Posts Tagged: hiking

Day 3, 4, 5 and 6

11:00 Finally! A river! A river? The lady at the hotel never mentioned any river when I asked her about the map and my planned route. Let’s take care of that problem after some water. I basically fell down to the ground, dropped the back pack and slid down to the water’s edge. After a… Read more »

Alone in the wilderness, day 2

Day 2 (cliffhanger.. ) 07:00 Woke up when I fell down from the bed. My head landed on one of the stones. Tried to laugh but it wasn’t too easy. Something felt wrong. Something.. A creature was moving around close to me. Outside the boat house I suddenly found myself staring at a.. to be continued….. Read more »

Alone in the wilderness, day one

This summer I had a very strong need of having “some privacy”. With privacy I mean fly fishing of course, but also time on my own. Since I wasn’t able to join the other guys on their long expedition earlier this summer, I made a solo trip. Here is a short version of the six… Read more »

Plan & Pack

At the end of next week we’re going off for the fishing trip of the year. We are heading for a week in the wilderness, at one of Håvard’s secret places that is supposed to be packed with huge arctic char and trout. Håvard’s been there before and he has told a lot about the… Read more »

Sight Fishing Part 2 – The Lapland Jam

Sorry for the long wait, but here it is: the second episode of Sight Fishing. If you didn’t see part one yet, you can see it here: http://jazzandflyfishing.com/​?p=2779 Joona is devastated after losing a huge sight fishing trout. Håvard gives a go with the dry fly. An improvised lapland-joik sets the mood for this episode… Read more »

Extreme arctic fishing ahead!

Hi I’m just finishing my packing for the expedition we are going to make with the JFF team. The destination is far up north, about as far as you can get in Europe. Tomorrow I will travel to Kiruna in northern Sweden where I’ll catch up with the other guys. Then we drive further up… Read more »

Four Guys – Four Million Mosquitoes

Our gig in Kalott Jazz, Tornio, went really well. Lots of screaming happy people that actually wanted us to sign our fresh-sounding EP. We did not have time to stay to long though, since we were in a hurry to the next fishing trip. Joona, Håvard and Tapani drove the bus while I tried to… Read more »