The River: In its lower part, where our fishing camp is positioned, the river is quite large, having a smooth current. Between the thousands of tree-stumps the Taimen is waiting for its prey. However, here not so interesting for the fly fisherman. Some 3 km further up the river changes dramatically and turns into a beautiful stream with lots of side creeks. The banks are almost everywhere consisted out of pebble stones, performing an ideal pattern for wading fly fishing. Even if walking along the banks is possible on many places our sturdy boats go up almost 10 km (depending upon the water levels) to find the best spots. If there should be a bad weather spell the river mouth and even the sea beach some km further around the corner have proven to be a spectacular fishing place, with as much as 20 species, including Salmon, Taimen and Char.

The Fishing: A single handed 9-11 ft, 8-9 wt flyrod, a floating line for your Rabbit Fly and Dollies and a 200-350 Teeny for your (rubber legged) Woolly Buggers (don’t forget white!) will do the job perfectly. Expect > 10 Salmon p.p.p.d. More information will follow upon booking.

Logistics: From e.g Brussels we fly via Moscow to Khabarovsk, where, due to a + 9 hrs time difference, the arrival takes place next morning. After installing in a local hotel we may do some sight seeing of this beautiful sub tropical city. Next day we will have an 1 hr flight to Sovietskaya Gavan, from where bus and finally boat will bring us to the camp. Upon return we will stay another night in Khabarovsk and will fly this time within the same day back to Brussels, gaining 9 hrs back. Please note that due to only 3 flights/week for the Khabarovsk-Sovgavan leg the possible dates are limited.