leptophlebid mayflies (prongills) and chrysomelid beetles.<\/p>\n<p>Exit from the beat requires some care and prior planning as a wrong move could leave you struggling through dense fynbos, far from your car.<\/p>\n<div id=\"panel-1165-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\">\n<div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n<div id=\"kad-wp-gallery90\" class=\"kad-wp-gallery kad-light-wp-gallery clearfix kt-gallery-column-3 rowtight\">\n<div class=\"tcol-lg-4 tcol-md-4 tcol-sm-4 tcol-xs-6 tcol-ss-12 g_item\">\n<div class=\"grid_item kad_gallery_fade_in gallery_item\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-4-Parking.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" data-rel=\"lightbox\" class=\"lightboxhover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-4-Parking.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Beat 4 Parking\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-4-Parking.jpg 448w, http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-4-Parking.jpg-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-4-Parking.jpg-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" class=\"light-dropshaddow\" width=\"448\" height=\"298\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tcol-lg-4 tcol-md-4 tcol-sm-4 tcol-xs-6 tcol-ss-12 g_item\">\n<div class=\"grid_item kad_gallery_fade_in gallery_item\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-4-Start.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" data-rel=\"lightbox\" class=\"lightboxhover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-4-Start.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Beat 4 Start\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-4-Start.jpg 448w, http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-4-Start.jpg-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-4-Start.jpg-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" class=\"light-dropshaddow\" width=\"448\" height=\"298\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div role=\"tabpanel\" class=\"tab-pane \" id=\"tabs_desc_749_6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t[hcolumns]<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-md-4\">\n<p>[columnhelper col-md-4]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full img-responsive img-rounded\" alt=\"Compliments of Leonard Flemming\" src=\" http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Holsloot-beat-5-small-website.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-8\">\n<p>[columnhelper col-md-8]<\/p>\n<p>Beat 5 is very bushy in sections, can be tricky to navigate and often demands very technical casting, but there are plenty of fish tucked away in the overgrown slots and runs.<\/p>\n<p>Big dries (#12-14) such as Ed\u2019s Hopper, the Elk Hair Caddis and Stimulators work particularly well on bow-and-arrow casts under the thick overgrowth that consists of wild almonds, lanced-leaf myrtles, Cape willows, honey-bell bushes and sand olives.<\/p>\n<p>Access the beat by following the small tributary that runs down a spur of high ground and the beat ends at the base of the large pool below the bridge crossing, which is the start of Beat Six.<\/p>\n<div id=\"panel-1165-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\">\n<div 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sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" class=\"light-dropshaddow\" width=\"448\" height=\"298\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tcol-lg-4 tcol-md-4 tcol-sm-4 tcol-xs-6 tcol-ss-12 g_item\">\n<div class=\"grid_item kad_gallery_fade_in gallery_item\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-5-Path-Down-to-start-at-Pipe.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" data-rel=\"lightbox\" class=\"lightboxhover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-5-Path-Down-to-start-at-Pipe.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Beat 5 Path down to start at pipe\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-5-Path-Down-to-start-at-Pipe.jpg 448w, http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-5-Path-Down-to-start-at-Pipe.jpg-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-5-Path-Down-to-start-at-Pipe.jpg-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" class=\"light-dropshaddow\" width=\"448\" height=\"298\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tcol-lg-4 tcol-md-4 tcol-sm-4 tcol-xs-6 tcol-ss-12 g_item\">\n<div class=\"grid_item kad_gallery_fade_in gallery_item\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-5-Start-at-pillar.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" data-rel=\"lightbox\" class=\"lightboxhover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-5-Start-at-pillar.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Beat 5 Start at pillar\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-5-Start-at-pillar.jpg 448w, http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-5-Start-at-pillar.jpg-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-5-Start-at-pillar.jpg-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" class=\"light-dropshaddow\" width=\"448\" height=\"298\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div role=\"tabpanel\" class=\"tab-pane \" id=\"tabs_desc_749_7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t[hcolumns]<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-md-4\">\n<p>[columnhelper col-md-4]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full img-responsive img-rounded\" alt=\"Compliments of Leonard Flemming\" src=\" http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Holsloot-6-website.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-8\">\n<p>[columnhelper col-md-8]<\/p>\n<p>The pool at the start of beat 6 should keep you busy for the first hour of the day, as trout seem to congregate here in the early season. Fish often take up station tight to the bank, under low foliage, which should be taken into account when approaching this pool.<\/p>\n<p>Fish the pool and their inlets all the way up the right-hand bank until the dam wall, or cross over to the left fork and commence fishing up the Kaaimansgat tributary through thickets of fynbos for as long as the daylight allows.<\/p>\n<p>Return to your car down the left bank (facing downstream) and fish to the evening rises in the large pool below the dam wall on the way.<\/p>\n<div id=\"panel-1165-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\">\n<div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n<div id=\"kad-wp-gallery90\" class=\"kad-wp-gallery kad-light-wp-gallery clearfix kt-gallery-column-3 rowtight\">\n<div class=\"tcol-lg-4 tcol-md-4 tcol-sm-4 tcol-xs-6 tcol-ss-12 g_item\">\n<div class=\"grid_item kad_gallery_fade_in gallery_item\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-6-Parking.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" data-rel=\"lightbox\" class=\"lightboxhover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-6-Parking.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Beat 6 Parking\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-6-Parking.jpg 448w, http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-6-Parking.jpg-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-6-Parking.jpg-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" class=\"light-dropshaddow\" width=\"448\" height=\"298\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tcol-lg-4 tcol-md-4 tcol-sm-4 tcol-xs-6 tcol-ss-12 g_item\">\n<div class=\"grid_item kad_gallery_fade_in gallery_item\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-6-End.-Beat-7-up-from-here.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" data-rel=\"lightbox\" class=\"lightboxhover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-6-End.-Beat-7-up-from-here.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Beat 6 end \u2013 Start of Beat 7\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-6-End.-Beat-7-up-from-here.jpg 448w, http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-6-End.-Beat-7-up-from-here.jpg-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Beat-6-End.-Beat-7-up-from-here.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" class=\"light-dropshaddow\" width=\"448\" height=\"298\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script>\n\t\tjQuery(function () {\n\t\t\tjQuery('#myTab_749 a:first').tab('show')\n\t\t});<\/p>\n<p>\t\tfunction do_resize(){<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tvar width=jQuery( '.tab-content .tab-pane iframe' ).width();\n\t\t\tvar height=jQuery( '.tab-content .tab-pane iframe' ).height();<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tvar toggleSize = true;\n\t\t\tjQuery('iframe').animate({\n\t\t\t    width: toggleSize ? width : 640,\n\t\t\t    height: toggleSize ? height : 360\n\t\t\t  }, 250);<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t  toggleSize = !toggleSize;\n\t\t}<\/p>\n<p>\t<\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Holsloot River About Beat 1 Beat 2 Beat 3 Beat 4 Beat 5 Beat 6 The Holsloot is a tailwater fishery flowing from the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":49,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-fullwidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-54","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"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=54"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7359,"href":"https:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54\/revisions\/7359"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.piscator.co.za\/CPS2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}