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Last week of September seemed to be no different from the previous one. Then storm broke out over the sea on south of Kola Peninsula, heavy rains and strong wind followed. Then it got cold. All the puddles in the morning were covered with ice, which disappeared only by the middle of the day. The water temperature dropped sharply to 5 degrees and water level in the river began to rise gradually. It was interesting how this will affect run of fresh salmon and its activity. Acc

By the middle of September, the long-awaited rains had passed on the Kola Peninsula, the water level in the river rose in the rivers and the temperature began to drop. Daily measurements showed that the water cooled to 11-12 degrees. We assessed the condition of the river as optimal and expected much improvements in fishing for silver Atlantic salmon. Indeed, we noted the intensification of the movement of fresh fish throughout the river. Not far from the estuary and also in

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

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

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

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

We have an amazing opportunity to fish Icha river in Kamchatka in August and beginning of September. This period is very special in Kamchatka fishing as end of summer usually the best time to fish many species. Stable weather, comfortable river conditions and improving fishing activity of salmon and of course wild rainbow trout and chars. It would be very useful and interesting for us to know your opinion and thoughts about fishing these species. Here are some interesting fi

Salmon fishing season in 2017 has been delayed by 3 weeks. In recent years we got used to early start of the season, but this year is truly unique. A large amount of snow and ice on the banks of the river and in the tundra, even in June. Warming caused a massive rise in the water level, which became the main cause of problems for our fishermen. So, in the period from 04 to 06 June, the water level in the Chavanga river increased by 35 cm. In my opinion, in the beginning of J

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

We have some interesting weeks in Autumn specially for fresh salmon entering Strelna and Chavanga rivers. We usually receive many questions about water situation and fishing conditions at the end of September - beginning of October. Its all depends on many factors but i am able to outline these: September last week Water level - from low to middle (depends on the Autumn rains) Water clarity - high Water temperature - 8 to 6 degrees, slowly going down Flies - #6-8 si

I found interesting debate on the salmonfishingforum and I want to share it with you. http://www.salmonfishingforum.com/forums/thread123031-2.html AMcD What is the correct speed? Is there a correct speed when swinging flies for salmon? This I am sure has been discussed a great deal on here, but with the "Depth" thread live, I just wanted to ask if the speed varies for time of year/conditions or should it be varied at all times? In the spring, I am always trying to slow down

We had enough time to experiment in fishing rainbow trout during our Kamchatka fishing trips. We saw the high density of fish in the Icha river and very low fishing pressure. Therefore, you can use almost any fly. So I will not talk a lot of common words and just share with you my findings about rainbow trout fishing. . The most suitable technique for fishing rainbow trout in Kamchatka was aggressive wet fly technique. Second place - streamer fishing technique with in

Early October we spent time on waiting for intensive salmon run into the river. With every tide fresh fish came in to the river. We noticed this on their jumping near waterfalls. But overall the number of salmon that we noticed was small. We tried to explain this to the following factors. With lowering of the water level, which came a week after the recent rains, i discovered with some surprise, that the transparency of the water plummeted. Simultaneously rather abruptly dro

Kamchatka fishing trip Icha river Icha River - west coast of Kamchatka. It originates in the central part of the Median ridge. The length of the river is about 233 km . Flow rate 0.5-2.0 m / s . The depth in the lower reaches 3.1 m, width of 50-100 m depth in the middle reaches 0.8-2 m, width of 20-40 m. There are many rapids , braid , islands, branches , the bottom of gravel and boulders , highly transparent water . The river flows between the mountains . It is perfect fo

I want to tell you about an interesting evolution of the activity of the salmon , which I had seen in a week on the river Chavan'ga in early October this year. I have already said that this season has been one of the driest in the last 10 years. Repeated, though not to the same extent , the drought of 2011. Rain, which could affect the level of water in rivers, was not the end of May . Marshes, which are densely covered tundra were dry. The water level in the lakes , buyout l

I put my spinning aside in 1986 and tried salmon fly fishing. I was very interested in the types of salmon flies by that time. It wasn’t a secret for the anglers that salmons are omnivores. It grabs the spinners, wobblers, willingly eats worms and picks up things quite inedible. Most of the baits imitates nothing similar to actual nature livings and were never seen before by the fish. So, is there any sense in using different variety of baits if salmon eat everything that goe

Salmon and trout fishing in Russia. Strelna river. Till now I deliberately did not concern one more important theme. The river is ideally suited for hunting for a large trout. I know that many fishers specially search for the information on places where it is possible to catch trophy trout. On Chavanga, for example, there is a large trout. In good year with successful winter and an ice drift, in the beginning of June it is possible to come specially for catching of large fish

Really, number of salmons in the rivers can be predicted. As a basis it is possible to take the data of calculation of real quantity of fishes in the rivers. With some share of objectivity it can be made there where there are special counters of fishes which come into the rivers. If we have such data for some years then it is possible to argue with some confidence on the future season. As a whole the quantity of salmons in the river depends on set of factors. The negative fac

The Atlantic salmon, certainly, has a priority on Kola peninsula. But after all ther is a big interest in fishing trout and grayling. Sea trout fishing in estuary, in a tidal zone became superpopular. For many now it is fishing №1. And the humpback salmon - gorbusha is still pushed on a background. But after all it is the most beautiful fish! In struggle on a hook it simply mad and such sprinters are not present at us more. The humpback salmon can break all records on breakag

Fishing technique. A quick view on salmon and trout fishing. Here are you can see some fish from Chavanga (Vasil photo) and top Varzina (Alex photo) rivers. There are short description of popular fishing technique using for salmon and trout on the both banks of Kola Peninsula. Interest of fishes to objects on a surface - history old and peculiar not only to the rivers of the north of Kola Peninsula. Bomber it is known in fly-fishing as a variant of superficial bait. The sam