#KalaHässäkkä – The Ultimate Fishing Hassle

This was the second year I helped to organize a fishing event called #KalaHässäkkä in Kuhmo. It was so much fun. And one big reason is that the overall attitude there is so much of  "yes let's do it". Even though my ideas are not the most traditional ones, I guess....

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Midsummer fly fishing in Hossa / Part 2

Here is the rest of the Hossa Midsummer excursion. Grayling, trout, pearch, reindeer, frog.. yup!   Check out the Part 2 below. And if you didn't catch the Part 1, click here.     Episode 011 of 10K Experiment - Fly Fishing Lessons Hours 68 to 91 out of...

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Midsummer fly fishing in Hossa / Part 1

Juhannus means midsummer, nightless night when the sun doesn't set at all. You can stay up all night fishing as it doesn't get dark. (At least those can, who don't need their 9 hours of solid sleep every night). It's magical. And what better place and way to celebrate...

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Trout fly fishing in Finland

  Over the weekend I had a chance to meet two lovely flyfisher-ladies when we went fishing together in Kainuu. The girls were really fun to hang out with, and it was interesting to meet them since earlier this year they took the Fly School with Anni online...

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To catch a trout

  First river trip of the summer targeted Kuhmo in the Eastern Finland. I had a meeting there since I'm helping to put together a fishing event for this summer. Which I'm very much looking forward to. Since Kuhmo is a bit of a drive from where I live, it felt...

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Bellyboating

Bring the belly boats. Full focus on the snacks. Let's kick off this summer with pike fishing.   Episode 007 of 10K Experiment - Fly Fishing Lessons Hours 17 to 20 out of...

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Spring is pike time

This whole pike thing is fairly new for me. I love the idea that there is plenty of pike in our waters, and it's fairly easy to catch the small ones. So you get a lot of events. At least that's the theory. So this spring my mind is on pike fly fishing. The down side...

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It’s Spring

This is my "fun project". The whole 10.000 hours of fly fishing. It all started with really funny-slash-stupid idea of just seeing what would happen in 10.000 hours of fly fishing. After few weeks and 13 hours, it's proven to be really interesting and fun 'project'....

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How to Hold a Fly Rod

  Holding the fly rod? Which is better the thumps up grip vs. the index finger on top? Episode 004 of 10K Experiment - Fly Fishing Lessons Note - I don't actually break my wrist while fly casting, despite what I mumble on the video! ? ? Let's say rather I have...

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February red hatch and spring fly fishing for trout

  Maybe the weirdest way to launch a new video blog series, would be to start from the Episode 3. So that's exactly what I'm gonna do here. Here we go. In this Episode, I'm out fishing for the first time after a long winter. Some surface action and thin ice....

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