WWFG Fishing Reports

Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2009 Post subject: Nice catches on the NFC Beatsâ€¦

Tim Gray with his personal record so far- 9,8kg (20.7lb) from Beat B2

This week had a good start, and our guests continue to catch nice fish. The weather has turned and it is really hot and the darker hours of the day are the more convenient fishing hours although quite a few fish are caught during the day. Right now there is a lack of pictures, as cameras are â€œforgottenâ€ and our guests enjoy the nice weather during the daytime and the wonderful evenings and peaceful nights on the river. Peaceful- of course only until the next fish is hooked and the battle begins. We hear it again and again that this year the fish are exceptional strong fighters and we see that they are all in great condition.

Anyway, we would like to give you a short report about the catches during the last days since the last report until now.

Some examples: Dr. Werner Brinker who was able to catch his next salmon, weighing 9,8 kg (21.5lb) on our Beat C2 on a Black and Green tube fly. Also Leo Niemantsverdriet from the Netherlands (all know him from his photograph on the NFC advertisement in Trout & Salmon with his record fish) caught a medium sized fish of 4kg (8.8lb) on one of our â€œFree for allâ€ Beats. As well Bruce Bomphrey has been successful on the same Beat with a fish of the same size. The fish carried a tag but jumped back before the tag could be recorded. Please see below a picture of a tag which was attached to a fish which Takashi Iwamori caught on the 24th of June and which he released. We will try to find more out about the â€œhistoryâ€ of this fish.

Our first time visitor Masaya Hayakawa caught his first Gaula salmon on Beat B2, a fish of 3,5kg (7.7lb). Our German guests Ulrich Kamp and Hans E. Wolf have been successful on the same Beat as well - their fishes weighed in with 4.2kg (9.2lb) and 6,5kg (14.3lb). Jonathan Argent from England caught his first salmon of the week on the same beat, a nice medium sized fish of 4,7kg (10.3lb). And Peter Ericson caught a fish about the same size.

Then it was again Leo Niemantsverdriet who caught a very nice salmon of 9,8kg (21.5lb) on our Beat C1. The fish took on the dangle which often means the fish is not well hooked but this time the fish had inhaled the fly deeply and could not be released.

Leo Niemantsverdriet with his salmon from Beat C1-9,8kg (21.5lb)

Yesterday Karsten Kruhl had a very nice afternoon on Beat C2 - he was able to catch and release 3 salmon, he estimated the weights to be about 9,5kg (21lb), 8kg (17.5lb) and the third fish about 6kg (13lb). The fish which he estimated to weigh 8kg carried a tag as well. The number was 93478 and as he released the fish we hope to hear that this fish will me observed at a later stage of his freshwater journey. An additional exciting aspect might be that Karstenâ€™s skills to estimate the weight of salmon will be verified when we get the â€œhistoryâ€ behind that fish. This salmon was most certainly caught in a bag net which is operated for scientific research in the outer Trondheimfjord at Agdernes. The exact weight for each fish is recorded at this occasion before the fish is released and heads for his home river.

During the night Ulrich Kamp was able to land a salmon of exactly 8,0kg (17.6lb) on Beat D2- on the tributary - after a very challenging fight!

Hans E. Wolff caught his next salmon on Beat B2- a nice salmon of 5,5kg (12.1lb)

Hans E. Wolff with his salmon of 5,5kg (12.1lb)

Regular guest Tim Gray was able to land his biggest salmon so far on our Beat B2. A nice conditioned salmon which weighed in with 9,4kg (20.7lb).

Tim is playing his salmon on Beat B2â€¦

..our Guide Marcus is landing Timâ€™s salmonâ€¦

Tim Gray with his personal record so far- 9,8kg (20.7lb) from Beat B2

We just got reported Karsten Kruhl caught his 5th fish of the week, which has run through the Gauntlet on beat D1. Karsten was able to land the fish 500 meter longer down streams with Jonathan Argentâ€™s and a neighbours help and released this fish as well carefully. He estimated this fish to weigh 8 kg/ (17.6lb).

The fishing right now is quite good and we are sure to be able to report more fish during the next days. By the way, we have a few rods vacant for the next week and only one rod vacant in week 29 in the rotation, whilst we have vacancies on the Bogen Sondre and Upper Gaula Beats which all should fish great during the next two weeks. In week 30 and 31 we have as well some rods vacant. If you are interested, just call us (0047-91393498) or send us an email to info@nfc-online.com.