Fredrik, JFF´s own sea trout master, has been to one of his secret seatrout spots around Gothenburg again. He sent us this picture just to make us jealous. Guess what? It´s working, Fred!
And what a beautiful fish! Since he is an accomplished chef, I´m sure he´s already made a tasty meal out of it.
How did you catch it, Fred? What´s your secret? Tell us! Tell us now! Must now! Must…. aarrgghhh…
Fat Freddie
This is how to do it:
When we were in Gothenburg recording our new album, we had a vote and the result was unanimous: The band is no longer called Tight Lines Quartet, but simply Jazz & Fly Fishing.
Nobody was using the other name anyway – everyone just called us Jazz & Fly Fishing (we even did ourselves).
Jazz & Fly Fishing is just a way cooler name for the band, and I guess it´s also less confusing for people now that we have the same name for the band and the show.
We´re doing a lot of planning at the moment. Scheduling the rest of 2010 – the fishing, the playing and the filming is a lot of work, but we´re getting very close to a finished schedule now. We´ll post things here as soon as everything is in the pocket.
The real fishing season is so close now – there´s barely enough time to tie the last flies. Mowahahahahahahah!
Here´s one of my favourite summer memories:
Big is beautiful!
Good times!
The Jazz & Fly Fishing team has been working hard to make the most out of the JFF-web experience, and now the time has come to reveal our new site! We hope you like it! (Please submit any feedback about it via the comment link below the post.)
In addition to our brand new site, we want to give you a sneak preview of the upcoming album! Check the Music-page to listen or download the track.
Stay where you are!
Here’s my answer to Håvard’s video gear madness. Chaplin didn’t have the super colors and stereo mics, we don’t need them either.
But the music! Duke Ellington and his orchestra played jazz when jazz was young and the fish were big. And Fredrik’s monster trout is finally revealed here!
Today it is friday. What are the latest news?
1. Håvard is broke but happy. He found real happiness when he became the gear machine. He is also gonna get some more Norwegian oil money pretty soon, that’s for sure.
2. Earlier this week I promised to arrange a nice little competition. Have I done that? Yes and no… since I want everything to be perfect I don’t dare to start up the competition. There is to much pressure in the air. I’ve been looking for prizes all over my apartment, can’t find anything but trash and garbage. It is very strange. That is why I (as a boss over the whole competition) choose to delay the whole happening. T.b.c!
3. Joona is desperate. After many fishing days he still haven’t caught “the big one”. I say: Hang in there, brother, stay away from the alcoholic comfort-evenings. Sooner or later it’s going to bite over your fly… (but not this year)
4. Tapani is happy because… (nice cliffhanger)
5. I’m sorry.
Searching for prizes...
The following e-mails were exchanged between Joona and me today:
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Subject: Videogear!
Sent: Tue, 20 April, 2010 17:17:52
From: Håvard Stubø
To: Joona Toivanen, Tapani Toivanen, Fredrik Hamrå
I have now ordered the following gear:
– Portable travel harddisk – La Cie rugged 500 GB (Petzi style)
– Canon Wideangle lens (screws on to the front of the camera)
– Monster battery for the camera
– Canon DM-100 external microphone with “dead cat” windscreen (supposed to be really good)
– Headphones
– 4 16 GB SDHC memorycards
– Ortlieb waterproof camera bag (all this gear (hopefully) fits in it)
– Extra RAM for the iMac
– 2 big external harddisks for the iMac
– New OS for the iMac with the latest version of iMovie
I already have this:
– Canon HF S10 Videocamera
– A lightweight stand for the camera
– Pro Zigma polarizing filter (adjustable)
I am now officially broke!
We´re getting there, guys!
Håvard
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Subject: Re: Videogear!
Sent: Tue, 20 April, 2010 18:27:44
From: Joona Toivanen
To: Håvard Stubø, Tapani Toivanen, Fredrik Hamrå
Man, this is not enough. You can hardly do anything with this.
Joona
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God damn it! I really thought I had everything covered, and now it turns out I have to order lots more expensive stuff.
And I´m broke, too…
In Norwegian, we would call Joona a “jævla gledesdreper”.
I don´t know what it is in English. Try google translator for chrissakes.
Stay away from me, Lucifer!
It is now in the middle of the night, I just arrived from a late gig. Since I’m very tired I might express myself in a not very clear way.
Well well, today I woke up (as usual), had my coffee, ran 14 kilometers, biked 20 kilometers, fixed some pics, thought about some bullshit-ideas and played the drums for three hours. Then I went home again on the dear bike. Tomorrow I’ll do some recording stuff in the morning, then go fishing by the sea – finally some peace.
Speaking about coffee – how come the coffee here in Sweden is at least twice as strong as the coffee in United States? Can someone tell me that please! I really need to know.
Aaah… I almost forgot about the competition! Before I reveal what it is about I can tell you that the prize is gonna be a hell of a prize. The lucky winner of the competition will have the huge and unique possibility to choose among five things from my apartment. One of those “things” is a frozen trout. More info about that later.
The competition… Well, I don’t know how to arrange that yet, have to come up with something smart. Sorry for writhing this messy text. The picture below illustrates how my brain works right now – goodnight. /F
Inside the head
Today I took a short trip out to the sea despite a very strong wind. I skipped the waders and just took the sneakers and combined the fishing with some jogging on the cliffs. A couple of hours of casting in 14 m/s wind resulted in one tiny trout. On the way back I almost stepped on a snake, a viper. Their bite can be dangerous, so I was lucky not to piss this little fellow off. Waders protect well against those but not the sneakers! Tomorrow the wind is calming down a bit and I’ll be gone fishing!
As we´ve written earlier, Fredrik is a true Renaissance man. He´s the kind of guy that can do anything – without really trying. This photo was taken yesterday with his trusty Nikon D90. I think it looks really cool.
Fred is sleeping right now after a rough night, but I guess he´ll explain a little bit about this picture later.
Spaghetti Waterfall
PS! I´m still stuck in Oslo. Doesn´t look too good for the Ukraine tour either.
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