More Pics Cost: $6100 pp sgl or dbl Dates: July - September Duration: 7 days Location: Kamchatka, Russia Phone Number: 800-410-1222 Ask for Gary or Mike Species: Rainbow Trout, Grayling, Dolly Varden, Pacific Salmon

The Best of Kamchatka - Russia

We offer access to the world’s finest Rainbow Trout rivers

Our goal is to bring you an unparalleled fishing experience for large, wild, surface feeding, native Rainbow Trout. In addition to Bows, the peninsula also hosts six species of Pacific Salmon, trophy Grayling and multiple species of Char. Starting in early June, King, Chum, Sockeye Salmon and sea-run Dolly-Varden flood into the rivers.

Scientists know that Rainbow Trout developed on this peninsula before migrating eastward to Alaska and the Pacific Northwest . The Rainbows of Kamchatka are fortunate compared with their Alaskan brethren. Being further south with warmer weather patterns allows for a significantly larger biomass. This food-rich aquatic environment has created a fishing mecca. A stream sample was conducted and we realized that daily insect hatches of mayflies, caddis and innumerable types of stoneflies keep these plump fish looking to the surface for food. Golden and black stone flies, a mayfly population that is diverse and extraordinarily dense, spring and fall Beatis, Green Drakes and Pale Morning Duns name just a few. This bug factor in conjunction with a huge salmon population accounts for the absurd numbers of Rainbows.

The most often asked question is "How big are the fish?" The average Rainbow is close to 21-inches and 5 pounds, with many exceeding 24-inches and 7 pounds. In recent seasons several over the 30-inch mark were landed. Rainbow sizes like this are a true treasure and testament that these fish populations are exceedingly healthy.

Your Guides & Staff – at your service

At The Best of Kamchatka we believe great fishing experiences are created through diligence and hard work. The most important ingredients to this end are the guides and camp staff. Each day your experienced guide will take you and one other person on the fishing adventure of a lifetime. We have hand-picked our staff and each guide has extensive lifelong experience in remote settings. You can rely on him to provide safe, enjoyable days on the river. Our style of fishing is wading-oriented, although other types can be easily accommodated. If you do not feel comfortable wade fishing, you can easily and successfully enjoy angling from the boat. If casting lessons are needed or desired we will assist you at your level. Your guide will show you the secrets and patterns that will lead to fantastic on-stream success. For those just entering the sport, more forgiving Rainbow Trout rivers could not be designed. At The Best of Kamchatka your fishing experience will be designed around your wants and desires.

The camp staff is a select group of local Russians that have worked with us for many years. With help from our camp interpreters, relationships often develop between guests and these warm friendly people. Kamchatkans tend to be highly educated and often speak quite a bit of English. These men and women are supreme outdoors people with skills most Americans lost generations ago.

The Two Yurt River

The Two Yurt River is set in perhaps the most beautiful valley on the Peninsula. Flowing east, the Two Yurt River drains the lake by the same name. Similar in size to Brooks Lake in Alaska, one clear distinction exists - no other people can be seen. With a huge run of Sockeye and King Salmon, Rainbows gorge on eggs and flesh growing to large proportions. Two Yurt combines many streams and offers every imaginable type of water, from freestone pocket water to long spring creek glides. By early June the mighty King Salmon enter the river pulling Rainbow Trout up stream from both the Yelovka and Kamchatka river drainages. From early July to early October, the 50 miles of river below the lake become thick with Rainbows.