Anyui River

At the end of October, I visited the Anyui River near the village of Arsenyevo. The purpose of the trip was to survey the spawning grounds of the fall chum salmon and collect material on the grayling biology.

Fall chum at the spawning ground

Lower-Amur grayling

Caddis-fly larvae are feeding on dead chum salmon

Lenok

Big lenok bite small nymphs

Mistletoe

The mistletoe in the Far East has red berries.