Week 25th January - 1st February, 2014
When a week passes like the one we just had I appreciate all the more the events and experiences that no doubt I and the guests will recount for years to come. Stories at the guide cabin can go back years recounting in intricate detail individual fish, flies, guests, etc.
Guiding late into the evening here can be very special, referred to by many as the “magic hour” your guiding takes on a whole new perspective, as the light fades your senses change from visual to acoustic. You find yourself at times in an almost trance like state gazing into the darkness, head tilted slightly and ears intently cocked for any tell tail sounds of action. To the trained ear it is possible to discern a good cast from a bad one, instruction at this hour is futile so as a guide you persistently want to hear the running line tap the reel, closely followed by a deft plop as the fly land close to the far bank. Fishing close to the surface the initial take is unmistakeable, a crisp surge of water churning, one must wait for the clutch on the reel to click before you can be sure of a solid hook set, an elated guest may also confirm the same with one of the many hook up phrases “fish on” “ oh ya baby” etc. etc. The next matter of interest is the size of the specimen hooked usually denoted by the splash following a jump, once the reel begins to click for the second time it is time to call your charges to the bank while you dash for the net.
Our guests experience the best week of the season so far and managed to hook into an impressive 229 trout of which 166 were landed. Some of the better session in terms of numbers include Ron Clark’s Tuesday total of 8 fish, at 77 Ron with a group of American friends William Stoney, William Alford and Harvey Bender reminisced on how they had met and times they had spent together in Alaska over a period of 12 years, with many valuable memories had together this in William Alford’s words was their “final hurrah”. William Bush and David Blazes complete novices with the double hander slowly got to grips with the task at hand and each accounted for a total of 19 fish. Our friend from Ponoi, Francois Bocard made a welcome return to the Rio Grande after a 15 year absence. The Muirhead’s joined us from the UK, Linda a non-angler embraced the tranquillity of the lodge and got through an endless number of books as well as taking walks to and from the river while her husband Sandy got to work on the river, an astute angler he finished the week as our top rod with a total of 24 fish and received a new sage “method” single handed rod for his efforts. Gary Crossley joined us for the second season in a row and said that his desire to catch the “Big One” was the main motivating factor for his return, never one to panic Gary’s patience throughout the week paid off by landing the biggest fish of the week on his last session. ( 19lbs)
With extremely high tides at the weekend and a forecast of mainly overcast conditions throughout the beginning of next week hopes are high that we can continue to produce some of the best memories possible for our guests. Those who left this week certainly have shedloads.
Total rod catch: 166
Total hooked: 229
Biggest: 19lbs
Average weight: 7lbs
Regards
Matthew Solon
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