The water in the Finnish rapids is very murky. It’s almost impossible to see any fish if they are not rising. That’s why for me, one of last summer´s most memorable events was when we found this place with water that’s as clear as the Finnish vodka Koskenkorva! And to make matters more exciting, once… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Fly Fishing
The Shadow Cast
In the movie A River Runs Through It Brad Pitt is seen doing a cast so beautiful that it makes a grown fly fisherman cry. This cast was named the “shadow cast” and it was actually performed by Jason Borger, who runs the Fly Casting Institute. Now, Jazz & Fly Fishing has developed a new,… Read more »
Urban Trout Spawning in Oslo
Some weeks ago, I got a call from my friend Lars Nilssen (for those of you who don´t know him, Lars is a fly fishing legend here in Norway, and he currently co-runs a really cool fly fishing blog together with the no-less-legendary Lars Lenth: larsoglars.no). Anyway, Nilssen sounded pretty excited. He had been passing… Read more »
The Meaning of Life
Have you ever met anyone really obsessed about fly fishing? I mean really obsessed? Take a look at Paul Arden, one of the best fly casters in the world: he spends most of his time fishing in New Zealand, and runs the very popular website Sexyloops. This is Paul and The Meaning of Life:
The Lost One
You’ve already seen what happened during One Magical Day this summer. We experienced very heavy caddis hatches and caught lots of beautiful trouts on dry flies. While we others were catching trout after trout, Fredrik was hit by some sort of Curse. The fish neglected his flies and he was very unlucky this day. The… Read more »
Rise Fly Fishing Film Festival
Yes, here is some short info about where and when the Rise Film Festival will take place. Don’t miss this chance! London: Friday 19th of November, 7:30 p.m. – 9.30 p.m. Oslo: Monday 22 November, 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. Gotheburg: Wednesday 24th of November, 6:45 p.m. – 8:45 p.m. Malmö: Thursday 25th of November,… Read more »
JFF at Rise Film Festival
Can there be anything better that watching high quality fly fishing films on a big movie theater canvas? The problem is the theaters never show fly fishing films. That is until now, when RISE Fly Fishing Film festival sweeps across the globe with fly fishing film events. Soon they are coming to Europe, visiting London,… Read more »
The Curse
Fly fishing can really make you superstitious. While Tapani, Joona and I had One Magical Day of flyfishing, Fredrik couldn´t catch anything, and got really frustrated. And that´s not normal. Fredrik is a highly skilled flyfisherman, and more often than not, he´s the one who catches the big one. So there was definitely some strange… Read more »
Cod Kiss Goodnight
Joona and Håvard had no idea what kind of kiss goodnight they were going to get on this beautiful July night in northern Norway when Fredrik and I stayed up for couple of casts. Music: All Lights On by Joona Toivanen / Jazz & Fly Fishing
Learning Fly Casting
Can you learn fly casting in just 2 hours? Apparently you can. One of our missions at J&FF is to teach every jazz musician how to fly fish. In just two hours in separate occations, my friend Joel (who is also a great jazz bass player!) learned the basics. And as you can see in… Read more »
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