"Jarmo Hurri" wrote in message ...

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.


Jarmo,

I have never visited Nuorttijoki. But at summer 2002 we made a trip to
Suomujoki. The water was very low at that time (end of June). We were hiking
some 12 km up from Aittajarvi to the cabin of Porttikoski. We caughed small
graylings, some fullfilling the minimum size requirement, and small trout. When
walking backwards we fished some time at Porttikoski. Small trout mostly, but
my son Miikka had a nice trout hooked once. Broken leader and lost fish,
possibly 3 kilos or so.

When we came back to our car, we met two hiking guides, who told us that
we should have walked more further upstream, 15 to 20 km, to have much better
chances to get real fishing experiences.

For the next summer we are planning a trip to Naatamojoki (Nejden in Norway)
up in northeastern Finland. Means walking some 6 km minimum to reach the
river from the road to Sevettijarvi. But may be a good experience! Decent graylings,
big trout and even salmon going up from the sea.

There is also a competing offer for Swedish Clave 2004! I just heard from my friend
that he is arranging a fishing safari to Vodlozero (Vodlajarvi) in Karelia, Russia, next
August. There will be a group of spinner fishermen from Kuopio districkt participating
this trip. I am investigating the chances for flyfishing the rivers around the lake.
There is a national park around this lake, but the fishing is allowed.

Some links:
www.sll.fi/mpe/vodla/VodlaHome.html
http://www.onego.ru/win/vodlozero/

When I get more information, I let you know!

OsmoJ