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Travel and flyfishing in the Russian Far East

Arka River, Okhotsk district, Khabarovsk region.

Out of the book "Flyfishing the Russian Far East" ("Nakhlyst" Magazine #1, 2004)

Description of the Russian Far East and adjoining territories

Part 3

In the table you will find the very general information on the main regions of the Russian Far-East, and the information on the access airports. This is condensed information without details. To describe the sport-fishing peculiarities of any of the listed 16 main regions it is necessary to write separate book.

Region #	Name	Most interesting fish species	Other sport Fishes	Airports to start the trip
1	Chukotka	Dolly Varden & Arctic charr, Arctic grayling	Pink, chum, sockeye, chinook salmon, whitefishes	Anadyr
2	Anadyr	Arctic grayling, inconnu, chum salmon	Northern pike, whitefishes, Dolly Varden charr	Anadyr – Markovo
3	Kolyma	Lenok, Arctic grayling	Inconnu, Northern pike, whitefishes	Magadan - Yakutsk - Cherski
4	Koryak Highland	Chinook, coho, chum salmon, Arctic grayling	Pink salmon, Northern pike, Dolly Varden charr	Petropavlovsk– Tilichiki
5	Kamchatka Peninsula	Rainbow trout, steelhead, chinook, coho & cherry salmon, kundsha charr	Dolly Varden charr, chum, pink & sockeye salmon, Arctic grayling	Petropavlovsk
6	Penzina Bay	Arctic grayling, Dolly Varden charr, chum salmon, Northern pike	Yellow-mouth charr, whitefishes	Petropavlovsk– Kamenskoe
7	Shelikof Bay	Coho & chum salmon, Arctic grayling, Dolly Varden, yellow-mouth & kundsha charrs	Pink & sockeye salmon (in the east of the region there is Northern pike	Magadan or Magadan - Evensk
8	Magadan – Tauiskaya Bay	Coho & chum salmon, Arctic grayling, kundsha charr	Pink salmon; Dolly Varden charr	Magadan
9	Okhotsk	Coho & chum salmon, Arctic grayling; Dolly Varden & kundsha charrs	Pink & sockeye salmon, lake-resident charr	Khabarovsk – Okhotsk
10	Yudoma, Maya, Uchur	Siberian taimen, lenok, Northern pike	Arctic grayling, inconnu, whitefishes	Khabarovsk – Nelkan
11	West coast - Sea of Okhotsk	Coho & chum salmon, Dolly Varden & kundsha charrs	Pink salmon, sockeye salmon	Khabarovsk – Ayan
12	Uda & Tugur	Siberian taimen, lenok, Amur pike	Amur grayling, chum salmon, whitefish	Khabarovsk – Chumikan or Nikolaevsk
13	Amur & Northwestern Sakhalin	Siberian taimen, lenok, Amur pike, skygazer, yellowcheek	Amur grayling, chum salmon, whitefish, endemic cyprinids	Khabarovsk ; Khabarovsk – Okha
14	Northeastern & Central Sakhalin	Sakhalin taimen, Dolly Varden & kundsha charrs, coho & chum salmon	Amur pike, pink & cherry salmon, Amur ide, redfin	From Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk or Khabarovsk to Zonalnoye
15	Western & Southern Sakhalin, Kuril islands	Sakhalin taimen, coho, chum & cherry salmon, kundsha charr	Pink salmon, Dolly Varden charr	Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
16	Northern Primorye (coast of the Sea of Japan )	Sakhalin taimen,cherry salmon, Dolly Varden & kundsha charrs	Chum & pink salmon, redfin	Khabarovsk , or Khabarovsk – Sovgavan

One of the tributaries of the Tugur River drainage

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Description of the Russian Far East and adjoining territories

Region #

Name

2

Anadyr

10

Yudoma, Maya,

Uchur