Introduction For the past ten years we (as @FlyStalkers) have travelled for a couple of weeks to Southland in the South Island of New Zealand for a fly fishing holiday. Many people wonder why we bother to travel for roughly 36 hours (one way) for two to three weeks of fly fishing. The answer is…
Sea trout premiere
Season in the sea trout river – Part one
This season has provided a lot of time for me to reflect my past seasons since traveling has been restricted. I can’t say how much it has been coincidence or planned, but i have had a chance to experience sea trout river fishing in varied places in past seasons. Small stream fishing in Denmark, Finland’s…
West coast awakens
1st of April, the sacred start of the sea trout season on the west coast of Sweden. This spectacular archipelago offers some of the most diverse sea trout fishing in the world, from close to the city center of Gothenburg all the way out on remote islands far away from people. The fish population is…
Iceland travel notes, part one
Water moves slowly between cutbanks towards Atlantic ocean in Icelands north coast. Weather is surprisingly warm for early september and wind still air reveals every sound in these vast surroundings. Suddenly I hear rare but anticipated splash in upstreams. The surface breaks and raging sea trout reveals it’s absence. I move towards the fish fast…