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February 2004 Speaker Will Blair |
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The Kamchatka Peninsula, the last great stronghold of wild trout and steelhead on the planet, is a 160,000 square mile wilderness that has more rivers than sportsmen. The geography of the Kamchatka Peninsula is not unlike Alaska. Most of the territory is dotted with volcanoes and tundra meadows separating evergreen and birch forests that stretch to the horizon. Kamchatka is far south of the Arctic circle and blessed with weather similar to western Canadian provinces. Kamchatka is larger than the combined acreage of California, Washington and Oregon. With a population less than that of Toledo Ohio, and only one road into the interior, Kamchatka is certainly pristine! The Kamchatka Peninsula is a short 5-hour flight from Anchorage. It's dotted with spectacular volcanoes and more moose, reindeer and brown bears than people. It has more 14,000-foot peaks than Colorado. The Kamchatka coastline is twice the distance from Mexico to Canada, and has more than a thousand rivers teeming with trout, char, salmon and wild steelhead. Will Blair The Best of Kamchatka Redding, CA (877) 707 – 0880 |
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Will is an accomplished guide in Russian and American waters and has
spent several years fishing in Russia as well as in Alaska. He will be
speaking on the topic of fishing the Kamchatka Peninsula, where he has
spent 5 summers getting to know the region.