Salmon Junkies

Here is a new short movie from Salmon Junkies. “Gateway to Salmon Heaven”! In the six week period from mid August until first of October we caught 71 Salmon between 15 Lbs and 19 Lbs and 45 Salmons between 20 Lbs and 30 Lbs! Every week during the entire season we were able to celebrate new members in the Twenty Pound Club, and we even managed to recruit several “Double Members” and “Triple Members” to our exclusive club! This required of course many celebrations in Vodka and quite a few hangovers the following days. Want to become a member of the Twenty Pound Club?

Yet another short movie from Salmon Junkies which we hope you will enjoy! This is actually part 2 of Umba Summer Karma, the first summer movie we shot in May/June in Umba. This “movie” was shot while preparing for the 2011 season in Krivetz in between cleaning the tracks and just before the first guest arrived, lots of sweat and lots of fish. Our first two weeks in June 2011 produced a real good number of fish and a very high number of Umba Whoppers (large fish) so we are very excited about this coming season and for all of you going, you will have a blast!

Follow the Spey Warriors in Junky World 2011, in Umba there is always a chance of catching a salmon over 20lbs. every day – Every week – From May until October.

In the six-week period from mid August until first of October 2011 we caught 71 Salmon between 15 Lbs and 19 Lbs and 45 Salmon between 20 Lbs and 30 Lbs – Every week during the entire season we were able to celebrate new members in our Twenty Pounds Club, and we even managed to recruit several “Double Members” and “Triple Members” to our exclusive club.

Watch Lawrie Hickman from Guideline UK entering his double membership of the 20 lbs. Club. First a giant fish from Lower Rat; 26 pounds. Thereafter a Umba Whopper weighing 24 pounds from the same pool. Lawrie Hickman is an experienced angler and has spent many years running lodges in Russia and we really enjoyed his company in Umba.

Lawrie introduced Guidelines “new” Triple-D Densities lines to us and this is a very interesting concept. Guideline have combined 3 line densities, all in one line, very clever. Weight distribution has been moved backwards creating a smooth, controlled turnover and very easy to cast. Lawrie fished with Float/Hover/Intermediate which positions the fly just below the surface fished with mono/fluorocarbon leader.

The floating back portion of the line will help controlling fly speed as well as making mending and lift-off a lot easier. A line/combination that certainly finds fish in Umba, especially the BIG ones!

Wonder how it looks like in Murmansk at the moment? Watch this wonderful work by Alexander Bergen, great shots and especially time lapse, great flow.

Camera: Canon 5d mark II
Lenses: 24-70 2.8L, 70-200 2.8 IS II
Soft: Adobe AE, Adobe Premiere
Music: Moonbeam – About you

When we arrived at the Umba River at the end of May it felt more like the end of July. Thanks God Umba’s backcountry is vast, so we survived with pride and good fishing. Our first two weeks in June produced a good number of fish and a very high number of Umba Whoppers (large fish). Very encouraging indeed. This “movie” was shot while preparing for the 2011 season in Krivetz in between cleaning the tracks and just before the first guest arrived. A 2.5 day of hard work and fun in between. Hungry for some Umba Whoppers?, please contact us!

Summer/june 2011….Steffen Juhl and Kåre Lundquist had a quick test trip to Grand Varzuga in June 2011. The river was very low and things did not look too good. 8 hours later, 15 fish landed, many lost, what a day. Many fish between 8-12 pound, thereby the new name Grand Varzuga. Why, well all the BIG fish of the entire Varzuga watershed ends up here for spawning, very unique place! Ready for a lift off to Grand Varzuga? watch this!

Kåre Lundquist

It’s a passion for life…for sure…we are what we call Salmon Junkies..is there a cure?…not sure…this video will take away most of your withdrawal symptoms – or will they become worse? Another great masterpiece from Danish photographer Columbus Leth, it’s raw, black and white, great soundtrack, it’s Umba unplugged. Watch out you could get hooked. Shot on Canon 5D and GoPro Hero in Umba, September 2010. Thanks for sharing Columbus.

Kåre Lundquist

Watch Danish photographer Columbus Leth’s fantastic video from Umba, from September last year (2010), his first time in Umba and a remarkable trip it was. Both movies were shot on Canon 5D and GoPro Hero. It’s just like being there in autumn from the hazy Umba mornings to the lovely fights with salmon during the day. I was ready to jump in the boat and head for Brad’s Pool and Doctor´s Pool, where most of the video was shot. Great work Columbus, we will be seeing you again in Autumn, perhaps your next title will be “Hunt For Red October”? Please bring your camera, you are the man.

Kåre Lundquist

What if fishing was so important that you would change your life to pursue it? You would focus your entire life around it and raise your family to appreciate every aspects of the sport for themselves. “A Steelhead Family” walks you through a few days in the lives of the Clay family (Bob, Jed, Kaili, Kathy & Kateri), who have done just that. Headed by bamboo rod builder Bob Clay, this accomplished steelheading family makes the sport of spey casting look easy while illustrating the importance of the survival of these great fish in BC, Canada. A true fishing family in one of the last wild Steelheading strongholds left on

Check out this awesome video here –  http://vimeo.com/6694640

Amazing how some things never change.

Produced by Jens Rafn.

This “movie” was shot in one of the very last days of the season in October where Steffen and Kåre went to Krivetz and fished Stick, Nick and Long Pool(mainly), what a day, 4.5 hours fishing 7 Umba Whoppers. We hope that both old kola veterans and new guests will consider visiting this pearl of a salmon river next season – a must in every Kola angler’s portfolio.

Umba answers everything a salmon angler can ask for and really raises quantity and quality to a higher level.

Many experienced salmon fishermen, who have fished on the Kola peninsula and its plethora of fantastic rivers, claim that Umba beats everything in terms of beauty, superb accommodation and – of course and not least – the dramatic and enjoyable fishing in the most breathtaking surroundings. To swing a fly through Umba’s gin clear waters is almost a surreal experience ranking amongst the most exciting moments in Russian Salmon Fishing.

Produced by Jens Rafn.

Follow us on this gem of a salmon river which have fascinated thousands of salmon anglers during the last Twenty years. One of reason is the very good chance for a big salmon in the 20lbs to 30 lbs breakage or more!

2010 many anglers dreams came true this season. The numbers of big salmon we saw recorded in the record book after every week indicated clearly that we are on the right track regarding the control of the river together with our conservation plan. Every week during the entire season we could celebrate new members in our Twenty lbs club, and several managed to be “Double member” in this exclusive club.

Salmon Junkies are very honoured, as our second latest video from Umba, yesterday was selected to represent GoPro Camera Video gallery – you can watch the Video here – http://vimeo.com/channels/goprohdmovies#16437754

The film was shot in Umba first week in October 2010

Steffen

The Video was shot during 3 days in Umba this fall – Kåre and I was fishing some days, between our homework. And I must admit we was blessed by higher power. During one afternoon in Krivetz we nailed 7 salmon all between 17 and 20 Lbs – all straight from the sea.

Check out the video here – http://www.vimeo.com/16437754

Umba – we miss you!

Just before my leaving for Umba in August I received one of the small and inexpensive GoPro video camera.  The final result after 7 weeks in the bush, turned out to be almost One hour of unique footage. Watch this 7 minutes teaser on – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSBW4GCp_MI

During the next weeks I will public 3 – 5 smaller videos – I can promise a lot of really exciting taking and fighting scenes of course combined with some really beautiful Umba salmon – very raw andunplugged, but great fun to watch

I hope you will enjoy the first of my small videos?

Produced by Jens Rafn.

For many hours the helicopter carries us straight eastwards. Through the small windows we watch the mighty and endless Tundra. Beneath us we see massive herds of reindeers and occasionally a big Brown bear – A true adventure and definitely the onset of a lifelong memory. Ponoi emerges as a silver band just under the horizon. Since the dawn of time the heavy current has cut its way through the landscape creating one of the biggest canyons in Eastern Europe. From up here the Ponoi looks almost intimate, but once we are down and into our waders, we realize that Ponoi River is a king size river. Salmon angling with a fly is true passion, and in a river like Ponoi all your dreams come true.

“Salmon Fishing is not a matter of life or death, it’s more important than that.”

Ponoi river – Probably the best salmon river in the world
A true adventure and definitely the onset of a lifelong memory. Ponoi River is one of the most productive salmon rivers on earth, and you will have to search very hard to find such a unique and unspoiled salmon stock. Ponoi offers the best of two worlds. A wonderful combination of great numbers of salmon with attractive sizes up to 18 – 25 lbs. The fishing at Acha camp is very reliable and in June/July Acha camp will produce around 2,500 – 2,800 Salmon,. Ponoi is very consistent throughout its long fishing season, where almost all other Kola rivers have a very narrow prime-time window. We guarantee that you won’t leave Ponoi without a double numbers of salmon under the belt – Ponoi will feed your wildest dreams and never let you down.

Ponoi – Wild Atlantic salmon – Strong and powerful fights from early morning to late evening. The place is Kola Peninsula in Russia. The Ponoi River is considered as one of the most prolific salmon rivers of salmon anglers, who are strongly addicted to challenging salmon in the most breathtaking scenery. Follow Steffen Juhl on this electrifying adventure full of fishing action. A very exhilarating and informative film for the dedicated salmon angler who daydreams about new frontiers.

Produced by Jens Rafn.
Umba footage – September 2009

Produced by Jens Rafn.

Steffen has spent almost half of all his years in Russia along this magnificent river – and judging from other Salmon anglers around the world Umba represent everything a salmon angler dreams about. Few Salmon Rivers on the Kola Peninsula, or in the world for that matter, have had such a spellbinding and deeply felt effect on Salmon anglers from all over the world. For many of them it has almost become a lifelong love affair and you may witness hardened and weather-beaten anglers become all “mushy”, when they reflect and talk about Umba. Such is the character of this river and there are really very few places left in this world like it.