Beautiful fish - brown trout

Alt-brown trout Images of salmon and trout, genus Salmo

Holey Head Flies

Alt-tinhead flies Siberia nymph Holey Head These flies are very popular among the fishermen of the Eastern Siberia and Far East, and in other regions of Russia not many people know what it is about. Here you could find out how to make your own «tinheads» — Holey Head flies.

Kopylie River, Kamchatka

Alt-Kamchatka Kopylie Icha Kopylie River is a 90-km long high-gradient stream, which is flowing through the valleys of the Central-Kamchatka Ridge, the spine of the peninsula. Kopylie is one of the sources of the Icha River, flowing to the west, into the Sea of Okhotsk. Icha is one of the major rivers of the western coast of Kamchatka. In the Icha there are 6 species of Pacific salmon, 2 species of charr, and resident rainbow trout. Steelhead is also present in the drainage, but quite rare.

Amur River Walleye?

Alt-Amur River walleye zander In the Amur River there are 135 fish species. Is there the walleye here?

Bystraya R., Kamchatka, Sep 2011

Alt-Kamchatka Bystraya There are many rivers named Bystraya (swift) in Kamchatka. This particular Bystraya River is the main source of the Bolshaya River, flowing into the Sea of Okhotsk. The river is 275 km long; it is rated 3 because of a series of the falls in its lower part, downstream from the Malki village

Antiwobbler 2

Alt-Antiwobbler wobbler-fly The second part of the note on the new type of the flies with a blade – Antiwobblers.

Antiwobbler 1

Alt-Antiwobbler When I was starting to work with the wobbler-flies (see the post dated January 12, 2012), I had made several ones with a blade put «wrong way» — directed to the water surface. What did I want to get? Just a new type of a heavier-than-water surface skater. When I was testing these new flies in the water, some of them were showing much more complicated behavior than just coming to the surface and then skimming.

Wobbler Flies 2

Alt-wobbler-fly wiggle-bug

The second post on the new, unusual «flies» — Wobbler Flies (= Wiggle Bugs).

Wobbler Flies 1

Alt- wobbler-fly wiggle-bug This post is starting a series of messages on new, unusual «flies» — wobbler flies (flies with a lip). I am working with these flies for over 15 years. I was able to offer them to different fish in the waters of the Far East and in different other regions of the world as well. I had to do lots of exploration in this field, so some new types of the wobbler flies were invented, such as Antiwobbler or Hook-up Bug. I start the topic with the «classic» wobbler flies.

New trout-spey fly rod

I have got a possibility to test a new rod of a Russian firm Kola Salmon. This rod belongs to the type which is becoming popular — a trout-spey rod. The rod is 3-4 wt 5 piece, 340 cm (11.4′) long; weight 122 g (4.3 oz). I have taken this rod along to a trip to the northern Kamchatka. Alt-Kamchatka grayling