The brief was to go out much earlier than my traditional Iceland trip to find fewer grilse but meet up with some of the bigger fish that are often getting stale by August. And East Ranga delivered. The fishing was not easy, cold water, heavy tips and heavy flies and casting skills to match required, […]
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East Ranga, Iceland 11th July 2019
Yesterday afternoon saw some serious action in the big fish dept. Norman G got a 20+ pounder on beat 5 and David H lost a huge fish on beat 1. 5 fish in all for the group and just one was a Grilse. This morning Cecil D lost a fish of 18lbs or so at […]
East Ranga, Iceland 10th July 2019
Very strange afternoon yesterday. It clouded over after lunch and we thought we would be in business and yet at close of play no one had caught a single fish other than on beat 1 (not guys from our team) which produced 6. This morning was also hard going but Cecil and I winkled one […]
East Ranga, Iceland 9th July 2019
We arrived yesterday afternoon to fish the evening session. Much earlier than our usual Iceland trip so not expecting large numbers of Grilse, but more the bigger fish. And we were not disappointed bringing in 10 fish for our group of 8 rods in the first session with several in the 10 – 15lb class […]
Varzuga 18th – 25th May 2019
A lot of wows but what a week we had!!! We arrived on the 18th at Lower Sabacchi, with the pyramid stone about 6 inches under water and the ice all gone in the previous few days. It just doesn’t get better to find those conditions for our week. This year 25 years since I […]
Varzuga 2019 shaping up nicely
Two years since I have been to the Varzuga – 2017 we had to cancel due to the river being still frozen and last year I couldn’t go. So it is with growing enthusiasm I see that the Varzuga blog is now running www.varzuga.com and having spoken with Charlie who is going out this Friday […]
Murthly 13th April 2019
Water steady at 1ft and just perfect. Weather overcast but a bitter strong east wind which did make fishing conditions unpleasant and difficult. But with a good team of rods we most certainly covered the water. I saw one small fish jump in the Ministers but otherwise I don’t think a single fish was seen […]
Murthly 12th April 2019
Top Beat: Water 1ft 2ins, overcast and mild with a light breeze. It just doesn’t get any better. I had a couple of angry tugs fishing my big prawn very deep in the Tronach – fish already caught and released I suspect. Cecil D saw a couple of fish coming through the fast water at […]
Murthly 11th April 2019
And the sun shone down from a cloudless sky yet again on 1ft 2ins of “perfect” water height. Simon M managed our only connection of the day, a fish “in the teens” on for 15 or so minutes from the bargee side of the boat pool before a long range release. One other fish was […]
Murthly 10th April 2019
Water 1ft 3ins after a bitterly cold night. That was then followed by blazing sun all day. Good for the tan but hopeless for the fishing. We never saw a single fish all day, I guess they’ve all got their heads down in the shade like me!
