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Adams Know your FLIES By Tom Lewin The Adams is one of those patterns that have stood the test of time and it’s a fly I always have in my fly-box in a variety of sizes. The Adams, tied with its traditional collar hackle, imitates a mayfly adult or dun and in South Africa this would specifically be the Baetis mayfly or Blue Winged Olive. Tied with a parachute hackle, the Adams is also a very effective mayfly or caddis emerger pattern. I fish the Adams in sizes 14 to 20 during Baetis hatches and try to match the fly with the size of the hatching naturals. During a dense hatch I prefer to cast the fly out and leave it for the fish to find, but during a sparse hatch I’ll generally target a rising or cruising fish. In the case of rising fish I try to get the fly to land in the rise ring as soon as possible. With cruising fish I lead the fish by a metre or two with my cast. LET’S LOOK AT WHAT AWAITS MAGALIESBURG UNLESS THEY WAKE UP Slime and contaminated mine water mixture The Manganese operation between the Golddumps on Wonderfornteinspruit Black Midge Midges are the most prolific food-form in our rivers and still waters and make up a large part of the diet of trout and yellowfish. Furthermore, when midges hatch, fish get complete tunnel-vision and won’t look at anything else – it’s the one time fish genuinely get selective. If you don’t have a serviceable midge pattern in the correct size and colour you are going to blank! The Black Midge is a simple, effective pattern that relies on its impressionistic qualities to fool fish. I tie and fish Black Midges in sizes 18 to 24 during midge hatches which more often than not occur at last light. The fly imitates the midge pupa and I fish it in the surface film. I generally don’t target individual fish, preferring to leave the fly in the vicinity of the rising fish. Tracking the fly in poor light is just about impossible so if a fish rises or bulges anywhere near my fly I strike by lifting the rod. Every now and then there’s a fish on my line! Once again, it is most important to match the Black Midge to the size of the hatching naturals. The cleaning plant Sparkle Caddis Pupa Caddis Pupa ascending to the surface to hatch can trigger a fish feeding frenzy like no other insect! Fish gorge themselves as the bugs make their way towards the water surface but it is when the pupae become trapped in the meniscus that they become easy pickings. The Sparkle Caddis Pupa is a fly that was invented by the late Gary LaFontaine and I have a whole one side of a fly box dedicated to this pattern in different sizes and colours. The antron fibres used to create the bubble shape trap air and reflect light, cleverly imitating the natural insect. I fish the Sparkle Caddis Pupa during caddis hatches in the late evening and early morning preferring to cast the pattern out into the vicinity of rising fish. I occasionally give the fly a twitch to simulate a caddis struggling to shed its pupal skin. Be ready for explosive takes and fish with “soft hands” or you will lose fish to smash takes. Part of the plant and settling tanks Eugene Viljoen took PH readings some months ago at various places for 20 kilometres outside KDP reserve PH 2-3 after the lime process and again recently at the inflow to the KDP reserve PH 2 - bring your car batteries - but for the heavy metals still present Photos taken by Eugene Viljoen
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