Fishing Day

The first and last days of your trip allow for half-days of fishing. In between are six full fishing days.

The program at Zendzur utilizes “Alaska-style” 18’ aluminum skiffs, powered by 40hp 4-stroke jet motors. You and one other angler are shuttled from wade-spot to wade-spot by your guide. Most anglers prefer to wade-fish, but for those that prefer to fish from a boat, the guides are very accommodating.

• 7am, coffee & tea.
• 8am, breakfast.
• 9am, on the water.
• 1pm, lunch on the river.
• 6pm, arrive back to camp for drinks and a soak in the hotsprings.
• 7pm, dinner.
• For midnight-sun junkies there is a modest sized home pool in front of the lodge.

All Kamchatka programs employ a guide rotation system, so each group of two anglers spends two days with each guide. Staff consists of one North American head guide and two seasoned Russian guides. Our head guides are talented professionals with years of Russian and/or other international camp management experience, and years of prior experience guiding in Alaska, British Columbia or the Western US. They are selected not just for their significant on-water talents, but as curious, enthusiastic representatives of Kamchatka.

Our Russian guides come from varied backgrounds, usually associated with biology, wildlife management, hunting, trapping or commercial fishing. Flyfishing being a relatively new sport to Russia, our guides come equipped with varying levels of pure flyfishing knowledge. Some are exceptional, having been with us for 10 or more years. Others have been brought on board for their skills as woodsmen and watermen, whose technical abilities are still evolving, but who are in rhythm with the lives and habits of rainbow trout.

Every staff member works to see the smile on your face when you hook up.