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Chavanga Autumn 2018. Week 01.09 - 08.09

We opened the Autumn season in the wake of an unusually hot and long dry summer. Such anomalous weather was observed not only in Europe but also affected the territory of the Kola Peninsula. Here, the weather also had broken records for the temperature and duration of the dry period. Therefore, we started the second part of our salmon fishing season with a legitimate concern for the state of the rivers and fish. In reality, the situation was not at all disastrous. The first o

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Chavanga river fishing report 15.06 - 21.06

This middle of June 2018 was already a summer over her on Kola Peninsula, few really hot days turned out only by the end of the third week. The water warmed up to 18 degrees, but quickly returned to a comfortable 16 degrees. The water level during those week was dropping constantly, but at the very close pace, so all of the days were comfortable for fishing. Grills weighing 2.5 - 3 kg have appeared in the river, as a rule, these are very lively males that just arrived from th

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Chavanga river fishing report 07.06 - 14.06

The ideal situation for the beginning of the season is fishing active fish in the winter holding pools. On some rivers of the Kola Peninsula this is a common practice. In the middle or upper parts of the rivers, large number of salmons gather in such pools to stay during the winter. Some camps are located near those places. The first weeks of the salmon fishing season, most fish are caught in those holding pools, often called as as aquarium, later the fish is spreading along

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Chavanga river fishing report 01.06 - 07.06

The beginning of salmon fishing season on the Kola Peninsula usually starts at the end of May. On the Chavanga river the season shifts sometimes for a week or two earlier but it happens once in two or three years. Usually the river is more or less accessible and comfortable to fly fishing at the end of May. The main question that arises when fly fishing salmon at this time - where is the fish? The choice of tackles or flies, in my opinion, is a secondary or even a matter of m

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Rod set up for Kamchatka fishing

Fishing season 2018 in Kamchatka is getting close and closer and i once again want to return to the question of the most appropriate gear and fishing techniques. Of course, we must understand that there are fish completely different in nature and size, therefore, i will talk about the tackles that will give you the most pleasure in fishing rainbow trout, but should cope with salmon and giant kunja (white-spotted char). Over the past 5 years of fishing in Kamchatka rivers I ha

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Kola river opens for season 2018!!!

Our fishing season on Kola Peninsula 2018 is here. Kola river looking good and promising. For some anglers all over the world this river still offer unforgetable experience chasing big fresh Atlantic salmon. June is 90% booked with some last rods available. This river will test your true salmon fly fishing skills. Unlike last year, weather conditions look very hopefull and we all hope it will be a season to remember. Our head guide Alex got his first Atlantic salmon of the se

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Which fly?

Unfortunately, this issue remains the most popular among fly fishermen. Perhaps every second angler planning a trip to the Kola Peninsula asks us about this. The question is logical, everything is correct, but i would like to point all the aspects in the logical chain of preparation for fishing salmon. And according to my understanding in this logical chain the question of the fly should be the last. Here is a photo from my old article about flies for salmon fishing, it will

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Why i lost my salmon?! How to land fish

This fall on the rivers of Kola Peninsula we lost an unusually large number of salmon. Two fish out of three went off the hook. We have already discussed salmon behaviour, but I want to draw your attention to the tactics of fighting salmon, on aspects that, in my opinion, could lead to loss of fish. I will focus only on regular situations often occurring and will not consider all possible options. Just want to say that we do not use boats or guides with giant nets, patiently

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How many salmon in the river. Salmon bite!

The principles of presentation / control over the fly when fishing salmon are no different from those when fishing other salmon species. In 90% of cases, we fish salmon by a method that is described as a wet fly method (we'll talk about the streamer and other methods separately). If you understand the principles of fishing trout or grayling on the wet fly, agree with me that these skills can be used when fishing salmon. Then the meaning of what I mean by the correct presentat

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How many salmon in the river. Evidence of attack

Other evidence of number of salmon in the river we can get already in the process of fishing. Still, most of the time we spend not observing jumping fish but in trying to catch it. We must take into account that counting fish bites is even more questionable way of estimating the numbers of fish than its jumps. But we have no other way, and sometimes it does happen that catching gives a fairly correct answer. Here you can underline 2 parts, one of which relates to our visual s

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How many salmon in the river. Salmon jumps.

We have only 2 relatively reliable signs of the presence of fish in the river. The first sign is the jumping of salmon over the water or other activity at the surface that we can observe. The second sign of the presence of fish is bite on the fly. It is clear that both these signs are very unreliable. Fish for various reasons may not show itself at the surface of the water. Most often, we associate the activity of salmon with the change in the water level, with the temperatur

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Autumn season is over! Salmon fishing 2017

The Autumn season on the rivers Chavanga/Strelna is over. I want to remind you that the rivers of the Kola Peninsula that flowing into the white sea have an excellent autumn run of salmon. Some rivers has much higher autumn salmon population then the others and often this population is bigger that the spring and summer ones. It is very important to note that the conditions of the autumn run fish is often way better than of fish that run in the beginning of the season. For m

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Autumn season salmon fishing notes

After a few years with really unpredictable weather in May - June some of our guests turned their heads to Autumn fishing period. I can't say that Autumn period is better or more productive. September and October also occasionally surprise us with its weather conditions. We remember extremely early winter in 2014, when ice appeared on the river in early October. Salmon run and its activity heavily depend on water level and temperature. But as for me, salmon run in Autumn is w

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Salmon fishing, Chavanga river, Kola Peninsula.

Early spring at the mid of June. So the end of May and the beggining of June were characterised by: 1. High water level 2. Low water temperature 3. Low salmon activity 4. Few fishing pool available 5. Few fresh fish in the river 6. Most of the fish caught were Autumn fish (Osenka) Most productive pools were calm deep places that were covered from the main stream by big curves or massive boulders in the river. Attempts to fish in the main stre

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Big salmon on the Kola river

Here is another interesting option for fishing on the Kola Peninsula in Russia. The only airport here - is the airport of Murmansk . Almost every angler who comes here from Europe or America is forced to spend a day or two or even three days to wait for helicopter or other transport to get to the river. Many anglers believe that it makes no sense to spend these days in the hotel, if you can spend that time fishing. So we want to offer you the option , which includes one, two

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Strelna river, Kola Peninsula salmon fishing. German language

We are very pleased to introduce you to the notes of salmon fishing on the river Strelna, written by our good friend and a great fisherman Martin Laub. I hope that you enjoy this article. And we thank Martin for a good company and a great sense of humor! The original article can be found at http://www.leidenschaft-meerforelle.de/forum/viewtopic.php?f=95&t=21517 7. September 2016 Um 05:30 Uhr hoch, mit meiner gesamten Ausrüstung 400 m zum Bahnhof Charlottenburg (rumpel, rumpe

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Your estimated salmon catches!

Salmon can grab any item or object that caught his eye. The reasons for such behavior can be different, you can start with the possibility of curiosity or aggression and continue to infinity. But it's undisputable that the specific salmon tends to react to artificial baits on the basis of their physiological state and behavior of the bait. Therefore, we can talk about the active \ passive fish and aggressive \ delicate bait. Here there are so many combinations and choices a

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Estimated number of salmon in your chosen time

Discussing plans for salmon fishing on the Kola Peninsula in the coming season, I often get the question of alleged catches, the average number of fish caught per day, and so on. This is a common question that interested each angler who is looking for himself fishing tour at the new location. The question is simple, but the answer is not simply to it. Earlier, speaking about effective salmon flies, I drew attention to the fact that last year's successful flies do not necessar

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Chavanga new fishing lodge!

Great news! We have a brand new fishing lodge right on the river bank of Chavanga river. We are trying our best to keep the standart high and provide our fishing guests with the best experience possible. Enjoy! fishing, flyfishing, salmon, salmonfishing, fishing Kola, fishing Kola Peninsula, fishing in russia, fishing trip, trout, sea trout, salmon fly, taimen, taimen fishing, rainbow trout, big salmon, kamchatka, pacific salmon, silver salmon, char #fishingtrip #fishinglodg

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Salmon fishing in Russia, Kola Peninsula. Results of the beginning of 2016

The second and third weeks of June were characterized by a further lowering of the water level in the river and rising water temperatures. This is the usual dynamics of the state of water in June. Salmon, who appeared in a river in autumn, adapted to warm water and bought dark gray, slightly yellowish color. The activity of this fish was not great in the warm water. The largest specimens appear the least activity. Therefore, the main object of fishing at this time was the sal

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