My first online flyfishing club-event
Super exciting. I'm having (my first) online event. To register to this webinar, click here. It will be on Thursday 17th March 2016 at 7pm (Finland time, +2GMT) Book your seat here:...
read moreFly School with Anni – Learn Fly Fishing in 6 Weeks
I’m really thrilled to open up the doors today for Fly School with Anni –online course! Just think about yourself ready and confident to head out fishing. How awesome it will be to stand in your waders knee deep in the water holding that fly rod and feel the...
read moreI want to help you fall in love with fly fishing
I learned to fly fish before I can remember. It all happened by spending the summers in the wilderness with our family. Just by doing and enjoying. Testing, learning, casting, catching and falling in love with fly fishing in the unbelievable places around amazing...
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Fly Fishing 300 Days a Year Made April a Pro Who Doesn’t Believe in Flies
Interview of April Vokey by Anni Yli-Lonttinen “My parents thought I was crazy and told me that I needed to get a “real job”. I knew that I wanted fly-fishing to be my “real job”, so I went fishing every day to become a competent fly fisherman… and it paid off.”...
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A Date with a Fly Fisherman Lead Mari to Eventually Start Her Own Guiding Business and Star on a Fishing TV-show
Interview of Mari Elal by Anni Yli-Lonttinen I’ve been fishing all my life. However, in the early days I hadn’t met any fly fishermen or even registered the whole sport existed. In 2010 that changed, when I went on a date with a gentleman who had just returned...
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Jasper was so fanatic to learn fly fishing that even the challenging parts felt just intriguing
Interview of Jasper Pääkkönen by Anni Yli-Lonttinen Seeing a box full of flies as a boy was like opening the Pandora’s Box. From there on Jasper was begging for his own fly tying equipment and fly fishing gear. Overtime the focus switched from the catch to enjoying...
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After a fly fishing trip I appreciate good ice cream and a warm shower
Interview of Katri Pesonen by Anni Yli-Lonttinen Pike fly fishing at sea and chasing for roach at rivers are my favorite things in Finland. When you are fly fishing, you are forced to start thinking how the nature around you works. I am not very achievement focused...
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With my pictures and videos I hope to inspire more women to try fly fishing
Interview of Lotte Aulom by Anni Yli-Lonttinen In the beginning I sometimes just picked the fly that I thought looked nice. My husband tried to teach me fly fishing technicalities, without me listening. Somehow I managed to hook my first fish and was super...
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Ice Hockey World Champion learns to be better fly fisherman with mental training
Interview of Janne Pesonen by Anni Yli-Lonttinen On my very first fly fishing trip a trout jumped high in the air to catch my fly before it even landed the water. Amazed, I thought to myself, that can it really be like this? Besides the books, advice and...
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My small nerdy check-list of fly fishing goals will take me next to Jurassic Lake
Interview of Patricio Mac Allister by Anni Yli-Lonttinen Working in the fly-fishing industry has changed things for me. I feel lucky to be a part of it. But I always remind myself that fly fishing is about those moments when you’re in the water. Immersed in Nature and...
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Anni is outdoor & fly fishing vlogger and journalist from Finland.
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