Varzuga (river) explained

Varzuga
Mouth Coordinates:66.2675°N 36.9408°W
Subdivision Type1:Country
Length:254km (158miles)
Discharge1 Avg:77m3/s (average) and
up to 300m3/s in May and June
Basin Size:9840km2
Tributaries Left:Serga

The Varzuga is a river in the south of the Kola Peninsula in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. It is 254 km in length. The area of its basin is 9,840 km2. The Varzuga flows into the White Sea. It freezes up in October and stays under the ice until May.

This is the most prolific atlantic salmon fishing river in the whole of the Kola peninsular. Over the season over 10,000 salmon are caught and returned in this river system.Favourite Salmon fishing patterns are the Kola Vulcan, Kola Blue Fire, Kola Fire and the Kolalander.