With the start of the 2019 / 2020 season less than a week away..

Please check out this wonderful video created by Kitza camp manager Hamish Godman-Dorington of Ghillie UK. This is part one showing the set up at both lower and Kitza as well as the first couple of weeks of clients as the snow melts and the fish start to run the river in earnest.

Led by five MPs including Simon Hart MP, Rt Hon Richard Benyon MP, Rt Hon Sir Nicolas Soames MP, Rishi Sunak MP and Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP RICS, the letter urges every shoot in the country to join the BGA...

The 2019 season on the Varzuga will go down in the books as one of our better ones. The final overall numbers make impressive reading with 152 clients landing over 6,500 fish in a 6 week period.  It worked out at an average of just over 44 fish per rod per week – superb fishing by any measure.

The fishing season is currently underway at all four of our camps on the Varzuga system. The run of salmon appears to be very solid and the fishing season has gone very well so far...

The Varzuga blog is now live – www.varzuga.com

After months of anticipation, our advance team of staff are now on the ground in Varzuga and they have found a river that broke a week ago. Conditions look perfect for our first guests of the season who will arrive on Saturday...

The Atlantic Salmon Trust recently launched the Salmon Club at an evening drinks party at the Westminster Boating Base in London. The Salmon Club is predominantly aimed at the under 45s. The main goal is to support the Atlantic Salmon Trust by creating an extensive community with a strong online presence that will fuel a passion and enthusiasm for the protection of wild Atlantic salmon.

It is extraordinary how times flies and yes, I know that is a cliché.  I thought I had been in Cuba very recently and it was only when I checked all of the details did I realise that I actually had not been there for five years. 

Through the sincere generosity of His Grace, The Duke of Buccleuch, we are delighted to help support this amazing and unique package of staying at Drumlanrig Castle for two nights and shooting on the magnificent Drumlanrig Estate. All funds raised will go straight to the Foundation to help fight the battle against Motor Neurone Disease.

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Yet another great week has drawn to a close on the Rio Grande at La Villa de Maria Behety. 97 fish were landed with 33 over 15 pounds to the 6 rods. In a switch from the norm there was little wind and nice crisp cold mornings have started.