The Varzuga Camps

"Atlantic salmon tradition holds that catch statistics are to be religiously compiled down through the years and the Varzuga lays a mighty claim to historical catch rates of 30+ fish per rod per week. It is an intimate river setting boasting predictable results. An element of tradition and international standards is added by the very capable British management team, and the three Varzuga camps are one of the best silver bullet opportunities on the world map. Fishing peaks from ice out in May through June and into July.

The Yokanga

Yokanga salmon evolved in an extremely rugged river marked by falls and huge rapids. It's the Russian version of the Thompson River and this aquatic crucible is home to a race of exceptionally large and powerful fish. Experienced, hard-core anglers find both the potential and the challenge of the Yokanga irresistible and claim that no other river or sea-run fish on the planet surpass its potential.

Post-Perestroika access to Russia's Kola Peninsula ushered
in an exciting new era in the world of Atlantic salmon fishing.

A trip to the kola begins in Murmansk after either a connection from Moscow, or a direct charter flight from Helsinki. The final leg to Russia's northern peninsula wilderness is a breathtaking chopper flight passing above a broad canvas of tundra, lichen, scrub taiga and clean rivers that harbor unequalled runs of the prized silver fish. At 167° north latitude the landscape feels oddly familiar to Alaska and other circum-polar veterans—a fusion of the barren tundra that sweeps the North American arctic, combined with the granite-bottomed rivers of British Columbia, and the slightly off-kilter wilderness of Kamchatka. It's enough to make any steelhead or king salmon junkie drool. Apart from the Cyrillic letters on the vodka bottle, everything looks just right as you string up your two-handed rod.

For more info on fising the Kola give Ryan Peterson a call at 800-669-3474