The next morning was foggy. I was fishing the Raduga near the camp, at the first pool upstream from the junction with the Kamchatka River. Because of the low light conditions the fish were not very active. The best flies were the brightest ones - fluorescent pink or red.
At the opposite bank from the camp there was a bear trail. No, it was not just a trail, but a true bear highway!
Some prints are made by the "nice" size animals.
I was wading on sand along the low bank, casting to the deeper water.
This silver-sided kundzha (white-spotted charr) is fresh from the sea.
In the pool there were lots of silver charr, but nothing very big
A tiny red wobbler-fly with a foam back had a profile of a mayfly nymph. This #12 fly was wiggling under the surface, and was considered a morsel by grayling.
The same fly was also attracting good size charr. The fish were rising to the surface to intercept it.
Steller's sea eagle (white-shoulder sea eagle) with its 2,5 meter wingspan and 9 kg maximum weight is the biggest bird of prey. Condor is bigger, but it is a scavenger and not a hunter. The main food source of the bird in Kamchatka are Pacific salmon. This particular specimen is young - it does not have the full, mature colors of the species.
My friend Andrey had decided to test Tasmanian Devil - this lure is new for Kamchatka. When spin fishing Andrey is always making a single hook out of a treble. The pink lure was catching all local fish - charr, trout, salmon, and even grayling.
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