Temperamental Weather

Date: 27 June

Air Temp: 19C-12C

Water Temp: 14C

Water height: -5cm

Number of rods: 17

Number of fish caught: 20

Biggest fish: 22lbs Manuel Lopez

No 30lb+: 0

No 20-29lbs: 2

No 8-19lbs: 14

Grilse: 4

Weather:

We had at least three seasons in one day! It fluctuated between sunny skies then half an hour later would change to black clouds and cool temperatures and then back again with a rain shower thrown in for good measure. It was a strong upstream wind for a short period then would blow downstream. Certainly a very temperamental weather day but we are in the Arctic Circle where things do change rapidly.

Rainbow over the lodge during dinner

Manager’s Comments:

It was a relatively tough day on the river with people reporting pulls and takes which then came to nothing. There seemed to be an unusually high rate of losses.

Colour in the Kola Peninsula

Jasper P deserves congratulations for landing a salmon on a hitch. It is so seldom used here but he selected his pool carefully on 7 Islands where he could get a nice slow drift and landed a lovely 16lber. He then hooked another fish briefly on the hitch which was considerably larger and estimated at about 100cm or high twenties in pounds.

Jasper P's 16lber on a hitch

Yury D continued to lead with way with eight fish on Lyliok and Crows’s Nest. He also had a lot of other pulls and action where fish simply did not stay on. The general feeling is that there must be a good number of fish running but as is almost always the case on the Yokanga we do not see lots of fish rolling and jumping. It is not unusual here to see no fish yet have a very successful day.

Yury D's 20lb hen fish from Crow's Nest

The tackle that people are using is varying enormously. Arni is still on a full floater, others are using intermediates with success. Others are on light and occasionally heavy sinking tips. With fresh fish running as they are, the simple fact seems to be that what you are using will work if you keep using it. Flies are varying between sparsely tied tubes (brass and plastic) and many are using doubles on hook sizes 6 to 8 predominantly.

William M with a lovely clean hen fish

In the late evening there was a heavy rain shower and the lodge had a double rainbow right over the roof. The temperature continued to drop after dinner and significant mist was rising off the river. The weather looks more settled for the remainder of the week so everyone is keen to see what will happen.

Smoke on the water

Henry Mountain