A Heaven for Salmon, and for Salmon Fishers
The remote Kola Peninsula in western Russia
which is a paradise for fly fishermen pursuing rare wild Atlantic salmon. The
anglers have to take a special Russian military helicopter from Murmansk to
access the remote fishing base camps at the Ponoi River. This river is in
a military area where commercial fishing is prohibited and no roads lead to the
river.
This is a destination for devoted fly
fisherman for a once in a lifetime fishing trip. During prime fishing
weeks, camp fees can exceed $13,000.
The Ponoi River is above the Arctic Circle at
67 degrees latitude, and from late May until July, the sun never sets, which
allows anglers to fish day and night.
The fly fisherman fish from the boat with a
special spay casting fly fishing rods. All fishing is catch and release
only. Due to the prohibition of commercial fishing and the catch and
release fishing restriction for recreational fisherman, the number of Atlantic salmon
entering this river during their annual migration from saltwater to freshwater
has steadily increased over the past 20 years.
The main attraction for tourist angler to
travel to this river is the extraordinarily high daily catch rates. Even
less experienced fly fisherman usually catch around 10 fish a day which
compares very favorably to other rivers with Atlantic salmon runs.
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