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| Bill Drury having guided Alex A into hooking his first salmon |
Peter V also landed his first Russian salmon and as a result
there were many celebrations on the river as well as a very good party last
night. A total of 24 fish were landed
but perhaps a better example of the action we were having was that Marc W
landed 4 in the afternoon as well as losing 8 more. It was the first time that we have really
seen Beach come alive and it felt very much as if the grilse run had arrived.
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| Jim A with a lovely fish from Beach |
At Kitza they landed 22 and it is encouraging to see their
scores heading in an upward direction.
Ollie said that the river is dropping nicely but then said they have
still hardly been able to properly wade so I guess it must still be very
high. We are flying over there at 7pm
tonight for the weekly changeover and so I should be able to get a better
handle on things.
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| Matt and Beanie - manager and cook at Pana |
Many of you who have been out here or have spoken to the office
about coming out here will have, at some point, dealt with the legend who is
Lynsey Mair. She handles all of the administration
of everyone’s trips and is entirely unflappable.
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| Lynsey getting ready for a boat trip to Middle |
She has come out here this week to refresh her memory of why
this place is so special and last night we both went up to Middle for
dinner. A beautiful, warm and sunny
evening was the perfect time to do it and we had a stunning boat trip up
there.
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| John R with a "half a fish" |
We found a very happy team of clients but they had had a
rather difficult day of fishing compared to the norm up there. 29 fish were put in the book and a
combination of a building run of fish, very high winds and simply “fishing”
were to blame for their slightly disappointing numbers.
Today we are off to Pana to set up that camp for the
forthcoming guests whilst also swapping the Kitza clients with Lower this evening
so it looks like a busy day in the helicopter – I hope when I get back it has
been a busy day on the river.
Charlie White
