Middle July - season top of salmon fishing.

The beginning of July has brought long-awaited changes in weather. For the first time the wind has brought a cool and have passed short rains. Water temperature has decreased on 2-3 degrees and was up to standard of 16-17 degrees. It has affected at once activity of fishes. In many places resident fishes who in any way did not give out earlier the presence began to come across on a hook. Sea fish began to come more actively into the river. In "good" places it was possible to catch a mix from fresh sea fish, salmons of autumn calling and spring fish. The quantity of attacks of fish has considerably increased. Now there was no sense to search for active fish throughout all river. We have changed fishing tactics as could stay on one place all day long. One part of a team had a rest, the second part began fishing. After successful struggle against a salmon, it was possible to have a rest again ashore at a fire. Character of a fly had no special value . The salmon attacked also bright, spring flies and the flies intended for warm summer water. In each place convenient for fish it was possible to expect attack of a salmon. But the best time for catching of a salmon there were evening hours when the sun disappeared.

Guide George help Piotr to land and release silver fish.

Really flyfisherman house.
First cold wind and short rains came from North.


Evening was best time for fishing in low water condition.

During 3 days we were fishing on Village site, 1 km up stream of our lodge. Three pools up stream of waterfalls had good quantity of fish for 8 fisherman. Then we visited Pokosy camp and Islands site.

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Hot and low- means good salmon fishing!

Low water, hot weather usually means big problems.. .But sometime it`s not a problem, but "katastrofa" ! This year summer weather was good for family holidays, not for fishing, but Chavanga`s salmons have good possibility of adaptation in such conditions.






Summer run silver salmon on really salmon fly - hook #6, red, orange and silver. 6 salmons from one pool, classic technique, double hand rod and excellent presentation!!


Young Blank lost one after terrible fight...



Young Clemo in action!!!!!







Nice sea trout! The biggest in Roger`s practice.








Mark show use his not a secret weapon, small and black fly, very effective ina middle of hot summer.

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Salmon fishing, high speed method. End of June.

Tactics of search of active fish was enough productive. The river has many places, sites with a rapid current, stones, deep tunnels in which the salmon can stop. The salmon comes from the sea and quickly loses activity in unusually warm water of the river. For two or three days the salmon in warm river water ceased to react to flies and became invisible. Therefore there was a sense quickly to investigate various sites of the river to find the most active fish. Here some photos which were made by our friend Peter are presented. Which has visited the river from 20.06.2011. It used the camera on a support and photographed itself. He chose aggressive flies , in style cascades. The most successful for catching were evening and night hours when water temperature fell on one, two degrees.

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Salmon run starts! End of June 2011.

The situation has started to improve with second half of June. Salmon run expected by us has begun not since June, 5-10th, as usual, and later for 2 weeks. After several cool days water temperature has decreased to 17 degrees. It was still dry, the water level went down. But fresh fish has started to come into the river.

It was possible to use 2 tactics of fishing. The first tactics consisted in search of the active fish who have recently come from the sea. Such tactics demanded quickly and far to move on the river and to catch in all suitable places for fish rest. It has demanded good physical preparation. Other tactics consisted in careful fishing in the best places. It was easier so to wind, but there were difficulties with flies selection. If active fish willingly attacked a usual shrimp and similar fly passive fish ignored bright baits. Here there were again productive flies with a dark blue and blue feather. It was the first year in in my practice of fishing that the dark blue fly worked better black-orange-red.

But sea fish was more few, in warm water it quickly lost activity. And resident fish still did not prove. All of us with impatience waited for the first rains and a cold snap, we hoped that it will force a salmon to go to the river and will make its more active.

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