16/06/2024
Had the pleasure fishing with these two fine gentlemen, the last few days. Last year at the beginning of August was their first time ever Fly Fishing, and since then they’ve been on 4 guided trips with me, John at the Fishcamp. It’s been wonderful to watch them develop their skills and learn about Flyfishing and the infinite galaxy of information and learning that comes with Fly Fishing. Days like the last two I spent with these guys are a reminder of why I love my job. We practiced dry fly fishing, nymph fishing and streamer fishing. Developing these skills and techniques is good for early fishing here in Norway as not all of the fish are starting to eat dry flies yet. Yesterday on two separate occasions they both caught fish at the same time. On the Rena river this doesn’t happen often, but back home in Montana it would happen almost daily that both anglers would catch fish at the same time. And no, I do not hold Fish in the net waiting for the second fish for long periods of time. When it happens, it happens and it’s wonderful, but we are not that desperate for photo content and attention. We caught a few fish on dry flies, and a few fish on nymphs, and two brown trout and two grayling on streamers.
Lately, the Rena river is going through many changes both with temperature and river flows. The mayflies are about a week earlier than previous years since we have been here, but the dry fly fishing is not consistent yet. There are many fish rising throughout the river, but you should expect them in the early afternoon and into the evening. We would like to give a big Thank You to everyone supporting us here at the Fishcamp and stopping into the Fly Shop to say hello. We appreciate all of you very much and enjoy having people back on the river for the fishing season. If you’re out fishing and not having much luck with dry flies, try a nymph for a small streamer. If you’re working a fish on a dry Fly with not much luck, downsize your tippet and downsize your fly and always remember that the first couple casts over a fish of the most important.
