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Summertime is the liveliest time of the year in finnish river-waters. There is a lot of warmth and almost too much light, which makes fishes very active. The problems with springtime floods are over, but the river in summertime can be problematic to fish, too. When the temperature of the water is over 20 centigrades, may the salmonidaes turn to very difficult cases. Here is some tips for River Merikarvia in summertime. Low water conditions Summerfishing in River Merikarvia is consired to begin, when the flow is under ten cubic meters per second and the watertemperature is over 10 centigrades. Normally this happens between mid of May and begining of June. Like many of us know, when tempature is over 10 centigrades, are trouts, graylings and rainbow trouts at their most active. River Merikarvia is in a way problematic, because the temperature can rise very fast over 20 centigrades. Then we fishermen have serious problems: There is a lot of fish, but how to catch them? It is allowed to use Your brains while fishing It is a hot July day , water is low and warm and there is many fishermen, the pressure of fishing in the river is at its highiest. You get sweaty, the horseflies are buzzing. You can not see a fin of fishes, at least of the big ones; this is certainly a familiar situation to those, who have visited River Merikarvia in summertime. There is fishes in the river, the old proverb says: "The less You have broth the thicker Your soup is." This is very true, if You think the number of fishes on various water levels. Roughly thinking, there is one good fish hiding in every deeper hole of Lankoski-rapid, when water is low in summertime.
 Jani is fishing carefully upstream in Lankoski. It is important to study the area You are fishing: Neglect the places, where there is no possibility to catch nice fishes and be concentrated effectively on the hot spots, where You presume the big ones are staying. In practice this means deep water, surging waters, shadows and the surroundings of large stones. These are the areas, where You will have contacts with fishes in daytime, but not with any equipments and techniques. Make the leader thinner, use smaller flies and the presentation of the fly must be unnoticeable and just to the nose of the fish. If no bite is coming, cast again and be keen-eyed. The bite is almost always very difficult to see. In the daytime You can catch graylings with dryflies, but the fly must float without sweeping and the leader must be thin like a spiderweb. Anyway casting upstream and weighted flies are the best combination in the daytime, when water is warm and low In the nighttime fishing is at its bestIf fishing in the daytime is not succesful, wait till the evening. When the sun goes down behind the trees, the weather gets cooler and the river begins to live. When watertemperature goes down only perhaps some tenth parts of centigrades, it makes the fishes active. The insect are hatching in the dark time, too. This is the time, when a fisherman must act. In the summertime the night is absolutely the best time to catch nice fishes. Daytime You are fishing the deepest holes of rapids, but in the nighttime You have to fish just near the surface level, because the interests and the senses of fishes are directed there without exception, too. The ends and beginnings of fast waters and large, like mirror areas are the places, where fishes like to stay. A 101% place for nightfishing is in Puukoski: the middle part of the rapid with quiet waters. If You know and can this area correctly, You will have several rainbows, some mighty graylings, and if You are lucky, there might be a nice trout waiting behind some stone for Your pupa to come in sight.
Pupas, presented just in the surface film, are number one flies when fishing in the nighttime river Merikarvia. I myself prefer casting upstream even in nightfishing, but the rainbows take crosstream casted and in the downstream hanging flies eagerly. Do not forget streamers in the nightfishing. Mika, the river host, has developped a nightstreamer called "Mika’s Black", which has proved to be a delicious troutfly even in total darkness. The finnish national fly, legendary dryfly Nalle Puh, has many marks in my fishing diary. Challenging but funFishing the summerwarm river can feel difficult, even painful. However, it is challenging, and the glory of succeeding is enormous, when You finally have a fish fighting on Your line. You have to make the right conclusions of the behaviour of fishes, You have to choose the right fly, You have to cast precisely and You have to hope the fish will accept Your offer. The density and number of fishes are in their highest in the summertime, so do not stay home, if the temperature is high and the waterlevel is low. Fishing in the summertime is fun, but still I am waiting for the autumn. This year will perhaps be a record year with the trouts and salmons running up to Merikarvia River from the Baltic Sea. Anyway, Meriakarvia River is worth visiting already earlier in August, too. There is a lot of fishes in the river. I hope my advices help people, who are going to fish Merikarvia or other rivers in challenging summer conditions.
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