Gremikha Camp, 2-9 June

Date: 2-9 June

We have heard from James B, our host of the seven rods at Gremika Camp (James, Paddy, Cleeves, David, lan, Henry, John) who reported:

A great time was had in the camp, with all guests getting along with each other very well. A really great group. Food fine, a massive improvement on the early days.

 

Alan with a big bar of silver

Everyone came to love their tent, following some serious mileage being covered in the day. Paddy and I walked 61km in the week as measured by Iasha's phone! A Lowenbrau in the Banja became the ritual following a cold day casting into an upstream northerly snow filled wind. Intrepid it certainly was, but, to a man, thoroughly enjoyed...

A just reward for 61kms of walking in the week

Everyone caught at least two fish and all bar one person catching a 20lb+ fresh salmon with the only chap not to, having a 25lber fall off at the net. We had 26 for the week including three landed by a somewhat vodka fuelled Alan on the last night! There were a further 42 (ish) lost and plenty of additional pulls. So, not a bumper week and very few really big fish stories although Alan did lose a cracker after 25 minutes in the Table Pool when he was wrapped round a rock. There was plenty to keep all interested.

Get ready to run and follow a fresh Gremikha salmon

 Week 0 is definitely not for the faint-hearted, but it was thoroughly enjoyed by this particular group... After dinner, many happy hours spent in the drawing room (drying room!)... There is no doubt that this camp falls into the "glamping" category, but it has everything a proper fisher needs...very functional, comfortable and effective.

The fresh fish are running

There is no doubt that the fish are running now and just about every fish caught was a sea liced, "blue" fish in mint condition...

James B