#MomentofChill 11.22.19: White-Night Salmon

Much of Russia’s Kola Peninsula—one of the world’s last great Atlantic salmon fishing regions—sits above the Arctic Circle, so the weeks around the summer solstice provide almost 24 hours of daylight. This means that anglers can cast Spey rods for . . .

Read More

Pro Tips: Four Hot Ways to Fish a Mouse Pattern

In mid-August, I hosted a trip to one of the most remote fisheries on the planet, the Kamchatka Peninsula, more specifically the Ozernaya River. The “Oz” is in the middle of a restricted Russian military zone halfway up the Peninsula, about 300 miles . . .

Read More

Video: Kamchatka Steelhead Project

Here’s a glorious film from Felt Soul Media about the incredible wild steelhead runs on the remote Kamchatka Peninsula in far eastern Russia. Protected by the country’s strict endangered. . .

Read More

Photos: First Look at an Epic Eastern Russia Expedition


The chance to catch huge taimen was the reason that the team was willing to endure tough travel conditions.
All photo courtesy Black Fly Eyes

Lithuanian filmmaker Vaidas Uselis and his partner, Nerijus Rupciauskas–collectively known as Black Fly Eyes–just got back from an epic journey to an undisclosed location in Eastern. . .

Read More

Video: Mouse Fishing in Kamchatka

The filmmaker behind this video, Daniela, offers no information about herself—her profile simply says that she’s from Zürich, Switzerland—but she seems to spend a lot of time fly fishing on. . .

Read More