Trout Group week 33.

Group leader Pål K.

Flyfishermen: Odd, Magnar, Tore, Trond, Pål A and Pål K.

Guide/cook: Igor

The trip started with fog delaying the group. They had to spend the first night in the Rynda salmon camp. Before arriving to the salmon camp the helicopter had to land upstream from the camp because of fog, here the group spotted a wolverine, and they were able to film it for awhile. In the Rynda camp they were taken care of in the best way, and were served food and drinks at the lodge. They even got beds for the night. The next day while waiting for the fog to clear we went to a small lake close to the salmon camp, here Trond caught 3 char above 1kg on a dry fly, the largest 1.5 kg. Several small trout were caught by the others..

Because of the delay we decided to use only one camp, Swan Isles on the Litza. This was probably a mistake. The water level was lower than I have experienced in the past and it seemed like our fishing made the fish move away. The fishing was very good in the beginning around the islands. When the fishing slowed down there we went downstream. This proved to be better, and when the weather improved we caught quite a few fish there.

One of the first mornings at the camp, a wolverine (it might have smelled the bacon), was spotted swimming across the river and jumping up on the rocks very close to the camp, a great experience for those of us out of bed.

We had variable weather all through the week, with the best fishing in calm sunny conditions.

We had a great stay and the group was pleased. The only thing really missing was insect hatches and rising fish. We probably saw less than 20 rises during the stay.

Best flies were Streaking Caddis, Kola Killer (A Wooly Bugger style fly) and Marabou Woolybugger.

Pål Krogvold                                                                                                                                      

31. aug 2009