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able once you’re there.
But for those willing
to make the journey, it
offers one of the world’s
finest fly-fishing experi-
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OLD SOULS
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CL ASSIC CARS
WITHOUT THE HASSLE
CLASSIC CARS ARE
wonderful machines.
Sure, modern supercars
can accelerate at break-
neck speeds and take
corners completely flat,
all while having the lat-
est in driving assistance
and safety technology.
But hustling a 1971 Alfa
Romeo GTV or a 1989
BMW M3 around some
twisty back roads will
teach you more about
your skills as a driver
in 10 minutes than a
year in a new McLaren.
They’re called classic
for a reason.
They can also be a
nightmare to own and
maintain—subjecting
even the most well-
heeled drivers to finan-
cial heartbreak every
time their hand-built
V12 or air-cooled flat-
six engine needs major
servicing. Then for city
dwellers there’s the
issue of storage—street
parking a classic is not
advisable.
Solving that prob-the peninsula is almost
entirely by Soviet-era
Mi-8 helicopter. The
best rivers can be a
two- to four-hour flight
from Petropavlovsk-
Kamchatsky, the re-
gion’s only major city.”
Any angler who has
been to the famous
trout rivers of the U.S.—
whether New York’s
tricky Beaverkill or the
expanse of Montana’s
Madison River—knows
that in prime season
the streams can get
crowded. The same
stretch of water can see
dozens if not hundreds
of waders a day. The
trout, a picky and easy-
to-spook fish, turn their
noses up at all but the
best-presented flies.
Not so in Kamchatka,
where the trophy-size
rainbow trout—often
measuring over 30
inches—can be snagged
all day with fly lures
designed to resemble
mice. “The mousing ac-
tion is the real draw of
Kamchatka,” says Caroll.
“It’s hard to have a bad
day fishing out there.”
A specialist tour
operator is essential for
maximizing a trip to
Kamchatka, and Yellow
Dog Flyfishing Adven-
tures, based in Boze-
man, Mont., is among
the most respected
in the industry. It has
booked Kamchatka
trips for more than 15
years and work closely
with local outfitters.
It’s not easy to get to,
or particularly comfort-to Kamchatka can’t
be told without the
travel involved get-
ting there,” says James
Caroll, owner of Old
Souls, a fly-fishing and
outdoor goods shop
in New York’s Hudson
Valley. “Traveling on
The best way to catch
Kamchatka’s big fish:
skimming lures that
look like mice across
the top of the water.