I was really expecting a great day yesterday with new teams
putting in the hard graft at all three camps. Here at Kitza everyone fished
hard for only 3 fish and quite a number lost. I spent the afternoon with Ian W
who is salmon fishing again for the first time after 20 years. After a short
brush up session on his left handed single spey he landed a nice fish on Third
Island and then lost a second bigger fish at the net on Second Island.
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| Ian W's first day back to Salmon fishing after 20 years |
Pana caught 2 fresh fish of about 7lbs just above camp today
but the river below camp was remarkably quiet. The team at Pana are in many
cases very experienced on the river so they will work hard to find the fish as
they start to reach this delightful tributary.
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| Into a fish at Pana |
Middle caught 22 fish with Yury D the top rod and some
convincing efforts from first time visitors Karen C and Kevin C in Clarks and
Generator. Toby gave some casting lessons today so hopefully this will pay
dividends in the coming days.
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| 12th June and still the river is in the withies |
Walking down to Spey Bank yesterday morning it was really
starting to green up with the birch leaves beginning to unfurl and a number of
new shoots seem to have blossomed. We still have a water temperature of 6
degrees but the water height is somewhere between 5 and 6 inches meaning a
number of different spots are starting to open back up to wading and with luck
we will find them holding fish over the next few days.
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| Dropping at last on the Kitza gauge |
Just as things start to feel right we seem to be thrown a
curve ball but certainly conditions are improving minute by minute and if we
had converted a few more of the lost fish we’d have had a good result. This
morning is overcast but not too cold so hopefully this will be a more
encouraging day.
Jack Selby
