Rivers of Lapland

The fishing has been pretty bad these last days except for grayling. That gives me a lot of time to work along the river and things are starting to look good and be finished. During the week i have been transporting more firewood, put up a few more signs and also cleaning up from garbage on the west side from Onka. When i am working along the river i can see salmon jumping every day in the streams except when i am fishing. That is a little bit strange but it is like that all the time. I have been out fishing for grayling and caught some fish up to 40 cm. I manage to catch a trout aswell on around 1 kg.



Yesterday i was out with Lars Munk on a guided fishingtrip with four finnish guests. I learn´t really much and had a wunderful time, just as our guests. We didn´t catch any salmon this day but we saw them in the river and the guests now have a lot of good places to fish and spend there ten days here in Kangos.

/ Erik Axner

The last days has been pretty warm and now the fish is starting to get really active with eating on the surface. I have been fishing i Onka , not for salmon but for grayling. The fishing has been good and some nice fish has been caught. The biggest one was on 45 cm. The fish was feeding on mayflies such as "Rocken" but also was they feeding on some small black mayflies. I also spotted salmon working there way up against the stream and one of them striked at my mayflies but i missed to hook it. It was probably the best because with my # 5 rod and 50 m of backing i would not have a chance against a big salmon in the hard stream.





Along the river there is signs now on both sides, on zon 2 and zon 3. We are working on fixing the rest of the signs but we are missing material for the at the moment. Remember to book your fishing license on the website ( www.riversoflapland.com ) to be sure to get your license. You can also buy your fishing license on Ica Kangos but the fishing might be booked for that day.

// Erik Axner

I have got some information that the first salmon has been caught in Onka. There was some guests from Italy that caught a 90 cm salmon yesterday in zon 2, Onka. I have been fishing for grayling during the weekend and have caught some fish. There has been a good average size between 35 and 40 cm. The flies that have been working is "E-12" and " Royal Wulff". The fish has been pretty hard to catch and was not so active with feeding in the surface but if we just get some sun, warm weather and hatching mayflies that behavior will disappear.





// Erik Axner

After a few days of heavy raining has it finally stopped. Some roads along the river are now in very bad condition so be careful when you are driving and park your car where there is space. The road to Onka on the east side will be prepared as soon as possible. Now the parkinglot is about 300 m on the road, not 800 m like the sign says.

I have also transported some firewood to Onka and Repolantoo so now there is a lot of it there! I have also cleaned the area from garbage and it was not a funny look. Please leave the place as it was when you got there och take your garbage with you when you leave. It looks so terrible when there is garbage and junk all over the place!

The waterlevel is starting to get higher after the raining and every day along the river is salmon spotted jumping in the river. There is also a lot of grayling feeding on caddis and mayflies, especially in the evenings. I was out fishing yesterday and caught two grayling on a small black tube.

/ Erik Axner

We have started to work and fix everything for the season coming up. We have a new part of Lainioälven that is about 11 km long and that means a lot of work.

- Building fireplaces
- Renovating windshelters and cabins
- Making signs for every fishingzon
- Transporting firewood
- Preparing the roads that are in pretty bad condition


We have already started with the signs and the look like this. We will put them up along the river during the week.



That is just a part of what we are going to do and we must also fish the stretch to see how the fishing is.
Now at the camp we have a trainee from ForshagaAkademin in Värmland called Erik Axner. He studies sportfishingtourism and a part of his education is a traineeperiod. He will be here all summer, actually to september and will work and fish along the river all day long. He will also be updating this blog regulary with news about the stretch and the fishing.

He was out fishing yesterday at zon 2, Onka and had a strike but no fish was hooked. There was also some fish active in the streams so they are here!



// Rivers of Lapland

Please help us now! One of the Swedish parties (C) want to build waterpower plants in our National rivers(Torne, Lainio, Kalix, Kaitum, Änges, Mounio, råneriver and more). If this motion is aproved nothing stops them from building waterpower plants in all these rivers and their tributies! Click on the link, to sign the protest list. Surport free flowing rivers.
Thanks!
Lars Munk & Rivers of Lapland

http://www.namninsamling.se/index.php?sida=2&nid=3820

I have caught salmon on these combos...
Loop Multi 15 feet class 10/11 and Loop Classic 79 / Loop Opti megaloop with Loop Adapted line.
LTS X1 14,6 feet class 10/11 and Loop Evotec G4 HD 9/13 with LTS's new Adapted line.
Loop Yellowline 13,2 feet class 10 and Loop Classic 79 / Loop CLW 8/12 with Loop Adapted line.
Loop Gass 12 feet class 6/7 and Loop Evotec G4 with Loop Custom float/S1.
Loop Opti Switch Style 10,7 feet class 6 and Loop Multi 6/9 with Loop Custom floating line.

The biggest surprise was the Opti Switch Style, easy to cast and great fighting skills in the blank!
I can recommend any of these combos, they'll do the job!

Still a few fish around, mainly colured fish. But I've see the odd fresh run as well.
Went fishing yesterday with Daniel. I caught a wee little cockfish, about 4 lbs.
Still hav'nt hooked any of the +30 lbs. cockfisk, this year but I still have time...

Caught on a 9 fot class 8 i lainio river.
Per biggest to date on a singlehand flyrod.

Here is Kalle Kamel with his first ever salmon. 82 cm from Onkka in the Lainio river

Senaste dagarna har Kalle Kamel, Sputte Tvärsne och jag fiskat i Onkka och på Kangos FVO's vatten, det har resulterat i tre lax. En till Kalle(hans första lax) på 82 cm. C&R.
Och två till mig, en på 4,75 kg. och en på 4,5-5 kg.
Där syns mycket fisk i älven och det går bevisligen att få dom att ta flugan.