31/07/2026
Well comp fishing has its highs and lows that’s for sure! This was my controller Steyn today on the river Rena. We had a big downpour of rain yesterday and overnight, the river came up about 40cm and turned a bit brown, which made things hard. My beat fished really well earlier in the comp when the river was low, but today I just couldn’t find the fish in any numbers. I only landed 1 legal fish, a 36cm grayling. There were 2 fish just undersized (a grayling and a brown trout), 2 fish dropped during the fight, and 2 break offs on the strike. I’m not happy about losing those fish, but apart from that I fished reasonably well I think. Apparently I did very similar things to the other teams before me, including the Spanish who caught a lot there in session 1. Anyway I finished near the bottom of the group today, hoping for a better result in the final session on lake Isteren tomorrow!