Hello from Lapland

[BridgeMountain 0]

My name is Johan Broberg and I am from Kiruna, Lapland Sweden. I live here with my wife and two kids. My passion for flyfishing and flytying was so strong that I started a little shop for flytiers. The winter here whith snow and ice is a pain for a flyfisher. It starts in Octber and if you are lucky it ends in the end of May...Plenty of time for flytying though . The reward is a fantastic summer whith billions of mosqitos and great fishing.

 

Mvh. Johan "BridgeMountain" Broberg

[picketpin 0]

Welcome Johan to FTF hope you will enjoy the site fell free to drop in any time

 

Tight lines Mike

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QUOTE (BridgeMountain @ Mar 11 2005, 03:04 AM)

... The winter here with snow and ice is a pain for a flyfisher. It starts in October and if you are lucky it ends in the end of May.

Kinda tough aiming for that little hole in the ice, huh? Welcome.

[Graham 0]

Welcome BridgeMountain, Glad you joined. I'm wondering if much Reindeer hair is used for tying in Lapland. That's a product I don't have, just wondering how it compares to typical deer hair. Lapland sounds like an exotically beautiful place to fish.

 

Graham

 

[bentflyrod 0]

Hello Johan!

 

Welcome to the Fly Tying Forum!

 

BFR

[BridgeMountain 0]

QUOTE (picketpin @ Mar 11 2005, 04:20 AM)

Welcome Johan to FTF hope you will enjoy the site fell free to drop in any time Tight lines Mike

Thank you my friend.

[BridgeMountain 0]

QUOTE (DFix @ Mar 11 2005, 03:35 PM)

QUOTE (BridgeMountain @ Mar 11 2005, 03:04 AM) ... The winter here with snow and ice is a pain for a flyfisher. It starts in October and if you are lucky it ends in the end of May. Kinda tough aiming for that little hole in the ice, huh? Welcome. The hole is about 15cm/diameter, yes it is tough

[BridgeMountain 0]

QUOTE (Graham @ Mar 11 2005, 09:36 PM)

Welcome BridgeMountain, Glad you joined. I'm wondering if much Reindeer hair is used for tying in Lapland. That's a product I don't have, just wondering how it compares to typical deer hair. Lapland sounds like an exotically beautiful place to fish. Graham

I haven`t tried reindeer I don´t know but they say that the quality is not good enough for flytying. My neighbour have a reindeer in the garden, maybe i can try anyway and then tell you if it´s working good.

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with billions of mosquitoes

 

Maybe that's why we have so many people with Swedish linage that live in the UP

(Same as Home = mosquitoes)

 

OSD.

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QUOTE (OSD @ Mar 12 2005, 01:56 PM)

QUOTE with billions of mosquitoes   Maybe that's why we have so many people with Swedish linage that live in the UP (Same as Home = mosquitoes)   OSD. Where is UP ?

[BridgeMountain 0]

QUOTE (bentflyrod @ Mar 12 2005, 12:03 AM)

Hello Johan! Welcome to the Fly Tying Forum! BFR

Thank you Bentflyrod !!!

[Fergus 0]

Welcome - your season sounds alot like the season in Northern Alberta Canada. Of course between tying bouts in the winter there is always x-country skiing to keep the arms and legs in shape for hitting the streams in the summer. [At least thats what we do here]

 

Enjoy the forum!