Foggy morning - fish on
I flew up to the village to see the huge truck that arrived last night after a two day drive up from St Petersburg, laden with this years village supplies. On it I hoped were many important items amongst which were a washing machine for Leanna here at Lower Camp, and two outboard engines.
I guess I had made a bit of a fuss about getting this kit into Camp as quickly as possible - typically Michaelovitch pulled my leg and landed the helicopter not on the heli pad but right outside the modest office that over-looks the river. The good news is that the saw-dust left behind by the builders on the grass by the lodge has gone, the bad news is that most of it ended up in the office.
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This was compounded by a massive stone fly hatch; they seem to love my printer and when I print a document there are a handful of stone flies ironed onto the page.
Jeff G had a tough day too, lost a good fish that darted through his guides legs at the last moment, broke his rod, and then had his zinger snap. The later a small thing I know, but really trying when a day is not going well.
On the fishing front - wish I could report more news - Tom at Kitza had set dinner back to 9 p.m. as rods were still out, I know that Oliver P had a 20lber from Beaver. It sounded like a good day over there. Pana picked up with 37, again with some big'ish fish, 7 over 12lbs and two around 15lbs. Here at Lower we had 24 to our five rods by this afternoon, several went out this evening and I hear that Didier F-M has just had his 60th salmon for the week.
No real rise in river level after the rain, it remains steady at the moment - and still a consistent 10 degrees. It looks well set for next week.
I'm off tomorrow to UK, Charlie is taking over for a couple of weeks. Leaving here is a real wrench; I'll be back on 19 June, but may not see the Russian team at Lower, some us go back a decade or more, a few of us nearly two decades .....
....Большое спасибо Лене и Мише, Федору, Паше, Леше и Сергею за поддержку обеспечения рыболовной программы. Надеюсь, что вам удалось порыбачить немного больше в этом году. Также, огромное спасибо, Владимиру, Минере и Марине. Я ценю вашу помощь. Вернусь 19-26 июня на Пундостров. Скорей всего я вас уже не увижу, поэтому мои лучшие пожелания и огромное спасибо. Жду с нетерпением следующего года – увидимся в начале мая 2011 года. Кристофер.
Christopher Robinson