The sister river flows. All rivers of the Leningrad region - fishing
In the European part of Russia, in the Moscow and Tver regions, the left tributary of the river. Dubna (Volga basin).
It originates among the hills of the Klin-Dmitrov ridge near the sources of the Klyazma River. It flows into the Dubna River 11 km from its mouth. The length of the river is 138 km, the basin area is 2680 km 2 - the largest tributary of the Dubna in terms of basin area and length. All tributaries of the Sestra belong to small rivers and streams, the largest of them are: the right ones - Yakhroma (54 km, 988 km 2) and Lutosnya (55 km, 364 km 2); the left ones are Krutets (23 km, 166 km 2), Yamuga (24 km, 283 km 2) and Berezovka (25 km, 86.5 km 2). Several ponds and reservoirs have been built on the river - Lake Senezh, ponds of the Senezh fishery, the Klin reservoir and others. In the lower reaches, the Sestra crosses the Moscow Canal, a 40-meter concrete tunnel was built to pass water, passing under the canal perpendicular to it.
In 1850, the Catherine Canal was opened, linking the Moscow and Volga rivers, partly the canal passed along the Sestra River (32 km), partly along the diversion canal along the Sestra River (66.7 km). Part of the channel of the Sestra was straightened, 20 wooden and stone locks were built on it. Unable to withstand competition with the Nikolaevskaya railway from St. Petersburg to Moscow, which opened in 1851, in 1860 the canal was closed, the locks were dismantled.
The sister is a flat river with a winding channel, there are straightened sections. In the riverbed there are large stones, small rifts, the remains of destroyed dams and piles of destroyed bridges. The flow velocity reaches 0.4 m/s. The width of the channel in the upper reaches is 10–15 m, the depth is up to 1 m, below the dam of the Klin reservoir, the width is 20–30 m, the depth is up to 1.5 m. In the lower reaches, the width reaches 50 m, the depth is up to 3 m.
The average long-term water flow in 46 km from the mouth is 8.55 m/s 3 (flow volume is 0.27 km 3 /year). Food is mainly snow and rain. Eastern European type of water regime with a short-term high water in April and a long summer-autumn low water, interrupted by rain floods. Freezing on the river from late October - early November to late March - early April.
In the upper reaches, the water in the river is clean, after the city of Klin, the water quality is assessed as “dirty”, which is associated with the inflow of municipal and industrial wastewater from the city. In high water, the Sister floods the plowed floodplain meadows, the washout from which also pollutes the river.
In the middle and lower reaches, the river is used for fishing. Roach, perch, bleak, ruff, pike, chub, silver carp, bream, silver bream, roach, chub, ide and others live in the river.
On the river is the city of Klin, a number of towns and villages.
Popular science encyclopedia "Water of Russia"
In the preface to the book by V.S. Yudin "Our Klinsky Land" R. Khokhlov writes:
"Arose in the middle reaches of the Sestra, Klin for a long time remained aloof from the main routes, at the same time playing a (rather suffering) role of a kind of" buffer "fortified city in more than two centuries of struggle between Moscow and Tver. According to the Sestra and its tributaries the process of settlement of the Klin region was going on in its "prehistoric" period.According to archaeological and toponymic data, before the arrival of the Slavs here (which happened no earlier than the 10th century), the autochthonous population of the region were Finno-Ugric and Baltic tribes (mainly known from chronicles tribe "golyad"). The first left a mark on the map of the region, in particular, in the hydronyms Sestra, etc., the second - in the ethnonym Golyadi. Far from the only name of the river Sestra on the map of Russia, according to experts in the field of toponymy, occurs from the Finnish "Sistar-oy" (in modern Finnish "-yoki") and means "Blackcurrant River."
Sister - the main river of the city and the region - flows from Lake Senezh. Here is what the author of the book, Valentin Stepanovich Yudin, writes about her:
"It is very winding, it passes through thickets of bushes, leaving on an expanse of fields and meadows. The upper reaches of the Sestra are located in hilly places. Therefore, there are many fast rifts along the river. Today, on the path of the Sister, there are remains of old dams, bridges that once existed in these memorable Old-timers remember that 50 years ago, on the Sestra River and many other Klin rivers, almost every village or village had mill dams with large ponds in which fish, crayfish, birds were found ... Mill ponds had a beneficial effect on the water regime many local springs, streams, rivers, which provided with their water the full flow of large rivers ... Later, in the Klin environs, due to mismanagement and negligence, almost all ponds disappeared ... dams left, rotted on the rivers ... Flood waters, ice drift finished them off , destroying ponds... There were no fish, crayfish, grasses coarsened, the fertility of fields and meadows decreased. As a result, the river waters no longer flood the floodplains; there are no water meadows. The waters rush past them in torrents. After the flood, the rivers became shallow, turned into streams, or even completely dried up.
These are the results of the activity of the collective-farm-socialist system, which raged like an apocalypse for 70 years on the Russian Land, and its follower, the liberal-democratic swindler, who has been plundering Natural resources country and not linking his fate with the fate of Russia. 
Districts of the Moscow region, as well as in the Konakovo district of the Tver region. The largest left tributary of the Dubna (in the Volga basin). It originates in Lake Senezh, in the lower reaches it flows under the channel named after. Moscow. The city of Klin is located on the Sestra.
History reference
At the beginning of the XIX century. Senezhskoye Lake was created to provide the Ekaterininsky Canal with a sufficient amount of water. Its area is 17 sq. km. From northeast to southwest it stretches for 4 km, and from northwest to southeast for 6 km. The length of the coastline is 22 km. Before the formation of Lake Senezh, there already existed a small lake of glacial origin with an area of 65 hectares. This is a lake on the Mazikha (the left tributary of the Sestra River) became part of the newly formed Lake Senezh. The shores of the lake are quite low. Only on the eastern shore is a high ridge that gives the lake a picturesque view. No wonder the shores of the lake have long been chosen by artists. The great Russian landscape painter Isaac Ilyich Levitan (1840 - 1900) in 1898. worked on sketches in these places, which served as the basis for his last major work “Lake. Rus.", which is stored in the Russian Museum of St. Petersburg
About the river
The main river of the Klinsky district. Sister - the left tributary of the river. Dubna, which is the right tributary of the river. Volga (flows into the Volga River near Dubna). The Sestra River begins as a small stream in a forest ravine in the Solnechnogorsk region. Not far, to the east of it, a large river of Central Russia, the Klyazma (length - 647 km), originates, on which there is also ancient city Vladimir, which was the capital of medieval Russia. Due to the fact that the area where these rivers originate is part of a military training ground, it is not possible to examine the origins in detail. Before flowing into Lake Senezh, the Sestra River passes through a network of small reservoirs.
The Sestra River flows into the lake from the east side, and flows out from the north, where the lock is located, which regulates the water level. A hydroelectric power station has recently been restored, the energy generated by it is used to light the hydroelectric complex. Previously, small hydropower plants blocked Sestra in the area of Sinkovo, Akatiev, Belozerok, Maidanovo, etc. The depth of the lake at the very foot of the dam is 5.5 m. Most of the lake has a depth of 2 m. The swamping process is especially active at the confluence of rivers and streams. There are perch, pike, crucian carp, roach and other fish in the Senezhsky lake. In the past there was regular commercial fishing. And in the 1950s - 1960s, a small steamer "Chernyakhovsky" sailed on the lake.
After leaving the lake of the Senezhsky river. The sister makes her way through a network of ponds where fish are bred and raised. In the floodplain of the river near the village of Sergeevka there is a unique Lake Bezdonnoe - a natural monument. It is small but very deep. A rare plant grows there - Water chestnut - Chilim. Many legends are associated with this unique lake, one of which was recorded by A.A. Blok, who often passes along the Tarakanovskoye Highway. In the floodplain of the river you can find the remains of the Ekaterinovsky Canal, somewhere in the form of a dry dam, somewhere filled with water. Sometimes the river valley is swampy, passes through small lake-like peat expansions, sometimes its valley narrows sharply and becomes so narrow that the trees growing along the banks almost cover the river with their crowns.
The floodplain of the Sestra River is extremely picturesque, especially in the area of the villages of Sergeevka, Sinkovo and the city of Klin. Dams were built on the river in Akatiev, Belozerki. There are 4 of them on the territory of Klin. A new hydroelectric complex in the 3rd microdistrict of the city made it possible to create a large water bowl favorable for recreation and fishing (the Klin Sea). After the village Maidanovo Sister enters the meadow space of the Upper Volga lowland. Its course is calm and unhurried. Only behind the Slobodsky bridge there is a dangerous rift, similar to rapids. The banks become low and featureless. In the Dmitrovsky district, the large river Yakhroma flows into the Sestra. The river doubles in size and represents a serious obstacle for those wishing to cross to the other side. Locals use boats as after Ust-Pristan there are no more bridges across the river. In the lower reaches, its waters and motor boats plow.
Not far from its mouth, the river Sestra meets on its way the channel named after. Moscow. To pass the water of the river, a forty-meter concrete tunnel was built, passing under the canal perpendicular to it. Motor ships and barges slowly sail along a wide channel, and under them the river carries its waters. Sister. Channel them. Moscow was built in the thirties of the XX century. mostly prisoners of the Gulag. Here you can see the fruits of the gigantic hard work of the prisoners. Having merged with the Dubna River, Mother Volga takes the waters of the Sister after 11 km. This area, rare in beauty, was called the Ratminskaya arrow, on which the temple is located.
Sister(Raya-joki, Swedish Systerbäck, Finnish Rajajoki, Siestarjoki) - a river in the Leningrad region, a basin.
The source of the Sestra River is located in the swamps of the Lembolovskaya Upland in the Vyborgsky District of the Leningrad Region, just south of the small farm Lesnoye (Rakhio). It flows from the north into the Sestroretsky Razliv, where the river also flows. Previously, the mouth of the Sestra was in the Gulf of Finland north of Sestroretsk, where the mouth of the Malaya Sestra is currently. In 1817, the riverbed was diverted towards this city for the needs of the Sestroretsk arms factory.
The length of the Sestra River is 74 kilometers, the catchment area is 399 km2. The total fall of the river is 143.2 meters, the slope is 1.9 m / km. The average flow velocity is 0.3 m/sec.
The floodplain of the Sestra river is discontinuous, its average width is about 10-20 meters. In the upper and middle reaches, many sections with a depth of 0.4-0.7 meters are available for fording. In the lower reaches, the depth in some places reaches 3 meters.
Settlements.
In the Vyborgsky District, on the banks of the Sestra River, there are the settlements of Mainilo, Leninskoye, the cottage settlements of Repinskaya Usadba, Sestroretsky. On the territory of the Vsevolozhsk district on the left bank there is a garden partnership Beloostrov. On the right bank of the river are the villages of Repino and Beloostrov, which are part of the Kurortny District of the federal city of St. Petersburg.
Driveways.
The Sestra River is most accessible in the lower reaches. The northern section of the Primorskoye Highway running from St. Petersburg runs along the estuarine section. From Sestroretsk to Beloostrov, the Sestroretsk Highway runs along the river. Slightly upstream, the Sestra is crossed by the Vyborg highway, which is continued by the M-10, E-18 "Scandinavia" highway, which re-crosses the river near the village of Mainilo in parallel with the A-122 road.
Getting to the upper and middle reaches of the Sestra River is a bit more difficult. But if you wish, you can find a forest or dirt road.
main tributaries.
Six main tributaries flow into the Sestra River, of which the left ones are the Samenskaya River, the Pastorsky and Serebryany streams, and the right ones are the Lublinka River, the Dubensky and (Schuchy) Lesnoy streams.
The Lublinka River connects Sestra with Lake Lublin. The Shchuchy Stream originates in the Shchuchye Lake, connecting first with the Black Stream, and then with the Lesnoy River flows into the river near the southern outskirts of the village of Leninskoye.
At 8.5 kilometers from the mouth of the Sestra River within the boundaries of the village of Beloostrov, the Pastorsky stream flows into it, having a length of 10 kilometers and originating from Pastorsky Lake. A little lower, 6.4 kilometers from the mouth, also in Beloostrov, Serebryany Stream flows into Sestra.
Relief and soils.
The basin of the Sestra River is located in the central part of the Karelian Isthmus. In the north, the upper reaches of the river flow along the Lembolovskaya Upland. The territory on which the Sister collects its waters has an elongated shape from north to south with a basin length of 31 kilometers and an average width of 12 kilometers. The maximum width is 20 kilometers.
From the west, the Sestra basin is separated from neighboring basins by hills and ridges. In other areas, the watershed boundary runs mainly through flat terrain, sometimes swampy. The decrease in the heights of the basin from 179.5 meters of the Baltic height system in the northern part to 10-20 meters in the lower reaches of the river occurs smoothly. Ground rocks are mainly represented by Cambrian clays and sandstones, which are covered with Quaternary deposits on top. Soils in the Sestra basin are predominantly sandy loam, less often loamy, peaty formations are very common.
The valley of the river Sestra has a trapezoidal shape with an average width of 200-300 meters, in some places it increases to 400-500 meters, the smallest width is about 150 meters. The slopes of the valley are moderately dissected, their average height is 10-15 meters, reaches 32 meters, the minimum is 6 meters. Along the channel at the foot of the slopes there are a large number of springs, indicating abundant outlets ground water.
Vegetation.
Coniferous and mixed forests grow in the Sestra River basin. In the upper reaches of the Lembolovo Upland, mainly spruce-alder, in the middle reaches pine and spruce-pine, in the lower reaches spruce-birch. In swampy areas, vegetation is characteristic of swamps in places with thickets of alder. Forests occupy 54% of the basin area. The swampiness is 8%. The swamps in the catchment area are mostly small, raised type, they are mainly located in the northern part of the basin.
hydrological regime.
High water on the Sestra River, on average, occurs from the first days of April to the end of May. Nutrition occurs mainly due to precipitation. The share of snow supply is 44%, rain - 31%, due to groundwater - 25%. The zone of the Karelian Isthmus is characterized by excessive moisture. With an average annual rainfall of 770 millimeters, land evaporation is 425 millimeters.
The average annual water flow in the Sestra River, 5.7 kilometers from the mouth, is 4.13 m³/sec. Drainage module 10.6 l/s with km². The lake content of the basin is about 0.9%.
The discontinuous floodplain of the river has a width of 10-20 meters, at bends the distance sometimes increases to 50-100 meters. The bed of the Sestra River is highly winding. In the upper reaches, on a stretch of about 4 kilometers, the river is periodically overgrown with marsh plants. The coasts are steep and steep. The average width of the river is 5-10 meters, on the stretches it spills up to 15-20 meters. In the backwater zone from the Sestroretsky Razliv reservoir, at the mouth section about 4 kilometers long, the width of the river is about 40-50 meters.
Sister rapids river. The average flow velocity of 0.3 m/s at the rapids, which occur every 2-5 kilometers, reaches 0.7-1.5 m/s. The bottom of the river bed is sandy with pebbles. On the rapids it is rocky, composed of boulders, stones and pebbles.
Ichthyofauna.
Trout, grayling, perch, pike, roach, ruff, dace and other fish are found in the Sestra River.
Tourism and rest.
The lower course of the Sestra River is located in the Kurortny district of the city of St. Petersburg, whose name speaks for itself. On the banks of the river there are summer cottages and cottage settlements. Here it does not attract much attention of fishermen. In the upper reaches, the Sestra is little visited due to the lack of good access roads and settlements. Which may indicate a great opportunity to catch pike, trout or grayling.
Reference Information.
Title: Sister
Length: 74 km
Basin area: 399 km²
Pool: Baltic Sea
Water consumption: 4.13 m³/sec. (5.7 km from the mouth)
Slope: 1.9‰
Forest cover: 54%
Wetness: 8%
Pool lake content: 0.9%
Source: Lembolovskaya Upland, Vyborgsky District, Leningrad Region
Height above sea level: 150 m
Coordinates:
Latitude: 60°21′32.4″N
Longitude: 30°4′23.8″E
Mouth: Sestroretsky Razliv, city of Sestroretsk, Kurortny district of St. Petersburg
Height above sea level: 6.8 m
Coordinates:
Latitude: 60°6′21.7″N
Longitude: 29°59′10.3″E
Lake Senezh. Insofar as Sister and flows into and flows out of the Senezh, filling and supplying it with water, the lake can rightly be considered one of the components of the river. Senezh is an artificial reservoir. Back in the time of Peter I, a project was drawn up to connect the upper part of the Volga with the Moscow River by a canal that was supposed to connect the Dubna (Volga tributary) and Sestra rivers with the Istra, a tributary of the Moscow River. This would shorten the waterway between St. Petersburg and Moscow by more than 1,000 versts. But the project was safely forgotten, and only at the end of the first quarter of the 19th century did they return to this issue again. The canal began to be built in 1826 and was completed only in 1850. In twenty-five years, 8.5 km of the waterway between Sestra and Istra, 33 stone locks (including 20 on Sestra), retaining dams and drawbridges and dams were built significantly its left tributary was also changed. Water is big Lake Senezh(glacial origin), the area of which was previously only 66 hectares. Initially, Senezh was located on the site of the current Mazikha Bay. Thanks to the new lake, a sufficiently high water level was maintained in the canal. Barges loaded with stone went along it to Moscow. But with the construction in 1851 of the Nikolaevskaya railway the canal was abandoned, as the transportation of goods through it was more expensive. The canal gradually fell into disrepair, and in 1860 the water system was closed. Only the remains of the former structures have survived to this day, and Lake Senezh soon acquired the appearance of a natural reservoir. The area of the "modern" Senezh at a normal retaining level is about 850 hectares, and now it is the largest lake in the Moscow region. Its shape is irregular, lobed, due to the bays that form it. rivers Sestra and Mazikha.
The greatest length is 5.3 km, width - 3.8 km. Coastline without significant bays and bays. Western and Eastern Shores for the most part elevated, the southern one is low, and the northern one is formed by a dam about 1.5 km long, along the crest of which an asphalt road is laid in the direction of the village of Timonovo. The total length of the coastline is 16 km. Senezh is fed mainly by Sestra and Mazikha, numerous springs in their channels, and atmospheric precipitation. During the year, the water level in the lake varies slightly, as a rule, by no more than 0.5-1.5 m, while its area can be reduced to 700 hectares. Senezh belongs to low-flowing reservoirs. The bottom relief is mostly flat, without steep slopes, edges and ledges. The soils covering the bed are mostly silty and only in the area of the dam and the northwestern part of the Senezh are pebble-sandy. The maximum depths of the lake (5-6 m) are located in its dam part, as well as in the venous lake basin of Stary Senezh, while the average values are within 2.5-3.0 m. Recently, Senezh has been heavily overgrown and waterlogged, especially in the bay Sisters and adjacent areas. In summer, huge reed and reed thickets, endless plantations of pondweed, uruti and elodea are formed here. As a result, such phenomena as fish deaths due to lack of oxygen are not uncommon, and their manifestation was noted both in winter, when plants die and decompose, and in summer heat, especially in the early morning hours, when the aquatic flora does not emit, but absorbs oxygen.
Ichthyofauna of Senezh formed over more than a decade. Initially, before it was filled, the fish population consisted of roach, perch, pike, ruff, crucian carp, tench, bleak and top. Only in the 50-70s of the last century, in order to acclimatize and expand the species composition, juveniles of mirror carp, carp, silver carp, developing caviar, larvae and fry of bream, pike perch and eel were regularly released into the lake. A small pike hatchery was built. I must say that not all acclimatizers showed themselves to the fullest. So, for example, pike perch at first took root perfectly, even for some time pushed aboriginal pike, began to regularly catch fishermen mainly on live bait tackle - mugs and stands, less often on spinning. Individual specimens reached a mass of 5-8 kg or more. But now, when the reservoir has become strongly overgrown, the already few natural spawning grounds are shrinking, the stocking of fish has almost completely stopped, and the number of the predator has fallen sharply. The same thing happens with acne. As for carp, its natural spawning in the climate of the Moscow region is not always possible due to lack of heat. As a result, the carp population is extremely small today. But fishermen are pleased with perch, roach, bleak, pike, ruff, bream, tench.
The number of these species is still sufficient, Senezh is not an easy reservoir. Not everyone, even an experienced angler, can immediately adapt to its conditions and suddenly start successfully catching fish. It requires patience, observation, experience that comes with time. The fastidiousness of the fish, it seems to me, is largely due to the rich food supply of the lake. Numerous accumulations of oligochaetes, chironomids, phyto and zooplankton, all kinds of mollusks, leeches, dragonfly larvae and other food organisms live in silt deposits, in thickets of aquatic plants, in the pelagic water layer. Therefore, Senezh fish does not lack high-calorie natural food for most of the open water season. Active biting of white fish has a pronounced periodicity. Only with a significant warming up of the water, usually at the end of the first decade of May, does the active pre-spawning bite of roach, bleak and bream begin. Fishing is practiced with all kinds of float gear. The most popular baits are bloodworms, maggots, their combination is a “sandwich”, as well as dragonfly larvae, semolina, oatmeal, dough, etc. However, it must be borne in mind that without high-quality, balanced bait, you can’t count on good results. Successful hunting for Senezh predators with spinning, as practice shows, is possible as there are very few convenient places for fishing from the shore. Considering the strong overgrowth of the lake, bait models in non-catching variants are the most effective.
When catching pike and perch, oscillating baubles with hooks protected by wire cut-offs, redesigned "turntables", various plastic baits on offset hooks, as well as plastic worms on "Caroline" equipment have repeatedly brought success to me when catching pike and perch. Their wiring should be uneven, undulating, carried out in the middle horizon of the water. In addition to them, some floating wobblers, poppers, as well as very effective Snag Proof rubber frogs work well. The most productive time for spinning fishing is August-October. Winter fishing on the Senezh usually begins in the second decade of November. First, Old Senezh rises, and in calm frosty weather, the entire lake freezes at once. Less reliable ice remains only in the middle part, which must always be remembered. Despite its significant size, in terms of its hydrochemical, in particular, oxygen regime, Senezh, in my opinion, is comparable to a very large pond. Therefore, the activity of fish in winter, as well as in summer, open water, here has a pronounced periodicity. The most productive time is the first ice. lasting no more than 2-3 weeks from the moment of freeze-up, when numerous aquatic vegetation has not begun to decompose intensively and the oxygen concentration is still sufficient, as well as the "last" ice - literally a week and a half before it breaks up, when the reservoir is saturated with oxygen due to melt water . The rest of the time, the biting of fish, as a rule, is sluggish. The methods and techniques of fishing in winter on the Senezh are basically the same as on other water bodies. Fishing is practiced with mormyshka (with a nozzle and without a reel), "devil", float tackle, lure using vertical or horizontal lures. In addition, sometimes zherlitsy also bring success. Despite the unpredictability and vagaries of the bite, Senezh is still one of the most popular and beloved by fishermen of the waters of the Moscow region.
upstream
The upper reaches of the Sister are located among the numerous hills of the moraine Klinsko-Dmitrovskaya ridge. After the Senezh dam, the channel of the Sestra passes through a vast low-lying area, where it immediately disappears among the Senezhskoye carp fish farm located here. In autumn, when the water from the ponds is discharged, the river flows along their bottom. Below the ponds, the winding channel of the Sestra makes its way, surrounded by numerous thickets of willow, alder, nettle, wild cucumber and hops, and other woody and herbaceous plants. The direction of the current of a small river is north. Behind the village of Sergeevka, the Sestra flows along the old Ekaterininsky Canal. In the channel, which is 58 m wide and 0.4-0.7 m deep, there are large stones, small rifts, and the remains of piles of old destroyed bridges. Passing the right-bank village of Tolstyakovo, numerous dachas and cottages, Sestra turns sharply to the west and enters a narrow, but very picturesque valley, overgrown with a dense spruce and birch forest. The flow rate increases sharply, reaching 0.3-0.4 m/s, there is still a lot of large stones, there are rifts, springs break through along the water's edge. For 8-10 km to the village of Gorbovo, several small, more stream-like tributaries flow into the Sestra. Among them are the Zheludovka river, which flows in from the left, and the Rakh-talka, which replenishes the Sister on the right. A little downstream of Gorbovo there is an old destroyed dam, and in front of the left-bank village of Shakhmatovo, known for the nearby estate of A. A. Blok, there is a bridge of the highway leading to the Moscow-St. Petersburg highway. For another 7-9 km, the Sestra flows in a frame of good coniferous forests, gradually leaning towards the northwestern direction. Then it enters a treeless area, which, with the exception of a small green area along the right bank, continues all the way to the city of Klin. In the area of the village of Belozerki, Sestra turns sharply to the west for some time, crossing the Moscow-St. Petersburg highway and forming a lake-like extension, and after another 4-5 km, at the level of the village of Sokhino, it rushes to the north. Along this stretch, it is replenished by small tributaries, among which are the Zhukovsky, Bezymyanny streams, the Zhornovka river.
To the right of the sister the old Catherine Canal stretched out, in some places connecting with the riverbed. A large modern dam has been built in Klin, supporting a channel reservoir stretching for more than 2.5 km. Its maximum width reaches almost 100 m, depth - about 2-4 m. Recently, it has become a cultural fish farm, in which carp, goldfish, etc. are periodically stocked. Fishing here is paid. Behind the dam the river takes! former appearance and for a long time! almost 15 km flows through the urban areas of Klin, once again crossing the highway Moscow - St. Petersburg. The ecology of the river is undergoing dramatic changes. If in the upper reaches the hydrochemical composition of water more or less corresponds to natural norms, now domestic and industrial wastewater from urban areas begins to enter the river. treatment facilities, including from the Khimvolokno enterprise known to many generations of fishermen, which produces fishing line. Water Sisters permanently becomes undrinkable! From the angler's point of view, not all sections of the upper reaches of the Sestra are equal. Of undoubted interest for lovers of catching carp and crucian carp are the reservoirs of the fish farm "Senezhsky". Here, for paid fishing, at least two ponds are bred, regularly stocked with different-sized carp and crucian carp. Moreover, in one of them, individuals of exclusively breeding stock are concentrated, differing in non-standard dimensions. True, the price of fishing here is also extremely high. Fishing in ponds is possible with almost all known tackle, ranging from trivial ones - float rods and hooks with feeders to a modern plug or feeder and specialized carp rods on Rod-Pods with electronic bite alarms. A wide variety of animal nozzles (worm, maggot, bloodworm) and vegetable (corn, pearl barley, semolina, all kinds of boilies, dough from oatmeal"Hercules", etc.) origin. Dough prepared on the basis of specialized carp compound feed is especially popular. Similar fishing is also practiced in the impounded reservoir in Klin. Together with specially launched carp and crucian carp, the ichthyofauna of the reservoir is supplemented by aboriginal fish - roach, bream, pike, perch. The Sister herself does not differ in a special variety of species. Here you can find bleak, roach, perch, top and ruff; only occasionally dace, medium-sized pike and chub. The most productive time for catching them is spring and early summer, the most popular tackle is wire rod with rings and
Middle course and lower reaches of the Sestra River
Having passed the city of Klin, after 7 km the Sestra receives another tributary from the left - the Yamugu River and sharply changes the direction of movement from the northwest to the northeast. After that, it flows almost 40 km, to the village of Trekhsvyatskoye, through uninhabited areas. First, for 912 km, the river is surrounded by a mature mixed forest, then a wide, treeless floodplain. The left bank is much higher than the right one for a long distance. Along it, at a distance of 300-500 m, a road stretched in the direction of the village of Birevo. The width of the river at low water here is about 10-12 m, the current is even, calm, its speed is a little more than 1 km / h. The soils covering the bottom are mostly sandy. Closer to the mouth of a fairly large right tributary, the Lutosni River, the Sestra gradually changes its direction to the east. Forests again begin to approach its left bank, and along the right-bank, swampy, floodplain, the right tributary flows - the Lyuten-ka River, which flows into the Sestra just above Lutosnia. A noticeable right tributary of the Lutosnya in the lower reaches paves the way through an open, partially swampy area. After its reception, having reached the open floodplain, the Sister becomes wider and full of water. Its banks decrease significantly, and the channel expands to 1520 m, the depth is on average 1.3 m, the flow rate remains the same. To the left and right, along the banks overgrown with shrubs, numerous, often horseshoe-shaped oxbow lakes are scattered, connecting with the main channel, small floodplain lakes and irrigation canals. After 4 km sister crosses the highway Shevlyakovo - Sloboda with a reinforced concrete bridge, and after another 8 km - the bridge of the road Slobodka - Vatolino. Near the bridges there is the possibility of access to the water. Now a beautiful coniferous forest is again approaching the right, high and steep bank. Slightly higher than stretched along rivers of the village of Trekhsvyatskoe to Sestra another tributary flows to the left Berezovka river, and 2 km below is the mouth of the Sundysh River.
Behind Trekhsvyatsky, at a distance of 7 km, there are the villages of Olsovo and Ust-Pristan. It is from here that the most promising and interesting section of the river for fishermen begins. Having passed under the next bridge, the Sister on the right receives the main, largest tributary - the Yakhroma River, and at the confluence it is almost one and a half times narrower than its tributary. The ancient trading village of Ust-Pristan has long been an important transit point. The goods that arrived along the Sister from the Volga went from here further along Yakhroma to Dmitrov. Below the mouth of the Yahoma, the estra turns north, the current slows down even more, the channel expands significantly, reaching 3050 m in places, the depth increases to an average of 2.0 m. The bottom is still sandy. Deep places begin to alternate regularly with shallow rapids and slight rifts. Sister here it seems to be woven from whirlpools, pits and extended reaches with calmly running water. Occasionally along the coast there are sandy beaches and spits. The indigenous banks themselves become quite high (12-15 m) and steep. Since the current is not strong, in summer the shallow waters of the Sestra become very overgrown. Accumulations of reeds, sedges, egg-pods, pondweed, hornwort and other aquatic plants appear both along the water's edge and in its thickness, which creates certain difficulties for anglers. The population around the Sister is somewhat increasing. One after another, the villages of Pustyn, Nizhnevo, Dulovo appear on its banks ... The village of Pustyn (the former name of the Bear Desert) stands on a steep northeast bend of the Sisters. It is known for its ancient monastery (1472) and the Mother of God-Nativity Cathedral (1556) located in it. A dirt-gravel road runs along the right bank in the direction of Ust-Pristan - Nizhnevo. Here the river lays a very steep but picturesque bend. Starting from Dulov and almost to the mouth of the estra, it flows along the border of the Moscow and Tver regions. Having passed the village, it enters the forest, approaching both its banks for about 7 km. Further, the right bank becomes open, in
in the immediate vicinity of it passes the highway in the direction of Dmitrov - Meldino. There are villages and villages here: Drochevo, Dutshevo, Isakovo, Nazarovo, Lipino, Tishino...
Just below the village of Dutshevo on the river, the ruins of a once-operating local power plant have been preserved. Despite the fact that the dam is almost gone, a slight backwater still spreads up the river, creating attractive places for fish and anglers. Here Sister It is replenished by the next tributaries: the Dyatlovka River, and after another 9 km, the Krutets River, which flows in from the left. The sister gradually turns to the northeast, along the way forming large, smooth bends. At the Karmanovo station of the Savelovsky direction of the railway, it passes under the Moscow Canal, after which it forms two steep bends and soon, near the village of Ustye-Strelka, flows into Dubna.
In terms of fishing, average and Downstream Sisters, certainly the most interesting and promising. Almost all categories of anglers can prove themselves here: floaters and spinningists, jig and fly-fishers, bottom fishermen ... Roach, perch, bleak, ruff, pike and chub are found everywhere here. Moreover, as they approach the lower reaches of the river, their number increases. From the numerous floodplain lakes and oxbow lakes, goldfish have penetrated Sestra and are doing well. During the spring flood, along the high water from the Volga and Dubna, bream, white bream, roach, chub, and ide rise here in a fair amount for spawning and feeding. In other years, even sabrefish came across, and in the pre-estuary area there is a possibility of meeting with asp and pike perch, once there was a catfish ...
Fishing season on Sestra begins almost immediately after the opening of the river and the melting of ice, when small snow thaws have just appeared along the banks. The first week and a half, while the water is still undisturbed by groundwater, and the current is not strong, effective fishing with a float rod for medium-sized chub, silver bream is possible here. The only attachment at this moment is a bloodworm, and the main components of success are the finest equipment, high maneuverability, secrecy of movement, and a good choice of location. Feeding during this period is optional. With the advent of heat, the water in Sestra rises sharply, overflowing its banks in lowland areas, flooding the floodplain. This period is considered "dead" for anglers. The situation is further aggravated by the fact that a significant part of the Sestra valley and its main tributary, the Yakhroma, has been plowed up for fields, the washout from which pollutes the river for 1.52 weeks. This must be taken into account when going fishing. When the flood ends and the water gradually clears up, in sister a large number of anadromous fish rises from the Volga and Dubna. At this moment, in areas with an intense current, fishing is successful with a float rod and a half-bottom, as well as a light picker or feeder. Downstream Sisters, where the current is noticeably weaker and the river is wider, many anglers also use poles with short, delicate rigs. The main nozzle at this time is a dung or earthworm, a caddisfly, as well as bloodworms and maggots. as the water temperature rises, it begins to bring more tangible results, and anglers no longer have to move several times from one place to another in looking for fish.
As the water warms up and the water area becomes overgrown, the summer jig with a side nod becomes the most effective tackle, and there is no need for a particularly long rod, a 6-meter one is enough. In the "windows" among aquatic plants comes across the most diverse fish: from small roach and bleak to large bream, crucian carp, chub. Of predators on Sister you can hunt for the chub, which has recently become the most numerous, as well as for the pike. However, due to the strong overgrowth of rivers, spinning fishing has its own difficulties associated with both the choice of specific fishing spots and the selection of lures. In areas free of vegetation, in a fairly fast current, small spinners work well ( Lobe type Long or Comet N91-3), wobblers like minnow, in some places - light and . The key to success is frequent change of places, maneuverability. In winter, fishing on the Sister does not stop. True, there are certain difficulties, the main of which is the impossibility of accessing directly to the river. Even in those places where the highway comes close enough to the river, you still have to go through deep snow for at least 200-300 m. In general, ice fishing is practiced along numerous whirlpools and reaches in this area. Considering that in winter the current speed decreases even more due to the minimum water level, the main tackle here is a winter fishing rod with a nod and a mormyshka. A variant of its float equipment with a hook is also possible. Particularly rich catches, however, are not observed, but small and medium perch, as well as roach peck regularly almost all winter. During prolonged thaws, you can count on the capture of a decent chub, and with spring warming, bleak bites usually begin.
In conclusion, one cannot but touch upon such a problem as poaching. Like most of our other rivers middle lane, on Sister it thrives. Here, in addition to the already "talk of the town" electric fishing rods and "networkers", grabbers and a somewhat different kind hunt. On no river, except, perhaps, Dubna, into which the Sister flows, I have not seen so many "cranes" fundamentally (not for one year) installed along the banks - devices for lifting fish with "spiders". Moreover, the dimensions of the "spider" lifts themselves are also impressive: 2x2, 3x3, and even more! The most important thing is that "non-humans" hunt them exclusively in the spring, when the fish, having gathered in flocks, ascend the Sestra to the spawning grounds to perform the sacrament of procreation, precisely at the time when the two-month period for the protection of the reproduction of fish stocks is in effect, when even sports equipment for amateur anglers are limited ... Naturally, manufacturers are scooped out without a trace, and no one cares about this. And if you are tired of the reservoirs of the Moscow region, then private hotels in Sochi are to your conditions. Why private hotels? Yes, because you live there like at home, and this has a positive effect on your vacation.