Ikaalinen,
Poltinrapids 30.6.
TomiL
This time the fishes were dayactive even if it was a
clear and warm day. At 12 a rainbow 1,2 kg and an hour
later a silvery trout 48cm/1,5kg. It had wandered up
from the lake to eat bleaks. Both fishes with Gray
Zonker. Later in the evening a rainbow 1,0kg. Pitty,
it was hooked on the adipose fin. Some natural born
20-30 cm trouts promised a good future to this river.
Merikarviariver
27.6.
IiroO
I went fishing in
the evening for a couple of hours, when the weather
was nicely cloudy. I landed 4 rainbows, but lost my
0,16 mm larvatippet. It is now hanging on a jumping
machine's jaws. The best fish of the evening was
anyhow a 40 cm grayling. Larvas are now hot flies! All
the fishes C&R.
Turku,
Pitkasalmi 27.6.
Ktl, Petski and Pauli
Two hours jigging zanders in the evening under black
thunderclouds. Petski caught two minors with
green Storm shad.
Merikarviariver
27.6.
IiroO and friends
Eveningfishing between coffee drinking and grilling
sausages. I caught three rainbows with small larvas
under the fast white waters. Fishes were afraid of
bigger flies. In nightfishing bigger flies are ok.
Rainbows took best size 12-14 flies. The flow is
now nice eight cubics in second.
Latokartanonkoski
27.6.
OlliT and Tapsa
Fishing in Latokartanorapids. Four hours of fishing
gave a lot of different fishspecies:Bleaka, roahes,
perches, vimbas, a tench, breams and seven
rainbowtrouts 0,5-1,5 kg. Tapsa caugjt two and I five.
All the fishes were released. Leeches were once again
the best flies. I tested larvas, too, and caught one
rainbow. It was importatnt to get flies deep enough. A
heavy rainshower forced us to seek shelter in the car.
Teno,
Karigasniemi weeks 25-26
Vyrtsi
Intermediate report: Till now eight landed salmons.
The best flies have been Mar Lodge, Ramilokki (=
green variation of Mar Lodge) and Sarvijaakos (=greenish
shrimp imitations). Water level really low!
Karkkila,
Pitkalarapids 21.6.
TomiL
JSeeking for the
midsummerfish. Water (+16c) was in low level and clear.
In the morning only one happening, which gave to me a
nice midsummerrainbow.
Latokartanonkoski
16.6.
OlliT
The licence began at 18.00, The first two hours gave
vimbas, perches and bleaks. At ten o'clock even rainbows
started to hit, three landed and two lost ones. The
best fly was bead head orange tailed Leech. You had to
cast upstream and serve the fly with the flow. One
rainbow was 800 g and double 1.5 kg. The water level
was perfect for fishing.
Salo,
the sea-area 15.6
OlliT+co
Fishing zanders. In the early evening flyfishing 12
zanders, of which only one was legal size. After 23.00
two hours of trolling. Four fishes, of which two legal
size, the bigger exact two kilos. The hot lure was Rapala
Original.
Kynasriver
14.-15.6.
MarkkuR
Every fisherman had
quiet time, because the water level was really high.
My licence gave two under one kilo rainbows. These C&R
fishes I caught both days , when I started fishing.Too
much selfconfidence left me without hometaking fishes.
Askainen
12.-13.6.
MarkkuM
Two days fishing
alone zander. 45 fishes to take with (40+ cm) and
about five times so many smallies. One fish 1,5 kilos,
others basic size.
Kynasriver,
the Qualification Competition of Finnish Championships
in Flyfishing 5.-8.6.
MarkkuR and members of LSUK fishing club
In thursday, when we were practising, the fishes were
very co-operative. Saku landed over ten rainbows. The
eight cotestors of our club took it more calmly.
Vaararapiod was the
place we learned best. I
had there one raibow and three legal size graylings,
pitty, a bit outside the competition area.
In the first period I had my first ever official
competition fish, a rainbow 54 cm, with which I won
this period. I even lost three fishes in this period.
Of the Team SFM Vyrtsi and OlliT won their
periods in Vaararapid. In saturday evening me and
Jouni were placed 5th and 6th. In sunday we both had
NF. My problem was too light flies. LSUK club members
had a even competition, all placed 7-15 of 31
participants.
Virrat,
Kotalarapids and Kitusrapid
Ktl, Seppo, Pertsa, Ahti, Jari, Ari, Juha and
Risto
Rivers were filled with water after heavy rains.Jari
had four and Ari two trouts with wobblers, Juha
flyfished one trout. Pertsa got with fly two
rainbows and Ahti a nice one kilo id. Rest of the
group had only contacts with trouts and, of course,
perches, roaches and pikes.
Boston,
Moon Island 8.6.
JakeK
The result of two
hours of fishing was two minor stripers with # 2
chartreusse/white Half & Half. This time the
water level was really high, and the place looked out
totally different as earlier. In the places where you
last could wade with rubber boots, this time only your
cap had floated on the surface. The weather was rainy,
I wish the summer comes soon here, too!
Nautelarapids
8.6.
JaniO
I decided to make my
eveningwalk in Nautelan, talking about eveningwalk I
mean, that equipment was running shoes and a flyrod.
The waterconditions are now in my opinion perfect in
Nautela. A bit difficult the fishing is anyhow, when
you do not hava waders on. Rubber boots would already
help a lot. Some hot spots Icould fish, and saldo was
a good fight with a trout, but lost it. On the same
footsteps I got three nice trouts, 40,42 and 43
cm. I have never in my life caught three legal size
trouts on the same footsteps, and perhaps never will.
In Nautela there are a lot of hatching insects, and
the water temperature is perhaps optimal for trouts (
I think so, because the trouts fought really good.)
USA,
Boston 5.6.
JakeK
Again I seeked new fishing place in Boston area. This
time I had with Jack Gartside's book Flyfishing in
Boston Harbour. I choosed one place from the book and
drove 15 miles and 1.5 hours in traffic mess. The
weather was rainy and the ebb was high. Waders on and
let's go!
I waded along the shoreline casting every now and then.
After two hours and 3 kilometers I got a bit frustrated.
A new fly on the leader, a white # 2 deceiver, though
the darkness was falling. In my flybox were no black
streamers, which could please my eyes. So it was white
now. Casting a while and then a hit. Of course my
Berkley's lipgripper was down under in my bag. The only
possibility was to wade slowly to the shore, I was about
50 meters out. Nice fight and finally a nice size
striper showed its sides. Just by the shoreline the fish
put on a real jumping show and took out line like a
train. And I tried to hold the line tight. Of course
just by my feet the leader broke in the middle. On the
bottom there were a lot of shellfishes and they broke
the leader. Anyway I had decided to release my first
striper this year. Luckily I got hold on the fish and
landed it. The fly away, some photos and
refreshing the fish and releasing it. There it went! I
felt really good, and the feelings got even better when
I opened a tin of finnish Karhu beer. That I brought
with me when last time visited Finland, and I had saved
it for the first fish of this year:-).
There he goes! PhotoJakeK
Askainen
7.6.
Ktl, Kauko
and Lassi
Five hours learning jigging in the best zander places.
And they learned: Ten legal size fishes plus a lot of
smallies. White-chartreusse, yellow and chartreusse were
the hottest colors.
Lassi
had at his best a zander with four casts in the row.
Askainen
4.-5.6.
OskuG, Mikko and Pasi
We began fishing in wednesday at 9 o'clock in the
evening and fished actively till 2.30 in the night. Then
we had an hour break and went on fishing till half past
five. Legal size fishes only 11, minors about eight time
so much. The biggest one 900g (Mikko). At five o'clock
there was a good hit on, but we had to go home. All grub
colors gave fishes, but yellow and motor oil were
hottest.
Kemijoki
HarriM
There are now quite a lot seatrouts in the river. I have
rowed two weeks and caught seatrouts (1,3 and 2,1
kg) plus a salmon 2,5 kg. The flow is strong, and already in the beginning
of May the first fishes ran up to the Isohaara
power dam. The biggest seatrout now caught was 6,3 kg.
Now we are waiting salmons to run into the river. They
can be size up to twenty kilos.
6-8.6 in Kemijoki there will be arranged Lohigames harling contest. The
winner gets with the biggest salmonidae 2.000 euros
Simojoki
HarriM
The flow has been good, and water temperature is optimal
salmons to run into the river. Traditionally we wait
salmons to come in the middle of June. Some fishes has
already shown themselves in the river. The main schools
with huge salmons are still waiting in the sea. I have
caught one fish with lure: a 5,03 kg pike. That
was good to take it away from the river. A pike eats
hundreds of small salmon babies. I hope fishing gods
remember me now. A nice salmon would be excellent price
for my good deed.
Askainen
4.6.
Ktl,
Markku, Jaska and Janne
Six hours of jigging zanders in the evening. Over twenty
legal size (37 cm) fishes, of which we took 13 over 40
cm with. Now there are too many smallies, only every
eighth was legal size. Markku had the biggest one: 1,89
kg, 61 cm. Berkley's 4" grubs in colors glow
and white/chartreusse plus traditional grubs chart with
silver flakes and 3 " yellow pearly were hot lures.
Markku ja illan suurin
Salo
3.6.
OlliT and Ari
Fishing zanders in the near by Salo sea-area. We started
at 20.00 and fished two hours. I caught with flies 4
zanders, but only one was legal size (40 cm). Ari had
with yellow grub jig zanders 1.4 kg and 1.1 kg
plus one exact legal 37 cm.
Ari and the biggest one of the
evening (1,4 kg). Photo OlliT
Askainen
3.6.
MarkkuM
and Tapio
Six hours of fishing. About 40 legal size zanders, every
fifth was legal. White was the best color.
Pomarkku,
Kynasjoki 31.5.-1.6.
MarkkuR, + co
In friday evening the
waterlevel was still high,
but went down till sunday evening about 30 cm. We had
the qualifying contest of our fishing club. Five
contesters tried to reach our flyfishing team for
Finnish Championships. We were not fishing the hottest
rainbow spots, this you can read in results. The only
rainbows were Vyrtsi's 58 cm and my 54 cm. My fish was
not accepted, because my second fly in leader was not
barbless. Second and
third place were won with graylings.
Pomarkku,
Kynasjoki 31.5.-1.6.
TomiL, Jori and Antti
Flyfishing Kukonkoski rapid area with 24 hours licence.
Water was already 15 centigrades and going down. We
concentrated in fishing rainbows, which this time was
not easy. We had few fishcontacts and landed fishes were
even fewer. Jori was the one who caught something: a 1,5
kg rainbow, which took light streamer. I had one same
caliber fish on but I lost it. We even woke up in the
morning at four o'clock, but no more happenings. Camping
in nature is always a refreshing experience, though
fishes are passive.
Jori and the 1,5 kg rainbow Photo
TomiL
Ruunaa
and Lieksanjoki weeks 21- 23
HannuH +co
Zanderseason began here in Ruunaa 20.5. Thomas from
Werner's group caught first zander in his life from
Kattilakoski 22.5.
Thomas and his first ever
zander 1,8 kg Photo HannuH
In Lieksarivers downer parts the season began 1.6. , two
landed fishes 3,3 kg and 2,3 kg.
Jere and 3,3 kg zander Photo HannuH
