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Chavanga - Strelna fishing notes, best salmon fishing weeks in Autumn

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

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Tugur river giant taimen

We start preparing for the new season of hunting for a giant taimen. In early October on the river Tugur the next record fish was caught. I hope to tell you all the details of this event. I hope that the record of American flyfishermen will be fixed, as the official record. In the meantime, get to know some official info which concerns Tugur river and the area of the Khabarovsk Territory. Tugursky Regional Nature Reserve Nearly 200,000 Acres Protected in the Tugur Watershe

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Salmon fishing in the wildlife. Strelna river

Strelna river is located in 50 km to the east from Chavanga river. The local territory can be characterised as a taiga, but the sea coast and pre-mouth parts of the river are slightly different and look more as tundra. All local rivers of Kola Peninsula run into the White Sea. Strelna is considered as the large river, it is the fifth biggest river on Kola Peninsula. We organize the tours which you really have to try in your life tours to places where the nature is still unt

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Kamchatka fishing adventure

Welcome to the wilderness where adventures begin and roadmaps end. Welcome to Kamchatka. What is so special about the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia? It is the one of most eastern parts of that country, but in geological terms, it is where different parts of the earth literally come together. The 1,250-kilometer peninsula lies about 700 miles north-northeast from the Japanese island of Hokkaido; between the Pacific Ocean to the east and the Sea of Okhotsk to the west. It is

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Cold water salmon fishing. Kola Peninsula

I found an article by Paddy McDonnell about the tactics of salmon fishing in cold water. The article seems to me very interesting. I just want to add that every river and every season has its own peculiarities, and we just need to make adjustments in the tactics of catching and take into account the specific situation. You can click on the link and see the original or read it here. http://www.paddymcdonnell.ie/cold-water-salmon-tactics/ Or you can look at the forum http:/

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Best speed of fly presentation

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

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Summing up salmon fishing season 2015 Part 5

Chavanga river salmon fishing season, week 2 of October. Middle of October, despite our fears, proved to be the most successful in the fall season. Probably, the reason for the improvement in the weather. Although the water level in the river was far from optimal, but the weather noticeably improved, its became warmer. Cold, north wind stopped. The air temperature went up to 8-12 degrees. Instantly the water temperature in the river rose to a comfortable 6 degrees. Salmon imm

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Summing up salmon fishing season 2015. Part 4

Chavanga river salmon season, first week of October The first week of October is usually the best time for fishing fresh silver salmon. Typically, these days quite comfortable for the angler. Temperature of the water in the river slowly goes down leading to enhancing the river with active and strong salmon. Unfortunately, the situation repeated itself, which has affected the results in the previous year. The second season in a row the first week of October characterized by a

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Summing up salmon fishing season 2015. Part 3

Chavanga river salmon fishing, last week of September. Last week of September - the peak of fresh salmon run. The water level after past rains increased by 5 cm. This considerably improved the situation on the river, though temperature of the water in the first days of the week remained high - 10 degrees. In the following days the temperature began to fall, and we rightly expect activation of salmon in the river. Indeed, we were able to catch really fresh salmons still with l

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Strelna river salmon fishing tactic

The situation on the river Strelna was somewhat different from the situation in the river Chavanga. Primarily this is due to a different configuration of the river mouth and the surrounding areas around the river. This May on Strelna as well as on Chavanga, it was easy to observe a fairly high level of water and its temperature was abnormally high. Our first attempts to catch a salmon in the regular for this time of the year places have shown that fewer fish found than usual.

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Strategies and tactics for salmon fishing on the Kola Peninsula, river Chavanga in May-June 2015. Pa

Part 1. Status of the river and the conditions for fishing, established at the beginning of the season. The success of fishing salmon depends on the condition of the river and from our technical capacity to adapt to it. Heavy snowfall in early May led to a persistent increase of water level in the river. But unlike last season, the maximum water level is now not exceed critical levels. But the heavy rains and floods in early June have contributed to the preservation led to a

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Giant Huco Taimen fishing trip, info.

By the autumn taimen becomes more active and is fed before ice occurrence on the rivers. Fish quickly grows, by 10 years reaches 100 sm and weight in 10 kg. From now it becomes a predator and eats fish, birds, small mammals. Usually fish catch on large fluctuating lures and large wobblers. Advise to use dim, copper or dark baits. Last years we use large mouse for catching on a surface. Medium-sized fish in length about metre comes across often on the easy tackle intended fo

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Salmon fishing in Russia. Spring. Parts 1.2.3.4

https://www.facebook.com/chavanga Part 1 Salmon fishing season on rivers Chavanga, Strelna and Varzuga begins in May. This period is characterized by high water levels in rivers, cold water and big quantity of fish. With the increase of water temperature of 6-8 C salmon becomes active and reacts to artificial flies. Therefore, for many anglers last May - first June weeks are the best start to the season. The problem is that spring comes every time another. Therefore, the

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Flies for Kamchatka fishing trip

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

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The end of salmon fishing season 2014

Salmon fishing in the fall in northern Russia is very interesting, but very much depends on the weather. The last week of the season has not brought significant changes. Extremely unusual for this time of the year cold weather remained . Water temperature in the river dropped to 0.2 degrees, at the same time the sea water temperature maintained at about 6 degrees. It is possible that this extraordinary difference in the temperature of the water in the river and the sea a

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Prime week of salmon fishing. October surprise!

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

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Wild, wild rainbows!!

Rainbow trout fishing in Kamchatka! Perhaps in late August and early autumn it is the best time for large raibow trout fishig in Kamchatka. Trout spotted wherever there was any shelter of rocks or boulders, dredging or fallen trees. Wherever the fish could hide on the course, it was possible to catch big rainbow trout. Better place - bigger trout caught. The exceptions were some bayou islands. There are no strong currents or the main stream, which we usually try to catch. It

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Wild trophy rainbows, Kamchatka fishing trip!

Fishing wild rainbow trout in Kamchatka! The main charm of fishing in Kamchatka - the ability to specifically catch trophy wild rainbow trout. Finally, we can give you full information about the exciting new river, new route, which is just suitable for this purpose. It may be noted that in the river there are all other kinds of fish that are typical for the rivers of Kamchatka. There are all Pacific salmon species, there are many types of chars, including trophy sizes Kunja -

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Kola salmon fishing. Kola – 3 river salmon trip

Salmon fishing at the Kola river is interested for anglers who want to catch a big salmon. Kola got its reputation for big salmon, which comes into the river. There are benefits to be found in a relatively convenient location of the river, near the airport. This greatly simplifies the way to the river. There are also disadvantages. These include extremely high fishing pressure, which is associated with narrow-located for the big city. You can also note the extremely irregul

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Pacific salmon and rainbow trout fishing in Kamchatka!

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

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