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.   

Belly-Up - a totally new fly

The 1st part of the article on the unusual flies - Belly-Ups: 

http://www.flyfishingrussia.com/posts/5732108b-belly-up

The flies for the Russian Far East - 7

One more post on the flies for grayling and lenok, which are used in the Far East:

http://www.flyfishingrussia.com/posts/352cc79c-far-eastern-flies-7

The flies for the Russian Far East - 5 and 6

Two new posts on the flies for the waters of the Russian Far East

http://www.flyfishingrussia.com/posts/b4853e17-far-eastern-flies-5

http://www.flyfishingrussia.com/posts/79055c97-far-eastern-flies-6