New book - Flyfishing Russia. The Far East

In 2018 the book "Flyfishing Russia: The Far East" will come out of print in USA.

This is how its front page will look:

This book is covering completely new area which does not have much publicity in the Western sport-fishing community. The North-Eastern Asia or the Russian Far East is a vast region between Japan and Alaska – cold, uninhabited, and unexplored. The book will have over 500 pages and several hundreds of color photographs, several maps of the region.

The main topics of the book are:

Before you go (organization of a fishing trip to the Russian Far East)

Descriptions of the main regions of the Far East, and about 90 most interesting water bodies of the region.

Floating the rivers of the Far East.

Description of the main freshwater sport-fish of the region. This chapter is covering 55 fish species of the fish which could be caught with flies. Images and descriptions of the best flies for catching different fish species help selecting the proper lure, and to tie your own flies necessary for the success in the new region. The book has details on the life histories of fish, including wild native rainbow trout of Kamchatka, Asian steelhead, and the biggest freshwater Salmonid fish – Siberian taimen.

Flyfishing in the Sea of Okhotsk and Sea of Japan.

In the Appendices you will find the information on the fishing rules and regulations, descriptions of new types of the flies, a list of fish species with their Russian and scientific names, and a small English-Russian fishing glossary.

16 kg Siberian taimen, Bichi River, Far East

The author of the book is professional scientist (Ph.D. in fish biology); he had also written over 140 popular articles for the magazines and published two books on sport-fishing and travel (in Russian).