Fly fishing for big whitefish

Whitefish fishing with fly considered hard and it´s partially true. But it isn´t the whole true. You have to be in right place and you have to got right equipments then it´s turn to party.

The most Whitefishes prosper low sandy bottom backwaters and lakes. 

For flyfisherman backwaters are exellent places to fish whitefishes.

Whitefish is shoals fish. Even bigger whitefishes swim in groups. When it´s calm wheather and huge whitefishes got the mealtime the vision is amazing. One another big sails flash on the water.

If you plan to fish you shouldn´t gaze the show at long time. Because in tundra wheather don´t stay long calm. When the wind breaks the water surface the sails disappear immediately.

Aki Huhtanen and wetfly whitefish 2350g

 

Whtiefish choose its food more specifically than some other species. That´s why its reputation is difficult to catch.

That isn´t enough ,for example, that a fly is only brown, its have to be just right brown. When you find the right fly. Cathching turn to notably easier. Usually whitefishes take insects away from shore so you have to wade  closer to catch them.

But you shoudn´t wade after them because whitefishes escape according to the you approach them.

Better is to wade some way. Stay and wait that fishes comes again to casting distance. Whitefishes used to swim actively when they are eating and soon or later they will swim casting distance. You just have to wait.

Ari Savikko and low floating fly whitefish 2350g

Dryflyfishing for whitefish is the most interesting and usually the best way to caught them . I got the best record to fish whitefish with low floating dryfly. Also dryfly gives many great moments but the most effective is low floating dryfly,  named AS- whitefish fly. Simple but  whitefish like the colours. I think that the colour and size is the most important thing of whitefish flies. Only  after that comes to shape.

Fishing technique is also decisive thing. To fish with low floating fly: strpping, stop, strip a litlle bit again and stop....

Usually whitefish take the fly when you are stripping in. That is the reason why its hooked better than fish with dryfly.

Fish with the dryfly the problem comes to do back lash. Reflexes are set up to fishing for trouts and graylings and that wont´t work with whitefish. Useing that method whitefish had time to spit the fly away and thre is no catch. It is better that fish do that decive itself. It is easier say than make. Anyway it have to make decive a little bit late, because whitefish have time to swallow the fly.

Ari Savikko and dryfly whitefish 2730g

When you are find the right place and fly. It can be too easy. It hava to remember fairness. Whitefish isn´t the the best catch and relase fishes, because it fag itself out of game. Whitefish have so tine mouth that fingers don´t goes in. You shoudn´t forget the aid equipments if you want to fish catch and realese.

Catching whitefish is after all just having fun. Once you have get the big whitefish you will come back again and again. In the Graylingland there is also other fishes than the lady of the stream itself.

Kari Kujala and dryfly whitefish 2140g

Our guest Gary Huges (President of Sandvik Mining)

Gary´s dryfly whitefish 2240g

Here is brown adult sedge imitation, europa 12 (graylingland adaption)

- Fly get´s little bit hit when 2730g whitefish catch it.

Here is one of my favorite when whitefish don´t eat surface of the water. Brown Graylingland larva. With this fly I have get two over 2 kilos whitefish.

AS-whitefish fly.

For whitefish over two kilos can make a toast. :)