Now what will be really interesting is to try to catch some
charr. Any special tips for this mysterious but delicious fish?

Roger Ah, now there's a question for the masters of this pastime
Roger called fly fishing. As you know I plan to hold a mini clave at
Roger Ransaran creek, this is where you will be measured and judged
Roger ;-)

Yes, I remember this plan very well with great pleasure. :-) Hmm, I
tried to look through my files, but I couldn't find the planned date
for this event. Was it right after midsummer (or before it)? I've got
to secure the home front well ahead.

Anyway, lo and behold, I picked up the newest copy of "Flugfiske i
Norden" today, and found in it an article with title "Röding in
Ransarån". What a coincidence! I can see why the river will be a
really nice place to pay a visit. :-) I don't know how popular the
creek has been so far, but it might very well see quite a few anglers
next year - I guess this type of articles tend to create some
additional activity.

[ Snipped a nice piece of text describing how to catch arctic
charr. Well, it was mostly about how _difficult it is_ to catch these
fish, perhaps best described by the following excerpt. ]

Roger I've seen lb 11 Arctic char feed on Mysis only to duck away
Roger from more than twenty different nymph imitations and streamers
Roger presented by me. Imagine the feeling of seeing such a fish in a
Roger 4 yard wide crystal clear stream, imagine also that you were
Roger able to approach to a point within reach of a cast. Then you
Roger get to see this huge fish ignore everything you can think of.

I've heard this type of stories before, and it immediately reminds me
of salmon fishing. Except that these fish are feeding actively, and
they _still_ ignore your flies. And you can see what they're
doing. What a terrible source of rejection anxiety.

One of the most interesting things I've read about these fish is that
they are very curious, and that characteristic can be used to catch
them. For example, the only way I've ever caught some of these fish
was by tying a small fly with a piece of monofilament behind a
lure. The fish come to see the lure, and then strike the fly. The fly
by itself did not do the trick. I've also heard of people teaming up
so that one guy uses spinning gear to attract the fish and another one
then catches them with fly-fishing gear. In the fear of a mighty blow
from the purist :-) I must immediately add that nothing like this will
take place in our group next year.

The author of the Ransarån article describes similar experiences and
techniques as you did (at one point it even occurred to me that you
might have been the author). There are also a couple of fly
suggestions in the article.

--
Jarmo Hurri

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