212 THE TROUT ARE RISING 
General Manager of the South African Railways, 
Sir William Hoy, who is himself a keen fly- 
fisherman when he can find time. An “ Official 
Illustrated Guide to Trout Fishing in South 
Africa” is thus published. In addition to the 
text, which gives information as to trout-fishin 
over a large area, it contains a wealth of delight- 
ful illustrations. South Africa is a vast country, 
and dwellers in towns were probably unaware of 
some of the many trout rivers till they saw these 
pictures. One enjoyable holiday which I had on 
the Bushman’s River, Natal, was due to my 
finding it pictured in the guide. The picture 
pulled and I went. ‘Trout Fishing in the Cape 
Colony,” by Mr. Dumaresq W. Manning, of 
the Cape Civil Service, was issued in 1908 with 
the approval of the Government of the Cape of 
Good Hope. The merits of this book are 
indicated by the following passage from an article, 
by John Bickerdyke, in the summer (1919) 
number of The Fournal of the Fly-Fishers Club. 
He says, “On arrival in Capetown the fly- 
fisher should get in touch with the Secretary of 
the Publicity Association, and purchase Mr. 
Manning’s book on ‘Trout Fishing in Cape 
Colony,’ which is published at the ‘ Argus’ office. 
It contains a most useful map.” 
Although we are primarily concerned with 
trout, yet it may be added that South Africa’s 
various native fish are not to be despised. Among 
them are : the tiger fish, a rare sporting fish, the 
yellow fish, which gives sport to fly and bait, the 
