Jurgen Grotz, London, recently joined me for a six-day wilderness float. Here’s how he described the experience afterwards: “I had nothing else to do. It’s not raining, yet…” The Oarsman: Henri Kiviniemi advertises multi-day wilderness, river float and fly fishing expeditions.I have just returned from a six-day expedition with him and I now appreciate that
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Says Kyle, Most of us associate Lapland, Finland, with thick snow, reindeer, and the Northern Lights. While these presumptions aren’t wrong, something very special happens each year in the northern part of the region. Lake Inarijärvi is home to some large native brown trout, and each year these fish migrate upstream to spawn. The Ivalo
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This pattern started as a copy. I tied my first version after seeing one from Emil, the Guideline guy. I gave it a shot during the final weeks of that season. The results were clear: I landed more migratory trout in that short window than I ever had before. I’m not claiming those fish wouldn’t
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Early July. The river is awake, but the hunt hasn’t begun. There’s been little time to chase trout—too much on the plate. The early season has been about trying new things, floating through places unreachable in late summer’s leaner flows. Grayling trips, scouting runs, and the quiet work of preparation. The first real trout hunt
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