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There is one good reason to travel all the way to Kamchatka to fish. It is large, wild rainbows that love dry flies. Fly fishing on Kamchatka is the last true wilderness where trout remain in the original condition. Millions of years ago rainbows migrated to our coast from this area.of Russia. This is where rainbows developed and they are perfectly suited of the environment here. Take Alaska, double the number of fish and subtract all the fishermen and women and you start to get an idea of what it is like. Like Alaska though it is not every stream that is perfectly suited for these fish. The rivers we fish are on both the west coast and the east coast of the Kamchatka peninsula. The water runs clear all season regardless of rainfall. The endless supply of insects is what makes this so much different than Alaska. Insects are hatching all season long hatch all year round and the bows will almost never refuse a large caddis as it skates across the surface. If you are looking for a place where presentation is everything go somewhere else.
If you want lots of 24" rainbows on the surface with most of the flies in your box come visit. The fish in the rivers we choose to fish are filled with rainbow and char with Pacific Salmon as well. Some rivers have mostly char while others have mostly rainbows. The rivers we choose have tons of rainbows and tons of char. Most of the rainbows are a true 18-25" and 3-8 pounds. Each season we land some genuine 30-32" fish!
Whether you decide on one of the lodges, a fly out trip or a float trips the fishing is pretty much the same (Great!). We wade the rivers for the most part and use the jet boat or raft to travel to a new section. The rivers are generally easy to wade gravel bottom that run clear year round. The lodge is on the Zhupanova River. The Zhup is a large river a bit harder to wade with great runs of salmon and of course very large rainbows. Every run that looks like it has fish does. You can cross the river in lots of areas, it is perfect fly fishing terrain. The lodge guests will usually fish between within 15 miles up or down from the lodge. Since there are 8 guests at the lodges that have have exclusive use of the entire river the fish are aggressive and stupid. In fact that much river with so few anglers add up to a mile of water for every client that visits all season long. This low pressure is obvious. The fish will eat just about anything.
The float trips rivers range from very small streams to rivers to larger ones like the Zhupanova. You can choose to float the upper Zhupanova way above the lodge or one of a dozen other proven rivers. We float some rivers that have only been fished once before and that was by the staff! Many of these streams are in previously restricted military zones that have just opened up. You will see no other people on these trips. If you want wilderness, 30-100 fish a day that have never seen a fly there is no hope but Russia. We have the equipment, the contacts and 10 years of experience on the Peninsula. Come join us in Fly fishing Heaven Russian style!
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