Fishing
for taimen
How All This Began?
In January 1990 California Angler, the magazine for fresh and saltwater fishing wrote:
"FLYFISHING SIBERIA.
California Angler magazine publisher Bill Ray journeyed to Siberia late this past summer
to become one of the first Americans to fish for a host of unique Siberian salmonids -
including giant taimen and lenok. This special pair of stories details the planning and
gear that went into this successful trip and, in diary form, his experiences and
impressions of the journey. With walls coming down throughout the world's Communist
countries, Asia is likely to be a new frontier for sportsmen seeking new fishing and
hunting adventures."
The large number of rivers and lakes in the taiga and in the mountains,
and a variety of beautiful places along their banks, combine to make fishing in Yakutia
very enticing. Fishing lovers will be impressed by the variety and types of fish, some of
which are very unique and valuable. In mountain lakes there are red fish, malma
(salvelinus lepechini), eel-pot (lota lota), and grayling (thumallus vulgaris). In rivers
there are white salmon nelma (stenodus lencichthys nelma), omul (coregonus autumnalis),
chir (coregonus nasus), taimen (hucho taimen), pike (esox lucius), and sig (coregonus).
Many of these species are very delicious. The purity of the taiga, rivers, and lakes,
together with snowy mountains and fresh air, combine to make fishing in Yakutia a
fisherman's paradise.
Experienced guides are happy to assist tourists and travelers. They can give all necessary
information about the traditions and customs of indigenous people. Fishing: spinning and
casting. Transport: bush plane (Antonov 2), helicopter. Accommodation: hunters cabins,
tents.
Siberian
Taimen - this big Asian salmonid is known to weigh over 150 pounds. It is not anadromous,
living in rivers where it feeds as an active predator. The taimen is one of four species
in a genus of strictly freshwater Eurasian salmonids, remotely similar to the Atlantic
salmon, with a proportionally larger head and adapose fin. His mouth is huge, with strong,
canine-like teeth canted slightly back into the throat and the jaws are very heavy.
Coloration is attractive, with dark, pea-sized spots arranged in Xs on a gray background.
The tail is bright red and the fins are gray, like the body color.
The taimen is a legendary fighting fish among Russian anglers. They say that on the first
run they may take 250 feet of line from your spool, with a high-speed run that is
virtually impossible to stop.
When Siberian anglers really get going with their tales fueled by a little vodka, they say
that the really big taimen can only be caught by shooting them with a shootgun when they
jump - or by baiting a large hook with a muscrat, tying the line to a birch sapling, and
letting the fish play itself out on a tree - if the roots hold!
What we actually offer:
-Rivers
of the Verkhoyansky Range - tributaries of the Lena River
-10 days/7 days of fishing
-Season: from 15 July till 15 September
-Group size: 6-8 participants
-Transfers on helicopter
-Float on motor-boats
-Accomodation in tents
Program:
Day 1 Arrive in Yakutsk
Day 2 Embark on the jet-flight to the settlement of Sangar to be further taken to
the place of fishing by helicopter
Days 3-9 Fishing
Day 10 Return to Yakutsk through Sangar and depart home through Moscow, Magadan or
Khabarovsk
The cost includes:
-accomodation
in a hotel in Yakutsk (double occupancy)
-2 berth tents during tours, meals three times a day
-all transfers
-services of an interpreter
-a guide for two fishermen
-fish cleaned for the trip home
-20 kg baggage charges
The cost excludes:
-fish tackle and equipment
-bug repellents
-extra baggage charges
-alcoholic beverages
fishing license
-any costs incurred due to bad weather
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