Tuesday, 19 July 2016

Upstream

Date: 17 July

Air Temp: 14C to 19C
Water Temp: 19C
Water height: -14cm
Number of rods: 2
Number fish caught: 2
Biggest fish: 15lbs Simon Allaire
No 30+: 0
No 20-29: 0
No 8-19: 2
Grilse: 0

The team!

Weather: 
A mixture of sun and rain. The morning started bright and warm but soon a hefty layer of black cloud rolled in with some heavy rain showers.

Manager's Comments:
The fish figures this week may start to look a little shocking at first glance but please bear in mind we are only two rods!

We had a great fun day today - we loaded up in the chopper this morning and headed upstream to Cascad. Completely new territory for me and the guests, an amazing set of small pools each followed by a thunderous rapids. All the pools look like they have been designed for salmon fishing, good streamy necks, bouldery bodies with oily glides and finishing with irresistible fast flowing glassy draws.

Simon A managed to do two of these pools justice by landing a couple of fish. The 15lbs fish caught earlier on in the day was full of energy and took him and his guide Sasha white water rafting down a heavy set of rapids. All very exciting indeed and has left us with a satisfied fisher with yet another fishing tale to tell.

Water levels have started to drop off again slowly, however we are due some heavy rain in the next few days so that may not be the common trend over the coming week. Water temperature has increased by a degree which is never any help to us fishers but sadly it is out of our control.

In summary, a very exciting adventure today with a couple of nice fish caught. Back to the usual rotations tomorrow, and we hope to get tucked into a few.

Toby Burrell