Hi! Inspired by our friends at the excellent Norwegian fishing blog Utras.net, I decided to sum up the Jazz & Fly Fishing year 2010, as seen by yours truly. As it turns out, we did a lot more stuff than I remembered in 2010, but here´s some of it at least: For me, the first big… Read more »
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The Year of the Rabbit = The Year of J&FF!
Hellau! We in J&FF would like to welcome you all to 2011 – the year of the rabbit and the year of J&FF! 2010, the year of the tiger, was kind of a test season for us. After recording Season One in 2009, we were a bit unsure of the future of J&FF. We had… Read more »
Moving Images from the People´s Republic
Hi! Here are some more or less random clips from my recent tour in China: Best things about China: People are warm and friendly, the food is great, and the energy is amazing. It is just so happening at the moment. Worst things about China: The pollution is awful. It´s incredibly bad.
J & FF Season One Sneak Peek!
Hi! Here´s a little Christmas treat for the followers of Jazz & Fly Fishing: a sneak peek of Jazz & Fly Fishing Season One! This is the same edit that was screened on the European part of the RISE Fly Fishing Film Festival. Enjoy, and merry Christmas from all of us to all of you!… Read more »
China, Baby!
The last week, I´ve been touring in China with my own band, the Håvard Stubø Quartet. On this tour, we´re travelling as a trio, with Steinar Nickelsen on the Hammond B3 sitting in for Torbjörn Zetterberg, the band´s regular bass player. It´s been a really intense experience – China is totally overwhelming – and I´ll… Read more »
Music! Music! Music!
Hi! This time of year can be pretty depressing. Christmas is in a month´s time, it´s freaking cold outside, and the Nordic Winter Depression™ is rearing its ugly head again. Same procedure as every year. So I figured this might be a good time to recommend some really good music. Listening to good music won´t… Read more »
Casting a Shadow: An Exploration of Technique
I was recently made aware of an exciting new development in fly casting from the gentlemen here at Jazz & Fly Fishing: The NEW, IMPROVED J&FF Shadow Cast. This cast takes the signature technique from A River Runs Through It in a completely new direction, and serves to finally tie together the broad, sweeping strokes… Read more »
Coming soon: Jason Borger´s take on the J&FF Shadow Cast!
As we all know, the internet is a fantastic way of getting in touch with people all over the world. Even your heroes are suddenly within reach. Last monday, we got this comment about our new J&FF Shadow Cast from someone called JB, saying that the “beauty of it brings tears to my eyes”. Since… Read more »
Winter
It is a fact that the winter is back again. The days are way to short and the weather is slimy. My hat is itching. Joonas hat is black. Tapani is sad all the time and Håvard is mad. One day it is snowing, and the day after, rain is all you can see. Why?… Read more »
Tapani's birthday
Exactly 28 years ago a small, wrinkly and very blond creature cried loudly for the very first time. A child was born, and he was born to be a bass player and a fisherman. Never could his academic parents (neither of them play music or fish) have guessed that this would be his path of… Read more »
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