Date: 8 july
Air Temp: 10-11 C
Water Temp: 9 C
Water height: -13cm
Number of rods: 16
Number fish caught: 27
Biggest fish: 30lbs
Rod: Ian Eckersley
No 30+: 1
No 20-29: 3
No 8-19: 13
Grilse: 11
Weather: Gentle downstream breeze, warm and
overcast
Manager’s Comments: Almost perfect salmon
fishing weather today – it felt like a lovely July day! With the river dropping the fishers left the
lodge in great spirits and expecting good action. Sean M landed a nice 14lb hen
first cast from the first of the 7 Islands and brought to an end a tough couple
of days for him with another fish that tore off downstream causing his reel to
“bird’s nest” – thankfully the fish stopped and a 10lb hen was landed!
Elsewhere on the river Ian E landed 3 fish of 14, 15 and 24lbs from Crows Nest
(what a lovely beat in July!) Stephen L and Rob W landed 6 between them and
lost several others. It was clear that in the higher water and rough weather
fish had moved about quite a bit and some previously productive beats proved
hard going whilst others served up nice surprises for hard working
fishers. Not feeling the day was quite
done, Ian E headed down to Pump after dinner and hooked into a huge
cartwheeling fish that was eventually landed at Heron Point - many of you will
know just how far downstream that is – that weighed in at just over 30lbs – the
first real Yokanga monster of the week…….although the previous 4 days have
yielded 17 fish between 20-29lbs – not exactly minnows! What a fantastic end to
the day!
