Canoe group 3, week 32, Rynda River.

Paddlers. Per, Jørn, Edvard, Morten, Knut, Kjell and Pål

This trip started where the last trip on Rynda ended, by Torismanjavre. While staying in Camp 1 we fished the river from the lake and downstream to The 5 finger rapids. The first 200m of the river from the lake is one of our favourite parts of Rynda. Some group members also went exploring the lake by canoe, and went upstream the Rynda and a small tributary.

This week showed us how important it is for us to use Norway time on our watches. We are at longitude about 37.5 degrees east and that is 2 ½ hours before GMT. Norwegian daylight saving time gives midnight (sun lowest) at about 2330 Norway time, and 0130 Moscow time. Every night we had rising fish from about 2400 Moscow time, and a lot of our fishing was from that time and the next 3-4 hours. When living on Moscow time it is very easy to go to bed to early in the evening if nothing has started happening.

By Torismanjavre it was difficult to find out what the fish were eating. One pool had many fish rising late every night. We had very interesting fishing, and several fish above 2 kg with the largest at 2.8 kg The flies used were small caddis imitations of several kinds. Sømme Puppa, Rackelhahan, Dyret, Elk Hair caddis, etc. During the day a few mayflies were hatching and a couple of fish rising, these were taken on mayfly imitations.

Camp 2 was about 6 km downstream, another beautiful campsite along this river. From his campsite we fished up to The 5 finger rapids and downstream for 6 km. There is a lot of interesting water here and we had some really great caddis hatches with swimming pupaes, they started hatching around midnight (sun time, 0130 Moscow time). Several large fish were caught with the greatest beeing a 6.6 kg salmon taken on a hook 10 Sømme Puppa (dry fly), by the inventor of that fly, Kjell Sømme. (the salmon was rising like a trout).

When we had no hatches a lot of fish were taken on Wooly Buggers, but most were taken on large, up to hook size 4, Streaking Caddis, fished with a lot of motion.

It seems like everybody were pleased with the trip as most of paddlers want to go again.

31. aug 2009