At the end of next week we’re going off for the fishing trip of the year. We are heading for a week in the wilderness, at one of Håvard’s secret places that is supposed to be packed with huge arctic char and trout. Håvard’s been there before and he has told a lot about the… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Fly Fishing
Cows & Flies
Another beautiful spring day above the arctic circle. This time, the weather was on my side, and I had a terrific day, catching several beautiful trout on the dry fly while communicating with the local cattle. Cows are much more intelligent than you might think! Czech it: Catch ya later – Håvard Music: “Chanson de… Read more »
How I became a flyfisherman
Why did I start to fish at all? My parent’s never fished with rods, my dad just used to fish with nets every now and then at our summer cottage. It was my uncle who introduced me to fishing. He bought me my first spinning rod and told me what lures to use. I got… Read more »
High Fives!
The Nordic fly fishing blog scene is really happening at the moment. Cool new blogs are popping up all the time, supplying high quality fly fishing-related stuff to the starved masses. These are some of our favourites: The Swedish Nylinder brothers and their crew have a large collection of cool videos on their brand new… Read more »
Season 2 – Ransarån – Of things to come
One intense week of J&FF is now over and I’m back in Copenhagen. We started off with a nice three-day fishing trip to Ransarån in northern part of Sweden. Me, Håvard, Petzi (our producer) and Terje (a friend and an excellent Bass player) were back at the scene of crime from last year. (See blogs:… Read more »
The Art of Fly Fishing
There’s a big article about Jazz & Fly Fishing in the latest number of Sztuka Lowienia, (The Art of Fly Fishing) a Polish fly fishing magazine. And more than so, they even included a CD with three tracks from our new album! Unfortunately all I know in Polish is Sztuka (Art) and Lowienia (Fishing) so… Read more »
J&FF Live in Oslo!
We´re playing in Oslo on saturday 28th. Venue: Herr Nilsen, at 16.00. Oslo dwellers: Don´t miss this rare opportunity to hear the band live – this is our first ever Oslo show! We´ll be showing some new videos before the concert, and since we´ve started shooting Jazz & Fly Fishing: Season Two, our cameras will… Read more »
Album out now!
The Jazz & Fly Fishing debut album Slow Walking Water has now been officially released! We have updated the Music section of J&FF homepage with samples of each track, and you can even purchase the album directly from the page with PayPal account or credit card. Now as the fishing season is about to begin, it’s… Read more »
Here Is Trout!
With more than a little help from Norwegian fly fishing legends Lars Nilssen and Lars Lenth, who run the excellent flyfishing blog larsoglars.no, I found trout! Smøla is the place. It is a totally flat and stunningly beautiful island on Norway´s western coast. The island has lots and lots of small watersystems, and most of… Read more »
Loving and living jazz & fly fishing
Vince Maggio, Professor of Jazz at University of Miami’s Frost Music school, describes his love for both Jazz music and fly fishing and how they are interrelated. Nice playing and fly tying!
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