Awards for fly anglers

The South Coast Fly Anglers annual awards ceremony was held recently at Stephen and Olga Brand’s Red Rhyno farm near Marina Beach.
The SCFA is a relatively small but active club with members’ ages ranging from teens to late 80s. They all share a love for the ‘gentle sport’ of casting and presenting a fly.
Monthly club activities include a meeting on the last Thursday of the month at the Umtentweni Tennis Club, one salt water and one fresh water fishing outing, a fly tying evening where instruction is given on tying the salt and fresh water fly of the month.
There are also regular, longer outings to various salt and fresh water venues, generally in KwaZulu-Natal but also as far afield as the Richtersveld in the Northern Cape on the world-famous Orange River.
Thanks were extended to all sponsors.

Award winners:
Most prestigious fish: Sakkie McCay, 4kg brown trout caught at Mountain Lake (also the 2022 winner). Runner-up, Liam van der Merwe, 80cm giant trevally caught in the Seychelles.
Most prolific: Sean Tharratt, 253 fish.
Most improved: Sean Tharratt, B nationals selection and gold.
Saltwater Fly-tyer of the Year: Neil Scott, with 33 points out of 40.
Fresh Water Fly-tyer of the Year: Neil Scott, with 32 points out of 40.
Chris van Wyk Chairman’s Award: Dick Plaistowe.
Honorary membership: Pieter van der Merwe, who has had a total of 10 years on the committee since he joined in 2004.
Merit award for most species caught: Liam van der Merwe, with 10 species – rainbow trout, blacktip kingfish, thorn fish, dorado, large spot pompano, small spot pompano, toby, giant trevally, emperor, bonito.
Merit award: Jaco Strauss and Sean Tharratt, both B nationals.
Foul Hook award: Stan Park, only person who can roll a triangular samoosa off a horizontal braai grid into the sand.

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