August 2010

After what must be considered to be a difficult summer for the dry fly-man in Northern Norway.. top angler Mr. Joakim Haugen took advantage of one of the very few days of - dry-fly weather in the far north...

We took the liberty of translating the email accompanying the photos from Mr. Joakim Hauge - From Norwegian into English 

“ Hello ! “

“Salmon fishing is a unpredictable sport - I guess this is what makes it so fascinating. Sadly conditions was bad  for month of August  at Repparfjord River - As the river was much bigger than usually” “ On Saturday the 31.07.2010 I went of to fish the Repparfjord River in Finnmark. On sunday morning the sun started shining just enough to create dry-fly conditions at the river. First fly I tried was the smaller of the Monster Tube Caddis ™. After just a few casts with this fly a huge fish came for the fly but missed. I did two more casts before it re-appeared - This time it got hooked. Salmon weighed 17.1 kg (37.7 lb.) and is the biggest salmon I have ever caught...

I used a Sage Z-Azis 9.6 # 6 with a Danielsson Reel. The hook was a size 12 Kamasan triple hook and the fish was hooked well - right in the scissors.

I used 0.40 mm leader (20 Lbs.) and fought the fish hard to prevent it from going down rapids. I used 15 minutes or less to subdue the fish and finally my father had to wade into the river to get the fish on land as - I could not apply sufficient pressure on the wide giant fish 

All in all the Repparfjord river has had a good season - with the month of July being exceptionally good

I love your flies”

Joakim Haugen

See some of the other fish in the competition...

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