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I am living in the Russian Far East, love fishing and travel, flyfish since 1986.

Tugur, June 2018

We have come to the Konin River on June 16. The water in the river is low which is good, but it is raising because of the rains. The weather forecast is bad - strong rains are coming. In the nearest days the river will stay fishable. Alt—Tugur-Konin-Assyni-Siberian taimen-flyfishing My first taimen of 2018 - small and pretty Alt—Tugur-Konin-Assyni-Siberian taimen-flyfishing This 130 cm, 22 kg fish was landed at the “Birch” pool. The fly: a palm-long Intruder in black and red colours. Alt—Tugur-Konin-Assyni-Siberian taimen-flyfishing Alt—Tugur-Konin-Assyni-Siberian taimen-flyfishing A big fish at my friend’s line Alt—Tugur-Konin-Assyni-Siberian taimen-flyfishing Fish in a net Alt—Tugur-Konin-Assyni-Siberian taimen-flyfishing 27 kg (59 pounds), 138 cm long fish. In the fall the taimen with such length is always heavier than 30 kg. Alt—Tugur-Konin-Assyni-Siberian taimen-flyfishing After 2 days of rain we’ve got a high flood Alt—Tugur-Konin-Assyni-Siberian taimen-flyfishing The water is a meter higher than a level when the fishing is possible. Alt—Tugur-Konin-Assyni-Siberian taimen-flyfishing We have to leave the camp and go home 10 days before it was scheduled. The taimen hunters know that this type of disaster not a rare occasion.