This week was fished by anglers from Scandinavia and Russia. It was also this week that the RTG television crew captured on film many useful tips and methods for catching salmon on Belousiha.
This week the weather began to revert to its seasonal norms. The water level gradually started to fall, and the water temperature began to rise. A couple of days early on this week were affected by strong summer sunshine and hot weather. Salmon still ran the river on every tide, although not in very large groups. Salmon lies were distributed throughout the length of the river and this distribution was reflected in catches.
On bright, sunny days, salmon were caught mainly in the morning and in the evening. On cloudy days, activity was constant throughout the day.
This week’s most successful patterns included Cascades tied on gold hooks, Yellow Monkeys dressed on plastic tubes and Black Frances patterns with tungsten cones. On some warmer days the salmon came up well to small Bombers fished dry.
The TV crew gathered some excellent material for transmission, including great footage of salmon tilting up to take dry flies. TV presenter Dmitry Drozdov managed to land a few decent fish himself. According to him, the time spent on Belousiha will long remain in his memory....