Kopilie River, Kamchatka

Sea-run Dolly Varden char is entering the Kopilie River in August.
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Flies for Kamchatka

A series of the flies for Kamchatka on request. Alt-Kamchatka-trout-flyfishing-flies-char-salmon

Flies for Kamchatka Peninsula

Alt-flyfishing-fly-Kamchatka-articulated fly-Pacific salmon A new series of flies for the rivers of the Western Kamchatka

Ichiginnyvayam River

Several images from the fishing at the Ichiginnyvayam River in the north of the Kamchatka Peninsula Alt-flyfishing-grayling-Kamchatka-Ichiginnyvayam

Trip to the Central Kamchatka

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Fishing in some streams of the Central Kamchatka in September and October 2013.

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.

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

Kamchatka, Ozernovskaya creek

Alt-Kamchatka Ozernovskaya dwarf char malma Ozernovskaya Creek is a tributary to the upper part of the Kirganik River, which belongs to the Kamchatka R. drainagbe. The creek is flowing among the mountains of the Central-Kamchatka Ridge, the "spine" of the peninsula. Our team of 3 was making a survey of the upper part of the creek valley in August 2011.

Kamchatka, Bystraya River

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In Kamchatka there are several rivers named Bystraya which means Swift in Russian. There is no surprise in this as the big part of the Peninsula is cowered by mountains, and many of its streams are swift. The Bystraya which we are talking about flows to the east, into the Kamchatka River, which flows into the Pacific Ocean.

Kamchatka, Raduga River - part 4

Alt-Kamchatka Raduga River coho silver salmon On the way home we have decided to stop at the upper part of the Raduga River. Here the stream looks differently: it had cliffs, little rapids, and larch forest at the banks.

Azhabachie Lake - part 2

Alt-Kamchatka Azhabachie Lake

The lake outlet is interesting, but it is time for us finally to get to the famous Azhabachie lake..

Azhabachie Lake - part 1

Alt-Kamchatka Azhabachie Lake On the next day we had decided to go to the nearby Azhabachie Lake. The big water body is famous by its sockeye salmon spawning grounds and by "hordes" of brown bears.

Kamchatka, Raduga River - part 3

Alt-Kamchatka Raduga charr First time fishing the Raduga River: char, trout, white-spotted char, grayling...

Kamchatka, Raduga River - part 2

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Kamchatka, Sep 2011. From Ust-Kamchatsk we go by motor-boat upstream, to the Raduga River mouth. Raduga means "rainbow"; we want to look for rainbow trout in the Rainbow River.