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Alevin
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Thanks for sharing. That river and scenery is simply stunning.
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smallstreams.com plankowner
Yes, thanks for sharing. Those trout - are they native to South Africa? Rainbows?
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Alevin
Nope. The rainbows were introduced to SA around the turn of the last century. All our trout (browns and rainbows) have been introduced to various systems over the past 100 years or so. While they do provide amazing fishing, it is also a pity where local fish species have taken strain because of them.
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smallstreams.com plankowner
Allright. Are there any trout species native to South Africa? Or is it like New Zealand where they're all introduced? And what are the native species if they're not trout?
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Member
Thank you for posting. I have never dreamed that there were such a beautiful trout stream in South Africa.
martin, there is no native salmonid (family salmonidae) species in southern hemisphere.
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smallstreams.com plankowner
Great looking area to wet a line.....
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Egg
fortunately or unfortunately, depending on your point of view, all trout species were introduced into south Africa. there are a large number of indigenous species here in south Africa, too numerous to mention.
here in the western cape the indigenous fishes threatened, to a greater or lesser extent, are members of the barb and galaxiid families.
we're also blessed to have a variety of indigenous yellowfishes to catch on fly and they're awesome. (google yellowfish and you'll see what I mean.)
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