Hello.

I know that this is a long shot but I'll give it a go.
My name is Tauno and I live in Inari, in Finnish Lapland beside a very good brown trout river; Juutua. I work in a hotel which was founded originally in 1937 primarily to serve English fly fishermen.

I am now trying to find some pictures or articles or anything relating my home river and those Englishmen who brought the art of fly fishing in my home village. So if someone has any information what kind of flies were used, any names who visited this area, any journals or diaries or anything, I would be very grateful for this information.
e.g. a fly called Morottaja was once in Hardy's catalogue and was (I think) made here. (It is based on Thunder & Lightning)

Also check a very good finnish forum: -The Art Of Fly Tying-

Thank you in advance for your effort.

Welcome to the Forum Juutua.


Frank Sawyer fished Lapland in the late 1950s. His 'Grey goose' nymph was developed there and also the 'SS' nymph - you will have heard of his more famous 'Pheasant tail' nymph.
Oliver Kite followed his footsteps, I'm not sure of the exact dates, other than he wrote of his exploits in Trout and Salmon January and February 1964 issues.
Kite developed a pattern he named 'Reindeer and Red' on that trip: Red wool from the pompon of traditional Lapp headgear, which camouflaged the built copper-wire body, with a few tufts of reindeer hair on the thorax.

I don't know if this information is af any help? I think it had some significance in the deveopment of British nymph fishing.



LP

Thanx Lunn's Particular

All information like this is very welcome.
Now I'm off to find the mentioned issues of Trout and Salmon
Thank you again and hope to find something else.

If you can read Swedish this book will be of interest to your project.

Chapter 1 covers Oliver Kite's nymph fishing for charr.

Its a recent link - perhaps you will bid for it? Easier than finding Trout & Salmon back issues.





Dato: 06-03-2009 Tid: 16:08:05
Streamer Mot Strömmen, Nils Färnström, 1965, indb. smuk, interessant, en klassiker !
Højeste bud: kr 199,00
Lukker: 29-05-2008 15:50:48 Landsdel: SV-98131 - Kiruna, Sverige
Ejermand: Steen Tofte Pedersen


Der kan ikke længere bydes på denne vare.

Nils Färnström, Streamer Mot Strömmen, 1965, indbundet i forlaget smukke lärredsindbinding, som ny. En meget smuk bog, med fine illustationer og fotografier, läkker layout. En klassiker som bör findes i enhver fluefiskers boghylde. läs og nyd !
Nils Färnström var den store forfatter af fluefiskerböger i Sverige, har skevet over 20 stk. Meget kunnig i det historiske også og dygtigt til at få frem nyheder. I denne bog fisker han bl.a. i Indien og har den berömte Oliver Kite ( nymfefisker ) med på fiskeri efter fjeldörreder i Lapland.
Portofrit !


Nils also developed Lapland fishing in his own right - introducing the popular Royal Coachman to the area. He was editor and proprietor of Sportfiskaren 1935 - 1964. He died in 1975.

THX.

I think that those gentlemen may have visited Finnish Lapland also. Most likely these men who I'm trying to find came to Inari through Norway and Tana or Paatsjoki rivers while fishing for atlantic salmon.

Unfortunately I don't have enough the time to study this interesting issue.
Most of the finnish books only point to a few Finnish or English noblemen leaving their names out.