Once again Kitza held it’s own yesterday mainly due to the
lake that feeds the bulk of the river protecting them from a sharp rise. We had
sparse moments of glory but the river rose all day meaning for many fishing was
tough. The nice gravel bars we had been fishing are now too deep in most cases but
the likes of Birthday and Peartiha are now back in play and for Brendon G this
was a winner banking 2 fish over 10lbs in weight. Will G got a fish in the
morning from the upper river and Peter W christened his new line with a brace
from Dunkery Corner.
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| Brendon G with a cracking fish from Generator |
There were certainly a few fish running yesterday with
reported sightings right through our beats but they were not hanging around to chase
flies. We are all hopeful that the rise in water will bring a few more of the
pods of fish into our beats to replace those running up.
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| 12" rise in the last 48hrs |
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| Ralph C with a lovely fish from up river |
If the fish are running hard I hope they are heading for
Pana as they had another tough day yesterday with 3 fish for the team.
Conditions were very tough with cold air temperature and a rising river all
day. Patrick H and James P were up river on the float section and landed one
each and James J had a fish before a picnic lunch.
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| Brendon G with Peartiha fish 1 |
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| Brendon G with Peartiha fish 2 |
The weather yesterday was pretty cold but lunch at Peartiha
seemed to be in the only warm spell of the day. We had a lovely sunset last
night so Will G, Charlie C, Jason S and myself took the big boat down to Party
to skate a sunray. We did have a fish boil at the fly but it missed by a mile
and eventually we decided a beer by the fire was the smarter choice.
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| Azar once again joined us for a picnic at Peartiha |
This morning it is milder and the sun is out. The water is
currently 9 degrees and with the rise in the river we are fishing slightly
heavier with larger flies. Whilst it’s great for boating and certain pools I’m
just crossing everything that it brings a bunch of new fish into the system and
more over all the beats.
Jack Selby
