Posts Tagged: big

Arctic Char Video on Lars & Lars

Hi! Lars Nilssen´s video from Savalen (the place where I filmed the huge schools of spawning arctic char you saw in this post) is out on VGTV now. There is some J&FF material in there, too: a totally hysterical scene that our good friend Arne shot with his compact still camera. The scene features me… Read more »

Northern Exposure

I´m heading up there for 10 days of northern exposure again! Big arctic char and brown trout rising steadily in the magical midnight sun – ahhhhhhhh! I´m super excited! I´ll bring the camera, so there might some videoclips coming up in the not-too-distant future. Since I´m still All By Myself, you shouldn´t expect too much… Read more »

One Magical Day

Some days are better than others. It´s a fact. And this July day somewhere on Nordkalotten was better than most. With huge hatches of all kinds of insects and big, rising fish all over the place, this is the stuff that winter dreams are made of. Music: “Kivran!” (H. Stubø) Performed by Jazz & Fly… Read more »

The Tables Have Turned

4th of July 2010: After spending the better part of last summer chasing us four bandmembers around with a camera, it seemed only fair that our producer, Petzi, should make the first cast on this beautiful wilderness river up north. After all, Petzi is a passionate fly fisherman, and it must have been very difficult to… Read more »

Magical Summer Days in Lapland

The last couple of weeks, I’ve made several 2-3 days expeditions into undiscovered country up north. Some successful, and some not-so-successful. On one of these trips I stumbled upon a real treasure: a series of beautiful, small lakes, all connected by a little stream. They turned out to be  filled with my favourite species –… Read more »

Fishing and Filming in Ransarån

Cheerio, Here’s a quick photoblog from the Ransarån trip, which happened already two weeks ago. We made the trip with Håvard, Terje and myself aiming to catch some beautiful trout and of course, the arctic char. Besides fishing, it was a very good opportunity to try out the capabilities of the new video gear that… Read more »

Restless in Ransarån

Tapani and I just came back from the legendary Ransarån. Terje Storsten, a great bass player/fly fisherman came with us on the trip. The objective of our little expedition was to hunt for the ultimate Nordic trophy fish – the big arctic char. Ransarån offers excellent fishing for good-sized brown trout and arctic char, but… Read more »

Urban Fly Fishing with Lars & Lars

I was over at Vigelandsparken again yesterday, trying to hook up with more urban trout. Out of nowhere, Norwegian fly fishing legends Lars Lenth and Lars Nilssen, known from various books, articles and TV-shows, showed up with their fly rods and camera ready… The result of our joint efforts can be seen on their exciting… Read more »

The Latest News

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… Read more »

Video Gear Madness

The following e-mails were exchanged between Joona and me today: —————————————————————————- 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… Read more »