Tackle for the Kola

[SnapTcaster]

Gents.....impartial advice required, please.

I am planning to go to Russia and acknowledge that I'll have to get a good reel - one whose drag system will not explode, seize up or just plain melt - but which one?

My rods and lines are OK (mostly 10 weights) - Guideline sinking shooting heads, a Skagit and Rio multi tip line used on a Scott MacKenzie 16ft - unless someone will tell me differently!

Thanks
Biffo

[keirstream]

Jun 6, 2011 14:18:39 GMT SnapTcaster said:

Gents.....impartial advice required, please.

I am planning to go to Russia and acknowledge that I'll have to get a good reel - one whose drag system will not explode, seize up or just plain melt - but which one?

My rods and lines are OK (mostly 10 weights) - Guideline sinking shooting heads, a Skagit and Rio multi tip line used on a Scott MacKenzie 16ft - unless someone will tell me differently!


Depends where and when you are going, sizes of fish and in river conditions vary wildly from river to river.
Varzuga/Kharklova in June is a different world from the Ponoi in July /August.
For the extreme brutish conditions where big fish are encountered fairly regularly in sometimes torrential watercourses you would do well with a Hardy Zane No. 3 which will take your 10s plus 300m+ backing and running line.
Co-incidently there is one for sale by Grilse Boy on S.F.F. for £300 just now, maybe worth a look?
For the Ponoi or Umba just stick to a good quality 9-11 reel it should handle anything you encounter there.

[loopie]

snapcaster
i presume you are fishing the Kola river, rather than just on the Kola Region??

Your 16 footer will be fine, lines depending on the time of year, should be floating or sink 1. not a deep river anyway. 25 /30 lbs seaguar and most flies will work. if later in summer then mosi repellent is a must.

Loopie