Saturday, 13 February 2016

Salmon fishing in the wildlife. Strelna river





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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 untouched by the civilization.  Therefore, we stopped our attention on the rivers, which have retained their natural beauty and wealth. These are the rivers Chavanga and Strelna. Here we live, work and welcome our guests.

Salmon
The Atlantic salmon and sea trout regularly comes into the Strelna river. Population of a salmon in Strelna reaches the considerable sizes. The biggest amount of fresh salmon is taken place in the autumn, September and October and in Spring at the end of May and first half of June. The largest fishes enter the river in the spring and from the end of August when it is possible to catch copies more than 10 kg in weight.  

Strelna  river camp
There is   stationary fishing base  has all we really need: to stay face-to-face with our lovely river, to fish there just with your friends  The camp Strelna is located in a picturesque place on Island in delta decks at the sea.   The camp consists of 4 wooden houses, in each of them 3 rooms for clients, shower, toilet, a room for drying and the furnace are located.  Houses are equipped by electric heating of water. The dining room is located in a separate structure, the lunch hall is equipped with fireplace, bar with alcoholic drinks, TV and others. Nearby, there is a kitchen. The spacious bath with a sweating room is constructed here, on river bank.

General fishing info

Season: from the mid. of May till mid. of October.
Group: from 6 to 12 rods
Fishing: fly fishing and spin fishing of the exclusive private territory. Standard tour is considered  as 6 + days of fishing. Recommended day of arrival and departure is Wednesday. 

Transportation:  Murmansk airport, mini-van   transfer to the Umba airport,  helicopter flight or car transfer to the Strelnacamp.







 



























Tuesday, 9 February 2016

Kamchatka fishing adventure.


   

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Vasil Bykau

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 a place of breathtaking beauty and unique wildlife, mixing striking scenery of mountains, tundra, forests and rugged coastline Kamchatka is home to over 30 active volcanoes, including Klyuchevskaya Sopka, the largest in the Northern Hemisphere, and what many consider one of the world’s most picturesque, Mount Kronotsky. The second largest concentration of geysers on earth, only accessible by chopper, this natural gem remains a virtually untouched region of raw geothermal power. The Kamchatka Peninsula is the ultimate destination for travelers seeking a once in a lifetime adventure. The symbol of Kamchatka is the brown bear (Ursos arctos). Kamchatka has the highest concentration of bears in Russia.

Fish

Kamchatka is a pure heaven for fly fishermen around the world. It contains probably the world’s greatest diversity of salmonid fish. Big and beautiful rainbow trout are the target species. Although every river hosts huge runs of anadromous fishes such as all five species of salmon, char, dolly varden, steelhead and white spotted char (an eastern Pacific species of char found only in Kamchatka). Depending upon what river and what time of the season you wish to visit Kamchatka, these species can all be taken in abundance on dry flies, mice, and streamer patterns.

River Icha

The river Icha flows from the Central Mountain Range of the peninsula to the West, across a vast National Park in the northern region of Kamchatka, and into the Sea of Ochotsk. Our fishing camp is situated just underneath the central mountain range, on the middle stretch of the river, and the rather medium-sized river flows with a swift current into tenacious pools full of fish and meanders beautifully through the hills of the north-western Coastal Range. All 5 species of Pacific Salmon are entering the river. The Icha is a perfect fly-fishing river. The river bed is of firm gravel and freestones, making wading easy at most parts, and the fish is shining fresh and strong from the Sea.

Camp

Our Icha river camp has been built just recently in 2013 and is right on the river bank. The camp is built of solid wooden cottages upon the river, with a well-equipped kitchen and a dining room, with an independent power supply, and with classic iron wood-stoves in a comfortable 2-bed or 3-bed cabin accommodation. Every morning, the native Russian staff supplies the iron stoves with firewood, before you get up, and prepares the daily fresh meals of substantial Russian cuisine at our stylish dining room. The camp is equipped with all the gears required for day-to-day fishing.

General fishing info

Season: from the beginning of July till mid. of October. Prime period starts from end of August till mid. of September.
Group: from 2 to 14 rods
Fishing: fly fishing and spin fishing, exclusively private territory of 40km of the river. Jet motor boats are used every day to transport clients from pool to pool.
Transportation: greeting at the Petropavlovsk Kamchatski airport, mini-van and jeep transfer to the river bank. Raft downstream to the camp Icha.