Kamchatka Snapshot

Editor Note: Subscribers to The Angling Report have seen the interesting report we published from subscriber Daniel Carpenter on a floattrip he enjoyed on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula. He floated two rivers there with a company called Ouzel Expeditions and reported landing up to 20 rainbows a day from 25 to 27 inches, plus limitless numbers of char. Carpenter provided the following photographs from his trip to give readers a better visual idea of what this trip is like. If you are not a subscriber and would like to read Carpenter's story, which appears in the August issue of The Angling Report, click here to get a copy.

After years of reading about fishing in exotic places, Daniel Carpenter finally took such a trip himself. He decided to fish the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia, a place that proved worthy of envy amongst his fishing buddies back in Louisiana.

On average, each angler in our group landed between 12 and 20 rainbows a day measuring 18 to 23 inches.

Every day, about three out of six anglers would bring in a 'bow measuring 25 to 27 inches. We caught all of these fish on dry flies.

The Kartuska River is quite rocky with many large boulders on the shore, but wading is easy to moderate.

The Kartuska is a beautiful river that meanders through a closely wooded area for some time before opening up.

The Kapushka River is wide and open, more braided and much shallower. It was also not as rocky as the Kartushka, and it too was easy to wade.

We ran into some of the four-legged inhabitants of the Kapushka River.

The MI-8 helicopters used for transport seem to be well maintained and, at a minimum, add an element of edgy excitement.

The helicopter ride to the river from the city of Petropavlosk is an amazing experience that has to be one of the highlights of any Russian fishing trip. Crossing the countryside, you are treated to a seemingly endless landscape that leaves you feeling like you could spend a lifetime there and never fish the same water twice.

Visually, the city of Petropavlosk is a bit shocking at first. Years of Communist rule is evident in the architectural standardization, but what is lost aesthetically on the outside is made up for on the inside.

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