Nifty quick read from the Wild Salmon Center – Field Notes: Unlocking Taimen Mysteries.
From Russia with Love
Jess has a new piece online at Life Force (online photojournalism portal) covering her days on the Ponoi in Russia – see the full piece here.
Yak Fishing Florida – Fly Fishing Species Smorgasbord from Yak Fishing Florida on Vimeo.
[Ed.-Sounds like Jess has been running hard the past week or so; we’ll have a post from her sometime this next week.]
Sometime during the wee hours this morning Jess fired over some images of her trip today to the Ponoi River Company’s Brevyeni camp. Apparently they’re moving a few staff members and guides up there for a few weeks; sounds like she was just along for the ride (and I’d venture grabbing some images as well). […]
It’s been a wild week here in the Russian tundra. On the job training has pretty much consisted of jumping into situations and learning as I go. Slowly things are coming together and I came to the realization this morning that I’m feeling rather at home listening to the majority of conversations in Russian. Today […]
She may never be the same again after this one. From the story it appears Jess had a bit of time at Ryabaga yesterday to escape for a quick fish with camp director Matt (Missoula) and Boris (one of the camp mechanics). She watched the boys land a couple of grilse and then managed to […]
[Sent from Jess yesterday midday…] AM: It’s my third morning here in Ryabaga and we are all running like mad getting ready for the first client helicopter to arrive in two hours. Most certainly I’ve hit the ground running and am well on my way learning the names of 40-odd staff; most of whom don’t […]
I’ve arrived in Murmansk after 30+ hours of flying. Strange to think that 30 hours can land you – quite literally – on the other side of the world. I connected with two of the American guides – Patrick Brennan and Barrett Mattison – in Moscow and flew final leg with them. We were picked […]
I have less than twenty-four hours before I fly out for a season of work with the Ponoi River Company on the Kola Peninsula in northern Russia. Two months ago, thinking of summer plans, life above the Arctic Circle was nowhere to be found on the list. Sometimes good things happen quickly. I’ll be working […]
