KAMCHATKA'S LAND MASS IS ALMOST AS LARGE AS CALIFORNIA, BUT WITH A POPULATION OF ONLY ABOUT 400,000 PEOPLE AND HALF OF THEM LIVE IN ONE CITY, PETROPAVLOVSK. THUS IT IS A LAND OF TRUE WILDERNESS! PART OF THE PACIFIC "RING OF FIRE" IT HAS MANY VOLCANOES, GEYSERS AND MOUNTAIN PEAKS REACHING HEIGHTS ABOVE 15,000 FEET. IT IS HOME TO ONE OF THE WORLDS LARGEST POPULATIONS OF BROWN BEARS (GRIZZLY'S) IN THE WORLD AS WELL AS HAVING ALL SPECIES OF PACIFIC SALMON SPAWNING IN IT'S ABUNDANCE OF UNSPOILED RIVERS. FOR MANY YEARS IT WAS MOSTLY UNDER MILITARY CONTROL AND HAS BEEN OPEN TO TOURISM ONLY SINCE 1990.

WE WILL BE DOING A SIX DAY FLOAT DOWN THE VOYAMPOLKA RIVER, BEGINNING IN IT'S HEADWATERS, PRIMARILY SEEKING THE LARGE AND ABUNDANT RAINBOW TROUT AS WELL AS SOME OF THE FOUR VARIETIES OF CHAR. THIS RIVER BEGINS HIGH IN THE MOUNTAINS IN AN AREA OF KORYAK SIBERIA AND FLOWS WEST INTO THE SEA OF OKHOTSK. THE RAINBOW TROUT FISHING IS REPORTED TO BE SPECTACULAR, WITH MANY FISH IN THE FOUR TO TWELVE POUND RANGE, TAKING FLIES ON THE SURFACE. OF COURSE IT IS SOMEWHAT OF A STRETCH TO CALL A SIZE 2.0 MOUSE PATTERN A "FLY!", THE RAINBOW'S TAKE OF THESE FLIES IS DESCRIBED AS "FEROCIOUS!" 

                  I INTEND TO TAKE LOTS OF PHOTOS AND WILL BE POSTING THEM SHORTLY AFTER MY RETURN.