keskiviikko 23. tammikuuta 2013

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. :)


Ice Fishing For Huge Grayling



  








Our trip starts when March turn to April. Our group consist of Russian experienced fishermen. Our goal are make the new records of graylings for everyone. Guests were fish graylings all over the world, Alaska, Siberian wilderness etc...
The record what they have are 1,55kg (Siberia) and now it have to be bigger. That isn´t easiest job but it is still possible.
We go to the lake wich is located Enontekiö ”arm of Finland”. In the lake there are swimming  many huge graylings. Over 1,5kg weight, even 2.3kg!
Balance of lake is so good. that´s way graylings grows little bit faster than normally in that area. Graylings get lot´s of good food. Last but not least the lake haven´t any kind of fishing pressure. I´ve never meet there other fisherman.

Now to the point...

The fish are passive but we see lot´s of big graylings ( about 1,6-1,8kg) anyway. That give hope to the fishermen and they continue presistenting icefishing. That pay dividens and we get few graylings over one kilos. The records fishes  exchanges to the next day. Now it is time to go our basecamp warm up sauna and eat the real fish soup.

The next day is the day! I saw the magnificent sail fin then I shout to the Igor that he should come here to fish

It won´t goes long when under the ice rise up very huge grayling. It is 1870g. Record go into new in one stroke!

















Then, rock`n roll!!!!

Graylings 56cm and 57 cm

 














Trip goes well and every guests break their personal old records!

















We will also visited in reindeer herding area and we saw hundreds and hundreds of reindees on their own environment.


















Icefishing sauna :)

















For farewell dinner we eat reindeer rips, fried grayling, beaked bread chees with cloudberries and black pot coffee with vodka,  YAM!













Icefishing flies deceived huge graylings. The biggest graylings we get with olive copperhead nymph.















Ps, we saw more than once really big grayling (over two kilos) but that fish didn´t like our icefishing  jigs. Maybe that real giant graps dryfly in the next summer??? :D

torstai 26. tammikuuta 2012

Fly fishing e-mag - Fly fishing for Grayling

Pool 32 Mag is a free fly fishing e-mag for everyone in the Universe. See amazing grayling photo essay!







"I hope you enjoyed this photo essay from Aki the guy`s from Graylingland as much as i have.

And i must admit that I am really curious about this place, and one day i have to check these huge graylings out up there in the land of the thousand lakes.

I want to thank you Aki for sharing this photo essay from "the forgotten river" . You certainly have put Grayling fishing in a whole new perspective!

Br,
Mark Wengler
POOL 32 MAG"

Click on this LINK and you will get right to it!



keskiviikko 25. tammikuuta 2012

Fly fishing trips in Finland

Flyfishing season 2011 it was really good and allmost all our customers made new personal grayling records! We caught also very nice trouts, arctic chars and pikes!

Some memories with really nice groups, ...





































, ... and some gourmet meals :)























Every summer Grayling Land make the ultimate fly fishing tours to the mountain lakes and rivers in Finland, Sweden, and Norway. In search of the large Arctic Char, Grayling, Pike and Trout, the views are stunning and the fishing is excellent, if you are interested in this once in a lifetime trip please do not hesitate to ask us for more information. Email, info(at)graylingland.com

keskiviikko 4. tammikuuta 2012

maanantai 4. huhtikuuta 2011

Record Graylings!

Graylingland - Some of our record Graylings!

Aki Huhtanen - Grayling 2120grams


























Ari Savikko - Grayling 2100grams



















Aki Huhtanen - Grayling 1960grams
















Ari Savikko - Grayling 1930grams





















Timo Kanamüller - Grayling 1900grams





















Igor - Grayling 1870grams





















Ingmars Birkovs (in the middle) - Grayling 1800grams























Kari Kujala - Grayling 1780grams



Aki Huhtanen - Graylings 1750 and 1640grams




















Ari Savikko - 1730grams





















Ari Savikko - Grayling 1730grams





















Aki Huhtanen - Grayling 1710grams




























Pekka Väisänen - Grayling 1700grams




























Aki Huhtanen - Grayling 1700grams


















Aki Huhtanen - Grayling 1700grams




 Kari Kujala - Grayling 1680grams























Piia Leppäkumpu - Grayling 1620grams







Emil - Grayling 1600grams






















Václav Liška - Grayling





















Giancarlo Sifoni - Grayling 1520grams



























Alvis Birkovs - Grayling 1400grams

sunnuntai 5. joulukuuta 2010

Record grayling on a dry!

My dream came true! I caught 2,12 kilo GRAYLING on a dry










Many years ago I had heard the old Sámi people that there is a "Forgotten lake" in Tundra, where the graylings eat gold and grow really large, even 3000grams! I thought that everything is just a story, ...

... But I did not get the story out of my mind. I saw the dreams many time about the lake,...





















8 September 2010. I was in "Forgotten lake". The evening it was fine. Warm weather +15C. The most beautiful Autum colors shine,... sun sets behind the hills and water butterflies rising up, ...

















Then I noticed that really huge grayling rise to the surface right on the beachfront. That was the moment for the gray Europa 12 dry! On the leader and out! ....wait...wait.. and PAM!!! My dream was realized even though it is not even figured out! Really really FAT Grayling 2120grams and 58cm it was in my hands!

 

























The date was perfect for great Northern Lights which rising up the sky after the sun set! I cried, I was so happy! Forgotten lake is true!

Europa 12





















Tight lines, Aki Huhtanen