Set on fire. On Fireland.

 

Some while ago, we travelled to Chile to visit a friend in Santiago de Chile. Already beeing there, I decided to take my rucksack, tent and sleeping bag with me to go for "a quick excursion" to the south. And while family and friends went to see Patagonia, I rented a car in Punta Arenas to drive to the famous Rio Grande on the chilean side of Tierra del Fuego, this famous river for sea run brown trout, that is every flyfishermans dream, with its peaktime in march. Now it was the 2nd on January. So I knew that there was only little to no chance of catching such an amazing fish ...

The one and only, Mr. Baginski?

If you could take only one fly to that famous island, which one would it be? That would hopefully catch most fish - on the most different conditions? So you finally would have something to eat. To survive!
The Fly Guys ask this simple but existentially pleasurable question from time to time to the ones that should know: great flyfishermen.
This time, it's - the one and only - Rolf Baginski, the famous german split-cane rod builder and author of the book "Split-cane rods – bamboo treasures", who we met some time ago. (in german).

And here it is: the Alexandra, a versatile and seducing fly for big fish - for more than 150 years. Thank you for sharing your one and only, Mr. Baginski.

 

Salmon fishing on Umba / Kola, Russia

Salmon control.

When I told my wife, that I intended to go to Finnmark for salmon fishing for the 6th time in a row, she said "Why don't you try something new?" Simple question, simple answer "Your're right." And as I meet Steffen Juhl, owner of Salmon Junkies (they offered some formidable rivers on Kola like Umba, Kola and Grand Varzuga back then) some time ago through my good old friend Blumi, and as he already had spent a good week on Umba, I decided to go for it too. So I called Steffen Juhl and booked the third week in June.