New book in English is moving to the finish!

I am finishing the English edition of my book.  I hope it will be printed in USA by 2014.

See more info at   

http://flyfishingrussia.com/articles/b2c89664-new-book-flyfishing-russia-the-far-east

Amur River in May and June, 2012

 Mongolian redfin, Amur River

Yellow-cheek

Skygazer as heavy as a dog

For more info have a look here:

http://www.flyfishingrussia.com/posts/0d0c32f2-amur-river-the-last-days-of-may
 
http://www.flyfishingrussia.com/posts/2f6a157b-amur-river-june-2-3-2012

Big fly, small fish...

It is considered top sport to catch a big fish with light tackle, thin line and small hook. Sometime the wrong things are happening — with a serious tackle one is catching something small, or very small. Some fish from our catches fit a matchbox with only a tail sticking out.

See some more photos here

http://www.flyfishingrussia.com/posts/66a48e4e-big-fly-small-fish

Casting and fly-tying seminar in Chita

On May 3-7 I was invited to Chita (Eastern Siberia) by the local fishing club; I have conducted a fly-tying and spey-casting seminar. 

 At the bank of the Ingoda River upstream from Chita

The fishermen are working on the single-handed spey casting

More information you could see here 

http://www.flyfishingrussia.com/posts/8a616f05-seminar-in-chita

Reflections

The fish dwell in water, and the water is often works like a mirror – or a lens.  I want to share some interesting optical instants which I was lucky to see during some outdoor trips.  The eyes of a live fish reflect its surroundings.  We underestimate the quality of these reflections – due to the small size and curvature of the “mirrors” the image is very small.   

Here you can see an attempt to magnify my own image from the eye of a 2 kg lenok.

See more in my new blog    http://www.flyfishingrussia.com/posts/f70f67d9-reflections

Flyfishing Seminar in Irkutsk

On request of the sport-fishing club «Mayak» I have conducted a casting and fly-tying seminar in Irkutsk, Siberia, Russia, in April 2012.

Read the post at the new blog  http://www.flyfishingrussia.com/posts/1bcc1a96-fly-fishing-seminar-in-irkutsk-siberia-russia 

 

The local flies used both on open water and through the ice, mostly for grayling and Arctic cisco.

Belly-Up - a totally new fly, part 2

A little Siberian taimen landed with a pink Belly-Up

The second part of the article on the Belly-Ups

http://www.flyfishingrussia.com/posts/458f9da9-belly-up-part-2

The sea-run herring, shad, caught in the Delaware River in May 2011.  The bright Belly-Ups are a good choice for the non-feeding fish.