Fishing report 13 - 15 AUGUST 2015

In the middle of August arrive a married couple from America,  Justin - a highly skilled flyfisherman and his wife. They arrived for three days, and during these three days, they experienced all of the weathers available on the Tundra, barring snow. The first day it was cloudy, then, a constant oppressive drizzle, and on the final day, tourists managed to behold all the beauty the tundra with glorious sunshine. Therefore also temperature fluctuated wildly – mercury in the thermometer rose and fell, between ten and nineteen degrees centigrade.  Water level continued its downwards trend, and perhaps could be called low, as much as fifteen centimetres below the norm for the time of year. In some places the river became quite low. Water temperature fluctuated from twelve to fourteen degrees centigrade. The wind swung from the South, to the North, and sometimes, blew quite strongly.

In three days we covered  almost all of the river. Fish continued to be spotted in the steady flows, but with plenty of fish in the faster water also. On the Swedish Table, which is a small rapid where fish spotting is difficult, but possible, as many as ten creatures were spotted, with at least half being particularly active.

But Justin enjoyed to fish the steady flows the most. He has an excellent cast that allowed him, without problems, to catch a salmon on the wide slow pools, which is where all of his seven fish were caught, two within a single hour. He was casting slightly upstream, and retrieving  using a fast strip. All of his fish were caught on a single pattern, a Beaver fly. The fish that pleased Justin the most, was a very silver hen, her silvery sides indicating that she had been in the river no more than three to four days. We spotted about ten similar fish, which indicates what might be the final push of fish fresh from the Barent sea. These autumn migrants that arrive in the Belousiha in the second half of August to the beginning of September, would appear to be more and more a regular occurrence as the years pass.

The Pacific salmon have now mostly moved into the shallows, and indicator perhaps of imminent spawning.

Seven fishes in three days is quite a good result for a single rod, especially when you take into consideration that the last day was short with just three hours fishing. Justin was very happy with his stay on the river after the first fishing day, with the second and third days being a bonus to him.

Results of week:

1 Angler

Landed: 7 Atlantic salmons

Lost: 3 Atlantic salmons

Best fish of the week:  Atlantic salmon of 75 cm caught on a Single handed  #5 with the fly pattern,  Beaver.