The next day, the festival staff hooked us up with a local fishing oracle, Morten, and together we embarked on a serious fishing trip for my favourite fish – the arctic char. Morten´s special place was like nothing I´ve ever seen. Just going there was an adventure in itself! The round was dangerously narrow (even… Read more »
Yearly Archives: 2009
At World´s End
The Varanger area is a place of great contrasts: Lush, green farmlands and sterile tundra wasteland within walking distance of each other. Vegetation of rainforest-like density juxtaposed with landscapes that look way scarier than Mordor from Tolkien´s Lord of the Rings. And, in the middle of all this, the beautiful town of Vadsø (pop. 6500),… Read more »
Oulu, Elojazz
We had a very nice concert in Elojazz with a featuring sax player Antti Hynninen. He has recently released an excellent album with his group Auteur Jazz. It just so happened that Antti is also an established fly fisherman, so he decided to join us for the trip to Norway’s Varangerfest. We all thought that… Read more »
Pike Fishing
After building up our egos catching the beautiful brown trout in Ransarån we were confident to try something different so we went after the most fearsome of the scandinavian predators: the pike. Gafsele is a place where many of Sweden’s biggest pikes are caught and 10 kg is not uncommon in these waters. We were… Read more »
Joona's JFF interview on SR P4
You can listen to Joona’s interview on the Swedish Radio P4 at http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/Sisuradio/programsidor/index.asp?ProgramID=1018 The interview is in Finnish, you can find it at “Tiistai 1.9.” a bit down on the page.
The JFF High Life
The tent woke us up automatically after the temperature in the morning sunshine reached 55C. It was good to take a morning swim in the river although the water was way too cold. Finally, we had the time to do some serious fishing without too much hurry. Did we catch anything? Yes we did. On… Read more »
Coolest fishing photo..
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Ransarån
This area holds some beautiful fishing waters that all have more or less the same name: Ransan, Ransaran, Ransarån, Ransaren… We took the boat at lower Ransarån to get across the lake Ransan. Our target was to go to the river-mouth of the upper Ransarån and hike upstream to find a good camping spot. It… Read more »
Saxnäs, Sweden
We arrived in Saxnäs. Before heading off to the Ransarån river we had a special gig in a fishing shop. The fishing shop in Kultsjögården was a real treat after a long drive. They served excellent coffee and food right next to the fishing gear. The concert was soon to start when we realized that… Read more »
On the Road with Miles
After the hard days of salmon fishing in Beiarn we said goodbye to our excellent guide Bört, put on some Miles Davis and headed off to Sweden to find the relaxing peace of the tundra. Fredrik had some deep scars from the salmon fishing so it was good that we went back to his home… Read more »
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