The Angler & Antelope has secured exclusive access to several dams and stretches of river in the Somerset East district for fly fishing.

When you fly fish these exclusive Angler & Antelope waters, you will experience the majesty of the Karoo, with no interruptions – well, except maybe a trophy sized trout at the end of your fly line!

Somerset East is one of the few venues in South Africa that boasts 8 freshwater species that can be caught on fly, within 20 minutes of each other.

The Hobson’s Choice Festival, usually in October each year, challenges the avid fly fisherman to target a rainbow trout, black bass and yellowfish, all bigger than 30cm in length, on the same day.

This comfortable venue, with an excellent single malt whisky collection in an old church, a fly fishing shop in the old confessional, and a resident guide, with diversity in landscape and fly-fishing opportunities, is a must to any fly fisher’s to do list.