Saturday 24 June 2017

Stoic Fishermen

Date: 23 June

Air Temp: 2C to 3C
Water Temp: 5C
Water height: 1.8m
Number of rods: 13
Number fish caught: 1
Biggest fish: 15lbs Spencer Palmer
No 30+: 0
No 20-29: 0
No 8-19: 1
Grilse: 0

Weather: It was possibly even worse weather than the day before. A very strong upstream wind but fortunately less rain. 

Where did the sun go?
 
Manager's comments: It was an impossibly tough day on the river but guests remained stoic and kept at it all day. Spencer P was rewarded with a fresh 15lber from Pump. The very same place he had a fish on the first day.

Pilots in team Yokanga caps
 
Other pairs reported little other action other than a good number of kelts which are migrating downstream. It was a disappointing finish to what has been an exceptionally hard week by Yokanga standards. We are hearing similar news from other rivers too as a result of the impossibly late spring.
 
'Green' the camp dog

There was better news from the Gremikha camp which fishes the lower Yokanga downstream. One pair of fishers had five fish in the morning, all mint fresh that weighed 18lbs, 18lbs, 20lbs, 22lbs and 29lbs. These all came from the same little pocket of 20 yards on Loopskaia.
 
Alan C with his 29lber from the lower Yokanga

The fish are clearly there and coming so it is just a question of when they will arrive with us up at Yokanga Lodge on the middle river.

Henry Mountain