Posted on 09/09/2017
Number of Rods: 13. Nationalities: Russian. Number of salmon: 109. Best Salmon: 7 over 20 pounds with 1 over 30. Personal Bests – for Roman with a 19 pounder and Mikhail with a 18 pounder. Unfortunately the military authorities conducted exercises within the restricted zone of the Northern Kola Peninsula during this week – leaving us with no alternative but to cancel the fishing trips for a number of our foreign guests. Thankfully the vast majority of our...
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Posted on 08/09/2017
Number of Rods: 10. Nationalities: Scotland, England, Germany, Switzerland, Russia. Number of salmon: 120. Personal Bests: Sam X3 with a 6 – 16 – 21 pounders – and Alison X2 with 7 and 8 pounders! Largest salmon: 28 pounder for Lewis on the Rynda (who received his Rynda big fish ring). 27 pounder for Vitaly. 28 pounder for Matt. 28 pounder for Johannes. Making up for the cancelation earlier in the season – we were delighted to see our mostly veteran...
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Posted on 07/09/2017
Number of Rods: 15. Nationalities: Norwegian, Danish and our Russian friend Max. Number of salmon: 160. Personal Bests: 5 (Petter 19 pounds, Erlend 23 pounds, Helge with 20 and 22 pounders and Olivia X2 with 5 and 9 pounders! Things started out a bit slow with bright sunny hot days and air temps in the upper 20′s – however fishing quickly improved with the return the clouds and cooler temps early week – providing several days with 30+ salmon for the group....
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Posted on 02/08/2017
Despite the sudden change of weather with cool winds from the north producing foggy conditions that delayed weekend transfers by several hours – last weeks group of 14 guests (Hosted by Roddy Hall the manager for Farlows Travel) – went on to have an exciting week releasing a total of 195 salmon before the big celebration on the Friday evening. Up – Up and Away! Following the record winter snowpack and spring thaw – the summer season has now caught...
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Posted on 25/07/2017
Here we go again! Following last weeks record of 331 salmon – 13 happy new guests just released another all time record total of 345 salmon on the mighty Kharlovka that included 26 great fish over 20 pounds – and 1 over 30.. – plus another 30 pounder for Volodya – the Home Pool Specialist.. Despite all the bright sun with warm air temperatures to 25+C – and with water temps. soaring up to 17.7C – the rivers were still at prime levels...
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Posted on 20/07/2017
New record on the mighty Kharlovka with 337 salmon for 13 rods! Although things started off a bit slow with only 4 salmon recorded in the book on the first day, everything quickly came just right for this returning group of good friends who went on to enjoy some fantastic fishing that won’t soon be forgotten. The conditions were almost perfect with the rivers slowly dropping away about 4cm/day finishing off the week with a good level of 45cm on the home pool scale...
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Posted on 12/07/2017
Summer like conditions finally arrived to the far northern tundra along with plenty of sun and warming rivers last week that went from 7.6C up to 13C – while water levels dropped away nicely at about 6cm/day to finish the week at 76cm on the home pool scale. The combination of the rivers warming and the levels dropping led to some fantastic fishing results for the lucky group of 12 international guests. Following introductions and group bonding the boys were obviously...
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Posted on 01/07/2017
Notice from the authorities of a late decision to conduct naval exercises off the controlled zone within which we operate, necessitated some last minute changes to the teams of guests at ASR last week. Whilst our overseas friends for this specific week only therefore had to postpone their week’s fishing in 2017 until a little later in the season, our many friends who have less restricted access were able to join camp and enjoyed some improving fishing. Nevertheless, our new...
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Posted on 26/06/2017
With water levels peaking back on their opening day at a massive 149cm which is about a meter higher than normal for this time of year, the group stared out the windows in amazement at the swollen rivers below and pondered their chances upon arrival -’like finding a needle in a haystack’. Thankfully – while there must have been a few monsters swimming up the thick currents in the middle, there turned out to be plenty of big silver lining the banks of the...
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Posted on 20/06/2017
Looking back we can say that the cold conditions through the end of May has delayed the big spring thaw on the north coast by about 2-3 weeks this season. With rising water levels and plenty of snow – ice still along the banks, we decided early on to limit last week’s group of fishing warriors to 8 guests with 6 veteran guides to lead the way. This was the first trip to the ASR for the majoirity of our guests. Water levels during the week went from a challenging...
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