Varzuga River 2014
I fish in the Varzuga three seasons already. In the begining of the season May 15 and at time close to the end September-October. I prefer to fish near the Varzuga settlement on the Mel'nichniy licence area. This 2014 season was strange. The river opened up after ice one week late (16 May). But the high water fishing was great, despite the best anglers used Intermed Skagit +T-20, 15ft + big coppers tubes.
It was my 1st time when I used 2 inches copper tube fly! I had thougth about BC Intruders also
My mate has landed his fist salmon also.
This period is extremely popular amoung Russian
One of my Russian neighbours on the river
The fall time of 2014 Varzuga was terrible. The river was almost empty!!! We wait big run from 1 October till 14 October. Every day were 50-100 fish fresh fish registrated by the science net's controllers. That's nothing for such a big river. In good years we saw 500-2000 registrated fish per day!!!
This is photo from October 2013. My friend Denis from St. Petersburg