Ul River
Fall fishing at the source of the Ul River (Lower Amur River)

Fall fishing at the source of the Ul River (Lower Amur River)

A hike on the frozen lake, where lotus bloom in summer.
Video clip: catching Amur catfish and snakehead with a popper

The pike perch was stocked into the Amur basin over 40 years ago. In recent years it has noticeably increased its population.

A boat trip into the upper reaches of the Anyui - over 200 km upstream a swift and beautiful river.

The fall trip trip to the lower reaches of the Anyui River, which flows into the Amur River, 200 km below Khabarovsk.

Nikolaevsk-on-Amur in July.

In July 2017, I visited the mouth of the Amgun River and the Lake Dalzha.

A very bad river. Really… LOTS of log jams!

My first trip to the source of the Urmi River, Amur River drainage.

Nymph fishing at a small creek near Khabarovsk
The spawning run of the lamprey has reached Khabarovsk.
Amur River in July 2017

Fly-fishing seminar in Komsomolsk-on-Amur.


Stone faces of the Sikachi-Alyan

In a lake near Khabarovsk the Komarov’s lotus are blossoming!

A river trip near the Smidovich village

Fishing trip near the Chelny village

Pike flies for the coming season

I have finished a new order – a series of flies for lenok and grayling in the Amur River drainage.

Imitation of a baitfish school.
I have spent several days at the Amur River near the Chelny village.
During the first days of July I was exploring channels and lakes in the lower reaches of the Kur River.
On July 21 the boat-and-motor festival was organized in Khabarovsk at the Amurskaya channel (Ussuri River).
