Fly Fishing At Semonkong

Semonkong Lodge is proud to offer fly fisherman a pristine piece of river with amazing fishing opportunities. The 2019 Season is now open and ends on the 30th April 2020.
The Maletsunyane River on whose banks Semonkong lodge nestles, presents unique fishing opportunities. The fishing is divided by the mighty Maletsunyane falls which forms a formidable natural barrier to fish movement and creates two distinctly different fishing zones in the river.
There is unlikely to be another location in Africa where there is such a realistic possibility of catching a 10 pound wild Brown trout in a natural river with the average size of catches in this part of the river quite impressive.
This piece of river is easily accessible, with the lodge situated roughly midway between the falls and the road bridge weir, above which trout are not found and the Maluti Redfin Minnow (Pseudobarbus Quathlambae) proliferates. The fish in this stretch readily take a variety of nymphs and streamers and in the late afternoon and early morning, when weather conditions permit, there is strong rising in most of the pools which provides spectacular opportunities on dry fly.
Downstream, the stretch of river between the falls and the confluence with the Mighty Senqu is truly magnificent. Here the Browns are still found, but they share the river with Rainbow Trout and Yellowfish, with the challenge of achieving a ‘grand slam’ by catching all three of these species. This prospect is made even more exciting because all of these species are found in this stretch of river in trophy proportions.
ONLY FLY-FISHING IS PERMITTED and we operate a CATCH and RELEASE policy.
Please visit www.SemonkongLodge.com for more information about Fly Fishing in Semonkong.