The river and the fish: The river lays 4-5 hrs drive by Caterpillar north of Okhotsk. It is a mountain river with splendid views. In its lower part it gets wider and is influenced by the seawater levels. We use some rubber boats to get a bit upstream in order to catch some large Dolly Varden, that appears here in 2 different forms and Grayling. But the main fishing is done right from the lower banks. It is not uncommon to catch 3-4 fish in an hour. It is also not uncommon to get a 22 lbs+ fish. On ours expedition we will try to beat the world fly record. Fishing will be done with a 10-11 ft 8-9 wt Fly rod and intermediate – fast sinking lines with large greenish Christmas Tree flies.

Logistics: As said above, it is far away, but very special… From Europe we fly to Moscow and further to Khabarovsk where we, due to + 9 hrs time difference, arrive next morning followed by a transfer to a hotel and a visit of this beautiful sub tropical city at the Amur river. Next morning the plane leaves for Okhotsk, upon arrival followed by a 4-5 hrs Caterpillar (tank) trip to Ulbeya’s river mouth. Depending upon flight schedules we will stay here 9 nights, followed by a return to Okhotsk , the flight to Khabarovsk and a hotel night. The next morning we will gain the time difference back with flights arriving the same day at Western Europe.