Every season it seems as if we close the Lower camp too
early but this year it will be especially true.
As we stood on Beach yesterday, which is at the bottom of our beat,
watching fish after fish head and tail and jump clear of the water, it was
clear that there are still a huge number of fresh fish coming in and to close
this camp on Saturday will be a real shame.
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| Jim C on Wires in the morning |
After fishing, I went up to Middle Varzuga to see the team
there and they are making the most of this year’s very strong run. A further 158 were added to their total which
now amounts to over 650 fish to the12 rods over the past 4 days. JP Camozzi landed 17 of those and his father,
Achille, had a great fish of around 17-18lbs which was yet another one of these
bigger fish that we have enjoyed seeing this season. As ever, Clarkes has fished really well and
the home pools of Generator and Bear are wonderfully reliable.
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| Matthew R at Middle |
After a delicious dinner we boated back in the midnight sun and
I arrived to find the camp pretty quiet as the previous night’s activities had
eventually taken their toll. We finished
with 44 for the day with Jonathan K having a great couple of sessions and he landed
12 to his rod. It has been great to see
the improvement in everyone’s casting and fishing ability as they pick up tips
from Eoin Fairgrieve and Bill Drury.
Eoin and Bill have an uncanny knack of diagnosing faults and seem to be
able to put them right with just one or two small adjustments. They are great people to have around camp and
the chance to actually catch fish whilst also benefitting from expert tuition
does make the week a lot of fun.
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| Douglas B with one from Feorder's Place |
Pana had another very good day and had another 39 to the 8
rods. Jack M was the top rod on 9 fish
and they also reported losing roughly the same number again. We have had days like this all season when
fish just don’t seem to stick, you can’t win them all is probably the message.
However at Kitza, winning practically everything appeared to
be the order of the day. The 8 rods
landed 92 fish between them with top scorers being Julian P, Chic McS, Robin B
and Malcolm K with 18,15,11 and 11 fish respectively. As if their day could not get any better,
they then saw 3 bears just opposite camp which hung around for 10 minutes to
thrill everyone and to round off a memorable day.
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| Martin F on Duck |
Almost inevitably it is another very hot day today but just
as inevitably Glynn D has landed a fish before breakfast and with a slightly
steadier night behind them, all of the rods were on the river at 9, conscious that
the week is going far too quickly.
Charlie White
