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Fly Fishing Shop Insider) Journey to the Forbidden Land (Part-3) A three part series about Kamchatka wilderness adventure - by Mark Bachmann |
| no human footprints in the sand. It's like going back to a time before man. | |
| There are two reasons for this, Russian security and the fact that its damn cold here much of the year. Kamchatka is about as far north as Northern British Columbia and South East Alaska. Warm flowing Ocean currents favor Alaska. The Kamchatka weather pattern flows from arctic Siberia. Whatever the reasons, Kamchatka is largely a post ice age microcosm of tundra and pristine water. |  |
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The most famous and noticeable animals on Kamchatka are its bears. They are much like the Kodiak bears of Alaska and were coming out of hibernation when we were there. We saw several from the air and a few were around while we were fishing, but none were any problem. |
| Kamchatka is a hot bed of thermal energy. There are smoking volcanos everywhere. It hosts the only geyser valley in Asia. Though much smaller than the geyser area in Yellow Stone Park, it is nonetheless dramatic. We spent several hours watching the eruptions and all the guides had to show off by skinny-dipping in a hot springs pool. It's a good thing that none of the bears were around because they also enjoy bathing in the hot springs. |
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last couple of days of our visit were spent in and around Petropavlovsk.
It is the largest town in Kamchatka with a population of 325,000
people. Through the cold war
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Western standards the city is drab, but the setting is dramatic and
dynamic. The people
of this land seem to be industries and confidant.
They treated us with respect and were for the most part openly
friendly. Will I go back
and visit Kamchatka again? Yes,
I think so…someday.
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** ODE TO CADDIS FLIES They build their cocoons of pebbles and twigs And grains of sand and thingamajigs When the timing is right, they leave the streambed Shedding the water, getting airborn instead With dappled wings and plump little bodies They hip-hop the water like tiny jalopies Flying like dinghies with bent or lost rudders They bounce off the water and run into each other Still, they're my favorites, these small jitterbugs Though a little bit clumsy, they can sure cut a rug Filling their dance card to pass on their genes They're simply oblivious to trout on the scene Zigging and zagging both this way and that They appear to be clueless about where they're at Swoosh! comes a swirl, and another is gone Trout always know when the tent wings are on So they swarm by the zillions and will surely survive But it would help out a lot if they would just learn to drive To Top |
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