I have family down south in NZ. Always fun to visit, catch up on life, and maybe drag my son out for a fishing trip.

The weather forecast was positive with somewhat low wind, day in fog to start. The day wasn't going to be warm but you can't always get everything in life. Plus activity warms you up at some point.

Off we set, a bit of a journey in the car. Low fog was the order of the day.

Details >

Since getting back from the holiday, we have been working on the calendar for the BFCC and we now have a series of events for 2026.

Details >

As I continue to demonstrate that I carry more flies than Paul's 2, I'm going with one of the best top-water choices this week. The Gartside Gurgler, a simple pattern that just works.

Details >

It is our third day in Slovenia. It will be second fishing day also. We had good time and fishing in Krka river. On the way back we started to plan next fishing day, as we knew Unica river was crowded when were in Krka as there was rain in mountain area, so our guide Bruno thought that it will be more quiet next day as weather is good in mountains again.
 
It would be mostly grayling fishing and brown trouts, in that order. He explained that we need to have thin tippets and small flies, even 24 or 26 could be useful. He told that fish are picky and somehow we got idea that also really spooky ones.
 
We started to have feeling that it would be like Vindelån trout fishing, you get one cast, two if lucky and bye-bye if you don't deliver. Satu was little worried as she loves grayling fishing and catching graylings. River sounded  possibility no catch for her and could be tricky to me also.

Details >

This week has passed my by fast, very fast. A lot of the time has been spent in meetings with the Swedish casting federation with talks about the upcoming World Championships and preparation of materials around those discussions. Not a day too late so to say. 

And I have been fishing a little. Me and Ronja took a walk to a trout lake in the forrest to check out if there were some action going on. A little bit some waking fish and some caddis hatching. On our way to the lake I saw a common slow worm. Ronja didn’t see it and just walked right over it. Interesting name slow worm. In Swedish it is called copper lizard or copper snake. It is apparently a lizard, without legs and looks lika a snake. And it can lose its tail, as it is a lizard.

Details >

Concern over the tip of my left pinky, tingling since my December 31 visit to Malaysia, has gradually escalated with time. It feels a lot like a funny-bone excitation but has persisted for nearly 5 months. It began when I arrived in Hong Kong after the 16 hour flight leg from Los Angeles. Ulnar nerve compression is a frequent enough byproduct of long, red-eye flights. It’s not because I’m old. Resting the cubital tunnel on an armrest whilst ye sleeps is bad. Once squoze it’s tough to get the toothpaste back in the tube. The most alarming result is some muscle wasting in the hand. As the nerve jangles non-stop, it blocks signals that keep the muscle web between the thumb and forefinger activated and toned. Muscle disappears and in some cases is replaced by fatty tissue and thus may not be rebuildable.  Yikes. My advice to everyone - be careful with this stuff. It’s an injury without obvious trauma but is subversive for sure. Move around on long flights. Go light on the sedatives and gummies.

Details >