In the Loop Fly Fishing Magazine - Issue 26

TRUST IN YOUR HOME WATERS:

Flyfishing for Toothy Critters

We flyfishermen tend to travel a lot. Most of the time, it´s a foreign river, another species or some other climate that really trigger us. Especially today, in the Instagram-era, you´re constantly exposed to fish porn from other places and regions – and it nourishes one’s urge to travel even more.

By KRISTOF REUTER

In the Loop Fly Fishing Magazine - Issue 26

Published on Sep 11, 2020

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What do you when a paralyzing pandemic sweeps across the globe and traveling is no longer a viable option? You either sit back and wait until it all blows over – or you get busy fishing your home waters. In our case, some of the home waters include salmon rivers that we’ve never really had our eyes set on before. However, spending our summer chasing their chrome migratory runs with double-handed rods has been a mind-blowing experience. We’ve fly fished for Atlantic salmon in Iceland with single-handed rods before, but – as it turns out – there is something extremely addictive about feeling the pull of a freshly-run salmon hooked, against all odds, in a huge swelling river. We cannot help but fear that, like so many before us, we will be driving around all summer next year, sleep-deprived, zombie-like, and with maxed-out credit cards looking for the next fix of chrome-infused adrenaline. Until then, of course, there are a few magazines to put out and this (issue 26) is the first of them. It features contributi

Articles inside

In the Loop Fly Fishing Magazine - Issue 26

Articles inside

Fish, Explore, Conserve: An Interview with Garrison Doctor

Home Waters: Fly Fishing for Toothy Critters

Tactics and Flies: Fly Fishing for Mackerel

Dream Waters: Lake Thingvallavatn

Jasper Pääkkönen: The Fly Fishing Viking

Gold Rush: Dorado Fever in South America

Arapaima: In Pursuit of the Jungle’s Apex Predator

Iceland: The Blend of Blanda

Payara: Whispers in the Night

Astove Atoll: Fly Fishing for the Masters of Destruction - Pt II