Malcolm Meintjes, leading authority on flyfishing, suggested the following flies for a clinic at Treeferns Trout Lodge to be held on 29 – 30 August 2009:

Red Setter ( 10 or 12)

Orange Booby(10)

Hot Spot Pheasant tail nymph(12)

Red eyed damsel(8)

Mrs Simpson(8)

Black Woolley Bugger(8)

White Death(12 or 14 )

Gold-ribbed Hare’s ear(12 or 14)

DDD(12 or 14 )

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Take the tying thread down the hook shank to a point opposite the barb.

Catch in some small lengths of straight Olive Glister dubbing which creates a type of tail – roughly 1.5” past the end of the hook.

Dub the Olive Glister dubbing to the thread and start building a neat tapered body.

Once the body is almost complete, dub finely back down to a position opposite to the hook point.

Take a length of Olive Rabbit Strip and stroke the fur forward to create a clear view of the skin opposite the hook point position.

Secure the skin using a few wraps of thread and stroke the fur back over it.

Bend the rabbit skin back over the area just secured to give a clear view of the dubbed body.

Dub the Olive Glister dubbing again to the thread and move up towards the eye.

Catch in some Olive cock hackle fibres to create a beard.

Pull the rabbit skin forward and secure the front of the black rabbit skin with thread and build a neat head.

Whip finish and varnish.

Elk Hair Caddis

Hook: TMC 900BL, #14 – #20.
Abdomen: Superfine dry fly dubbing.
Hackle: Palmered cock hackle.
Rib: Fine gold or copper wire.
Wing: Elk hair stacked and tied down-wing style.

DDD

Hook: Tiemco 100, #6 – #12.
Thread: 3/0 monocord, brown or black.
Tail: Klipspringer, deer, or similar hair, or soft spade-hackle fibres.
Body: Spun klipspringer, deer, or similar hair, trimmed to shape.
Hackle: Spade hackle, brown or dun.
Legs: Krystal Flash, colour of choice. (Optional.)

Brown Flashback Nymph

Hook: Long or standard shank, nymph or streamer. 
Thread: 8/0, brown. 
Tail: Partridge, brown. 
Abdomen: Squirrel dubbing, brown. 
Wing case:  Silver/Pearl Flashabou. 
Thorax: Same as abdomen. 
Ribbing: Fine copper wire. 
Legs: Brown partridge tied in divided style. 

 White Death

Hook: Standard shank wet fly. 
Body: Chenille, white. 
Wing: White marabou tied short with one strand of Pearl Flashabou on each side (optional). 
Weight: A few turns of fine lead wire under the body

This is a great fly for the bottom three dams, (Grootdam, Kwiting dam, and Mobumotsu dam) casting it out and letting it go down to the bottom of the dams floor bed, and retrieving it very slowly.