Yesterday was as cold a day as we have had for a while. A bitter and strong upstream wind made life
uncomfortable and we had lunch in camp as opposed to our normal picnic on the
riverbank. It is so helpful to have Bill
Drury with us here at Lower and he got around to all of the rods to teach them
new casts to deal with the strong winds.
Even those who have not done it before were soon proficient in left hand
up Circle C’s.
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Tudor D with one of 31 he landed yesterday |
All of which would normally lead to less than productive
fishing – not so yesterday. At Lower we
put 106 in the book; the best day of the season and Tudor D had the day of his
life landing 31 of those. Larder and
Bearlets were the most productive pools for him and it was striking that he
landed all of those fish in “office hours”.
Kitza continues to improve every day and yesterday the 10
rods had 54 fish on the bank along with numerous other encounters. Brendan G is here for the first time but he
put his extensive fishing knowledge to good use and had 9 for the day.
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Hamish Mackie on the Wires yesterday afternoon |
In the evening I went up to Middle and it is fair to say
that I walked into a pretty happy camp.
They had had another amazing day and accounted for 258 between
them. 75 of those fish were taken from
Pertiha pool over the day and Brian W had 30 to his rod whilst Paul C landed
26. None of the pools above Clarkes are
really working yet which is yet another indication that the fish are being held
up there before they start their major run up the river.
As a result I am afraid that Pana remains very slow but this
late spring does allow us the chance to add another week of fishing at this
legendary camp.
Pana is 80 miles from the White sea and it takes time for
the fish to get there in big numbers – we would expect the week to average
between 30-40 fish per rod but on similar dates in 2009, 8 rods averaged 63
fish per rod so it can be extremely productive in conditions such as these.
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Pana camp at the junction of the Indel and Pana |
We will keep the camp open this year for a fifth week,
Saturday 21st to Saturday 28th June for a maximum of 8
rods – there is a minimum requirement of 5 rods for the week to run. The camp
will be staffed by our own Roxtons manager and cook plus the regular Russian
team. The cost is £3,800 per rod, including all drinks in camp. Flights to and
from Murmansk and visa costs are not included.
This opportunity is very much first come first served and
please contact the office as soon as possible if you would like fish Pana this
year.
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Rhodri D on Jannaways |
Just to add to the feeling of a late spring, it is snowing
here this morning and I suspect we will be having lunch back in the dining room
again but if it means the same sort of
numbers as we had yesterday then no one will be complaining.
Charlie White