The guests plane arrived bang on time, after picking up the hire cars and grabbing a quick lunch we were soon heading for Winsnes farm. The journey is about an hour and a half but really goes quick as you can spend much of it looking at the Gaula.
After a brief introduction from Matt followed by dinner the team were soon making their first casts for Gaula salmon. In the team we have Ken, Joe, Jim, Dominic, Stuart and Mick – a great bunch of guys with a fair amount of fishing experience between them.
Joe with his 13 kilo Gaula beauty
The first sessions were blank but it was very heartening to see so many fish in the river, including some really big ones. I am guiding for Joe and Ken and we finally left the river around 1.00am for some rest ready to fish the famous Kroken pool early tomorrow morning.
After about an hours fishing Joe hooked an absolute corker and after a great fight I landed his first Gaula salmon for him. Estimated at 13 kilos the cock fish really was a cracker, bright silver and in superb condition. Joe returned the fish – as he does everything he catches. What a fantastic start!