We had a hugely successful Open Day on 23 May at Sumaridge. Thanks to a generous sponsorship from Madron Farming, we were able to get Tim Rolston here and he presented some wonderful insights into the mechanics of casting.

MC Coetzer and Matt Gorlei entertained the anglers and guests present with discussions on setting up leaders and their preferred knots, prospecting for fish in still waters, grunter, cob, mullet and leeries on fly and setting up flyboxes for Cape still water fishing.

The Open Day fishing competition ended in a draw and the outcome was decided by an accuracy casting competition.

With Club membership at capacity, it was decided to change from an ‘Open Day’ with advertising in the local media to a “Club Day” for our members.

The Club day in 2025 was held at Natimby and about 50 members attended. We invited Matt Rich, Barry Ubsdale and MJ Bezuidenhout (all three national competitive anglers) to participate in a ‘Fish-off’ for half an hour with restrictions in terms of 5 flies and one line.