riverman What about a trip into Suomi?

The place you're talking about (river near Tulppio) is probably
Nuorttijoki. I haven't been there myself, but my friends told me that
it is a very beautiful river, and quite unlike most other Finnish
rivers in Lapland (in terms of vegetation, at least).

I was visiting a river a bit north of Nuorttijoki last June
(Suomujoki). A gorgeous river, but seemed to have surprisingly few
fish. (I was mostly hiking, but wet the line a couple of times, with
no effect.) As with Nuorttijoki, a hiking trail follows the river, and
there's quite a bit of fishing pressure. Of course there is a chance
to catch a *really* big trout (swimming up the river from Russia), but
otherwise I wouldn't really call fishing over there good. At least
when compared with what I've experienced in Sweden.

No offense to my home country, but unfortunately I think that there is
a reason why so many Finns go fishing to Sweden, but relatively few
Swedes come to Finland. That is at least my impression, I'd like to
hear Osmo's opinion on this. For some reason, the Swedes just have it
better. I'm not sure if it's just a geographical thing (number of
lakes and rivers), or what else affects it. I'm not saying that there
are no good rivers, but still...

On the other hand, if we want to do it someday, a salmon / grayling
clave in August in river Teno would probably provide world class
fishing. For some photos of this "stream", see the links with word
"Teno" on this page:

http://www.perhokalastajat.org/kalapaikat.htm

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Jarmo Hurri

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