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JFF: Featured Videos

We make videos with DSLRs, cellphones, handycams, or whatever we can get our hands on. Our latest project is a documentary about, well, ourselves.

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The 2011 Shadow Cast Competition

The jury has reached a verdict and the final results of the 2011 JFF Shadow Cast Competition are here!

See Shadow Master Jason Borger's comments on the best three !

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Hi!

We are four jazz musicians who are crazy about fly fishing. In 2009, we formed a jazz band called Jazz & Fly Fishing and went on a once-in-a-lifetime tour, playing concerts and flyfishing all over Sweden, Norway and Finland. A TV production team followed us along the road and made a documentary TV series about our adventures. The whole thing turned out to be too much fun, so here we are - making music and movies, and blogging about jazz, fly fishing, and beyond. Enjoy!

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JFF: MUSIC

Our debut album, Slow Walking Water available now!

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Blood Knot Blogger issue

One of our favorite online fishing magazines, Blood Knot Magazine, has released their 2nd annual Blogger Issue. This mag is packed with feature articles and fantastic photos from around the world. Excellent winter reading! We are also proud to be contributing writers on this one. Enjoy!

 

 

 

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New Video: It´s Your Fault

A short edit from our tour in Poland, September 2011
Music: Jazz & Fly Fishing

Thanks: Ranjit Prasad at Saraswati Studios, Igor Glinda at Tartak Fly Fishing Centre, Kuba Standera at Sztuka Lowienia, Peter, Thomas, and all the other beautiful people that helped us out and made our stay in Poland so memorable.

We´re coming back, guys!
Special thanks to Roli Mosimann for supplying the title of the video and for sharing his philosphy of life with us.

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6 Responses to “New Video: It´s Your Fault”

  1. Brian Schiele  on January 26th, 2012

    Love it! Great video! Please come and play in Utah!

  2. Laurynas  on January 26th, 2012

    Very very nice job, guys! I really like your point of view :))

  3. Håvard / Jazz & Fly Fishing  on January 26th, 2012

    Thanks guys! Brian: we´d love to. We´re planning a trip to the US in April next year. Hope to see you there;)

  4. Shoreman  on January 27th, 2012

    Make sure you post a list of places where you’ll be. If you’re close to Northern California we’d love to come watch.

    Mark

  5. JB  on January 28th, 2012

    Loveable surrealistic. Polish free jazz?

  6. Håvard / Jazz & Fly Fishing  on January 28th, 2012

    “Polish free jazz”, indeed. I never understood where that Norwegian saying came from before I went there myself. Now it makes perfect sense to me.


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Fly Fishing Russia´s Far East

A "Good Sized" Siberian Taimen taken on a fly by Mikhail Skopets

Russia´s far east has always fascinated me. The vastness and remoteness of this enormous area makes Scandinavia´s deepest wilderness seem like an urban park.

And there is fish there, too: lots of weird and beautiful salmonid species, many of them unique to the area, as well as other interesting species. And there is very little real intel to be found online.

I stumbled upon this exciting website called Fly Fishing Russia the other day, and I thought I´d share it with you. The blog is run by fish biologist/flyfisherman Mikhail Skopets, and deals with, well, fly fishing in Russia. Highly recommended – check it out!

The above image shows Mikhail Skopets with what he refers to as a “good sized” Siberian Taimen – a fat 137 cm specimen. This kinda makes me wonder what he would consider a “big” taimen…

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3 Responses to “Fly Fishing Russia´s Far East”

  1. Fredrik Hamrå  on January 23rd, 2012

    Thats a hog! A barn door! Lets go!

  2. Nilz  on January 25th, 2012

    Fredrik: Kan jag ha sett dig i Luleå igår (25 Januari)?
    Eller såg jag i syne? Funderade på att springa efter ?dig?och skrika ut min uppskattning men det blev aldrig av.

  3. Fredrik Hamrå  on January 26th, 2012

    In Luleå? I was in Stockholm that day but it seems like I have a twin brother!? Did I carry a fly rod? Är ditt riktiga namn Nilz? Nu blir jag nyfiken!


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Fish soup

Fish soup!

If you fish in areas that holds a lot of wild fish it doesn´t harm to every now and then keep one fellow. When that happens, this recipe can be a good choice! If you have a lot of energy you can bake twisted baguettes at the same time. If you have even more energy, you can (the day before) make you own aioli and serve with the soup. If you still have energy left, give Håvard a call!

I actually haven’t had the time to take any good pics when making the soup since I´m then in the middle of soup-making-action. Lets take it from the top. This is what you need:

Fish soup is a quite easy dish to cook. It doesn´t take to long time, it is not very expensive and it is very tasty. There is basically only one thing you must avoid in order to make it taste good. Most of you out there probably already know what I’m talking about. This is what I’m talking about… ok, here it comes; whatever you do, do not boil the fish. Some chefs claim that fish is not supposed to get warmer than 58 degrees…

There are thousands of recipes of different kinds of fish soups, this is just my version. You can of course add or remove ingredients and create your own favorite.

Recipe, 4 – 6 persons (Before you do anything else, turn on a nice record and prepare and chop the ingredients)

Step 1

Butter, about 20 gram

Olive oil, some oil

Heat up the fat in a large pan, lets say medium heat

Step 2

Red onion, a half

Onion, a half

About 100g Leek,

Two Celery Sticks, one chopped finely chopped and added early, the other one in bigger chunks and added at step 4

Chili, not too much

Garlic, 1 – 3 cloves

One Potato, chop it as you feel

Add the stuff above and let it sweat for a while, not get brownish… this takes about 5 – 10 minutes.

Step 3

Tomato, one

Tomato puree, two spoons

Let the tomatoes run around for about 5 minutes before you add the broth

Step 4

Broth (+ water), 15 dl If possible, make your own

White wine, 2 – 3 dl depending on what kind of whine, taste and see!

One Carrot, Chop it as you feel

One Fennel, roughly chopped

Shell from lemon, more than you think but not the whole fruit, taste and decide

White pepper, some

Thyme, some dried and if you have; some fresh thyme as garnish

Celery, the big rest of it

Bay leaf, two – four

Curry, very little curry, less than you think, the soup is not supposed to taste curry

Let this boil on medium/low heat for about 15 – 20 minutes. Meanwhile – taste and add salt if you need. Since the fish holds no salt, the soup can be a little tiny bit too salt before you add the fish.

Step 5

Mushrooms (champignon), If they are small, don’t cut them. If big – big chunks! Wait a couple of minutes…

Step 6

Fish, about 400 – 800 gram bone free filet, cut in quite big chunks. Perch, char, pike, salmon… or just cod, what you can get that’s not caught on the other side of the world

Lower the heat and add the fish, make sure it doesn’t boil!

Step 7

Add (if you have) fresh thyme ring the food bell! /F

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  1. Joona / Jazz & Fly Fishing  on January 19th, 2012

    MMmmmmmmm! Is this the same as Cobra Perch soup, only with trout?
    What happened to my left leg on that picture? Looks like I have stepped on a land mine!

  2. Fredrik Hamrå  on January 19th, 2012

    If you add cream to the soup and use perch, you will get cobra perch soup. It really looks like you stepped on a land mine!

  3. Shoreman  on January 19th, 2012

    Hi guys. I’ve been following your site for a couple of years, but for some reason, Blogger would not allow me to comment. Now that I have a new website address, new search engine, and IE9 it looks like I should be able to. I believe you know Eric Arellano. His mother and father are very good friends of my wife and I. I can be found at northerncaliforniatrout.com.

    Mark

  4. Joel  on January 19th, 2012

    There is a lot of dräggel going on in my mouth now. This is the best soup that has ever passed through my body. Where do I find that type of shrimps?

  5. Fredrik Hamrå  on January 19th, 2012

    The Shrimp can be found in my fly box. Bogdan Thorasz might have a couple of them as well, I’m not sure!

  6. Joona / Jazz & Fly Fishing  on January 20th, 2012

    Hi Mark (Shoreman) – yes, we indeed know Eric, actually me and Fredrik are playing a gig with him next week. Greetings from J&FF!

  7. Christian  on January 20th, 2012

    Fredrik you bastard! you promised “step by step” for that pattern over half a year ago! now get to work!

    Thank you :)

  8. Håvard / Jazz & Fly Fishing  on January 20th, 2012

    Couldn´t agree more, Christian.

  9. amos garrett  on January 20th, 2012

    thanks Fredrik– I’ll send you a fish soup recipe called “chowder”– of French origin, later refined in Ireland and then New England– Amos

  10. Fredrik Hamrå  on January 23rd, 2012

    Oh, I forgot about that shrimp pattern! I’m sorry! Will really try to make it happen soon. The main material is fox tail, search the roads while driving, you might find something there!


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Great Video

This spectacular video was brought to my attention by the great Swedish photographer and flyfisherman Knotan.
Be sure check out Knotan´s site, and enjoy the video!

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4 Responses to “Great Video”

  1. igor glinda  on January 16th, 2012

    nice one…

  2. FISKING  on January 16th, 2012

    Culture shock of the century right there! No more culture for me this year…this life…

  3. Fredrik Hamrå  on January 17th, 2012

    Ha ha! Culture chock! Nice movie!

  4. Sean  on January 18th, 2012

    WTF!!! Hilarious!!!!!


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The art of eating & fly fishing

As a longtime friend of Fredrik – the creative genius, drummer and flyfisherman of J&FF – I know that the subject of food is of utter importance. Whereas most people have probably been through the following stages, I will use Fredrik as an example, partly because he’s a nice guy that loves eating, and also because I have some photos for illustration.

1. Bring it to the max!

Before a long hike you should eat well to keep the body going for hours with a heavy back pack and a demanding terrain. Family pizza for instance. There’s no need to save on weight, fat or carbohydrates (but Fredrik is always whining about the price of the Norwegian food).

One man, one pizza

 

2. In-field cooking

Now this is a form of art. On a long trip the meals have to be planned so that there’s: a) enough food, b) not too much food to carry and c) tasty and varied food that is possible to prepare with very simple equipment (this is the most difficult one). Fredrik is a true master of making in-field gourmet dinners. We’ve had some of our lives’ best three-course meals in a tent in the middle of the Scandinavian tundra, prepared by Freddy the master chef. However, planning the amount of food can go wrong. Too much food and you end up competing who can make the longes “squeeze” out of a tube of soft cheese by jumping on it. Too little food and you realize it’s two slices of bread a day for the rest of the trip. Believe me, both have happened us.

You can never get enough coffee on rainy days

Preparing dessert

Pancakes!

 

It doesn't get better than this!

 

3. Emergency situations

These photos illustrate some of Fredrik’s methods for surviving the extreme situations that may occur when you fish too much and eat too little. The recipes are in the photo titles.

Wheat flour

 

Butter with flour and cinnamon

 

Noodles, raw

Time for lunch now, stay tuned!

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8 Responses to “The art of eating & fly fishing”

  1. Håvard / Jazz & Fly Fishing  on January 13th, 2012

    The flour eating was unbelieably funny. That is actually the hungriest man I have ever seen.

    Fredrik is an excellent chef!

  2. Paul  on January 13th, 2012

    Hope I will find someday fishing haven where I will fish more than eat :)

  3. Unikis  on January 13th, 2012

    I think, that more food is better than less.

    It is easy to plan meals for yourself, but to plan meels for all group could be mission impossible ;)

  4. Fredrik Hamrå  on January 13th, 2012

    Ha ha, the flour pic… I was pretty hungry. And that pizza, it was actually insanely big!

  5. Petsi  on January 14th, 2012

    Wheat flour-pic.
    Raw noodles.

    Freddy is the man.

  6. Graham  on January 14th, 2012

    Haha I think we have all been there..one too many beers..not enough money for a take away..only a bag of rice in the cupboard..to hungry to wait for it to cook…why does my stomach hurt so much?

    P.s have you guys ever used a Kelly Kettle? They are the ultimate bit of camping equipment!

  7. Joona / Jazz & Fly Fishing  on January 18th, 2012

    Graham: No, I’ve never seen the Kelly Kettle before. I watched the video on their website and it seems really good! The only problem might be the size of it. You know – fishing equipment with waders, camera gear, clothes, tents, sleeping bags, food for a week & cooking equipment in one back pack…
    But the KK would be perfect for a shorter trip for sure!

  8. Phil Lowry  on January 22nd, 2012

    a friend, who shall remain nameless after spending toooo many nights on the famous Conningbrook lake, decided on a cold and windy evening under canvas… that, wait for it, Curry flavoured Porridge would be a tasty meal. I can suggest, from the look of puppy poo, it wasn’t that appetizing. How do I know this? well, the ejection of the “porridge” was placed at a vantage point for birds and wildlife. for 2 years after this occasion, it was still staining the place where it landed.

    another occasion, I ate 1lb of turkey meat, just fried, with a jar of pickles poured on top – again on a trip, far to long for good mental health. I think my colon thanked me for returning to civilisation.

    This blog has been a revelation, keep up the great work, if you can call it work :-p


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