Date:
21 June
Air
Temp: 6C
Water
Temp: 13C
Water
height: -4cm
Number
of rods: 14
Number
of fish caught: 22
Biggest
fish: Martin V 32lbs
No
30lb+: 1
No
20-29lbs: 2
No
8-19lbs: 17
Grilse:
2
Weather:
We
awoke this morning to see low cloud down on the river. While the weather
promised to clear (we looked at 10am then 11am) in the end we had to make the
decision to head out on foot at 12pm. As it turned out, the weather did not
lift until after 2pm. It is an unwise decision to get walking too early as you run
the risk of the weather lifting and then missing the opportunity to make full
use of all the beats. It was chilly weather at 6C and moderate winds making it
feel cooler still.
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| Walking to the beats |
Manager’s Comments:
Those
of you watching the blog keenly will see that the river rose 9cm overnight. In
fact it continued to rise gently during the day.
As
is the case on a day when we cannot fly, we spread the fishermen out between
Poachers and Lyliok and make the most of the excellent fly water close to the
lodge. It was however a mixed bag with some blanks and seemingly numerous takes
or losses.
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| View from above |
Colin
J had a good start in Pump when he hooked a fish within the first 5 minutes and
he finished the day with a 12lber and 15lber.
Martin
V had two 15lbers from Lyliok and the first pocket in the Lyliok rapid. Changing
to a heavy 15 foot sink tip for the last casts of the day, he hooked a fish which
was clearly a good one. After a 25-minute tussle he brought a 32lb fish, his
personal best, to the net.
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| Martin and his 32lber personal best |
John
H had a superb day. He started the day with a fresh 21lber from Lyliok. There
then followed numerous takes/losses when fishing Lyliok and Crow’s Nest. His
final tally was 7 fish weighing 5lbs, 12lbs, 14lbs, 15lbs, 16lbs, 18lbs and
21lbs. Quite a day!
The
evening session was relatively quiet but Ken M had two 12lbers from Lyliok and
Paul K had one there as well plus a 20lber from a pocket in the Lyliok rapids.
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| Easing tight muscles after casting in the wind |
The
rise of water will do no harm and the cool 6C weather might bring the water
temperature down a touch which will be a good thing for the days and weeks.
Henry
Mountain
