Bad Timing

Trout fishing season has began again here in Finland with the spring stonefly hatch.



I can't go now, and when I can it could be all over. Again.



I screwed it.

That is a sure sign of the start of the new trout fishing season!

Realistic Stonefly Nymph. Tied by Tomas Whitehouse

From Tomas Whitehouse

It feels just as real as it looks.

Tomas and Tuuli have a great website and shop at www.tntflies.com

"It is happening again. It is happening again."

According to the Finnish fly fishing forum The February Red Stonefly Hatch is coming in few weeks. Total four (4) specimen have been seen in the Southern Finland. Yes, you hear right; not one, nor two, but four!

It can be cold, and it can rain, it can be miserable, but I will be there: standing in a river. And if it is really miserable, I'll fish with the taste of blood in my mouth, but it will be a good taste: the taste of life after a long cold winter!

Taeniopteryx nebulosa

It is now late October and the next major hatch that will occur here is the February Red Stonefly hatch. And that would be late May or early April. Here are some pictures from last year hatch.

From Life

From Life

From Life

From Life

From Life

Leuctra fusca

From Life

The February red

They were there.

And it did rain. In fact, it rained the whole day. But I had fun. I was there all by my self for whole day.

I found lot of stoneflies but no fish this time. Well, there is always a next time...

The day after tomorrow

Forecast for Saturday is +4 degrees Celsius. Just about perfect for the first fishing day of the season - not counting the rain. Given that today is below zero but tomorrow is already above, the expectations are high for Saturday. The stone fly hatch is expected.