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Trip Reports. Trip reports and articles about Fishmaster fishing trips all over the world.

Maldives

Maldives 14-23.1.2010

A hosted Fishmaster fly fishing and spin fishing trip to Maldives. The conditions for fishing were good, maybe a bit windy for the first days. We caught plenty of target fish; giant trevallies and bluefin trevallies. Our group of 6 persons caught total of 50 trevallies whereas about 30 fish were between 3-10 kg. The best poppers were Rapala Skitter Pop and Creek Chub Knuckle head. Also some very nice GT and bluefin trevallies were caught with Clouser Minnow flies. I caught about 5 kg GT and 5 kg bluefin trevally with fly. In addition to these we caught one shark of 1 meter (with fly!), red snappers, bonitos, groupers, spearfish, barracuda and many other species. Jouni Rauha. See photo show about trip >>

Scotland

Tweed 8-15.11.2009

Fly fishing for salmon on the Nest beat on the Tweed. The conditions on the river were good, nice water height and temperature. The air temperature was around 10 degrees. There were very good run of salmon this week, total catch of the Nest beat this week was 31 salmon for 5 rods. I also had one of the personal best salmon fishing weeks and caught total of 18 salmon. The biggest fish of the week was approx 10 kg and average weight about 5-6 kg. The best flies were black and yellow tubes, I caught almost all of my salmon with big Black Sheep tube fly.

Jouni Rauha

Sweden

Gotland 29.10-5.11.2009

Hosted Fishmaster fly fishing and spin fishing trip to Gotland. Our group of 10 persons fished for seatrout for 4 days on beautiful coast of Gotland. We caught total of 31 seatrout, most of them were smallish, between 40-47 cm and were carefully released. In addition to these we caught 7 nice seatrout weighing 2-2,4 kg. Both flies and spoons seemed to be working well. Pattegrisen ja pink Drags Devil worked best as flies. Fluorescent red spoons were best as spinning bait. The weather was variable and winds changed from moderate to hard.

Jouni Rauha

Norway

Gaula Flyfishing 1.6-31.8.2009 >>

Norway

Stjördal, Östkil 5-19.7.2009

Nice 2 weeks period at Stjördal-River Östkil Beat. The beat is very nice consisting several good pools and is located in beautiful Norwegian scenery. The weather was variable and water was quite low. We caught total 14 fish: 7 salmon and 7 seatrout. If we have had normal water level, the catch would have defenetly been much better. Wesa Koistinen caught biggest salmon; 10,5 kg at Östkilskogen pool and Veijo Koponen took 5,1 kg salmon at same pool. Pasi Reinikka was able to catch 2,2 and 1,0 kg grilse and several seatrout at Sonoset and Östkilskogen pools.

Jouni Rauha

Scotland

Spey, Castle Grant 10-17.5.2009

Good fly fishing week in nice conditions on Castle Grant beat on the Spey. The beat is very nice consisting several gorgeous pools and is located in beautiful scenery. In the beginning of week water level dropped slowly but raised little in the end of the week. The weather was sunny first part of the week but changed to cloudy and rainy weekend, daytime temperatures were around 12 degrees. The run of salmon was ok but not very big numbers running anyway. We caught 5 salmon weighing 3,5-6 kg and 2 seatrout about 1,5 kg and 2,5 kg. We also lost several salmon after a short battle. Best flies were Spey Sheep, Cascade and Park Shrimp.

Jouni Rauha

Scotland

Dee, Lower Blackhall 3-10.5.2009

Difficult fly fishing week in challenging fluctuating water conditions on Lower Blackhall beat on the Dee. First water level was quite a bit lower than normal but raised several times and coloured in the middle of the week. The weather was variable and quite chilly and windy, daytime temperatures were around 12 degrees. Fishing was slow, we caught one salmon weighing 5 kg and three seatrout weighing about 1 kg each.

Jouni Rauha

Scotland

Spey, LWE 19-26.4.2009

Good fly fishing week in challenging low water conditions on Lower Wester Elchies beat on the Spey. The water level was lower than normal and slowly dropped more during the week. The weather was mostly warm and and sunny, daytime temperaures around 15 degrees. Fishing was good, especially in the beginning and in the end of the week, we caught total of 5 springers weighing 3-4,5 kg. The best flies were Black & Yellow and Yellow tubes.

Jouni Rauha

Scotland

Spey, LWE 12-19.4.2009

Good fly fishing week in fine conditions on Lower Wester Elchies beat on the Spey. The water level was bit lower than normal and dropped slowly during the week. The weather was mixture between cloudy and sunny. Fishing was good, especially in the first part of the week, we caught 5 springers weighing around 4 kg but one was cracking 8 kg. We also caught 1 seatrout about 2 kg and 2 kelts. The best fly was Black & Yellow tube.

Jouni Rauha

Scotland

Spey, Pitchroy 5-12.4.2009

Very nice spring salmon fly fishing in fine conditions on Pitchroy beat on the Spey. The water was bit higher than normal and raised couple times during the week and dropping back quite fast. The weather was mostly cloudy and suited very well for fly fishing. Fishing was very good, especially in the middle of the week, we caught total of 7 springers weighing 3,5-6 kg and one seatrout 1 kg and 6 kelts. The best fly was Spey Sheep tube.

Jouni Rauha

Sweden

Mörrum 30.3-4.4.2009

The conditions on Mörrum river in Sweden were good, the water flood was around 40 cubics per second and weather was sunny and warm, only the nights were cold. Fishing was ok but not very good this time. We caught one 10 kg salmon and one 2,4 kg seatrout and one rainbow trout. We also lost few fish.

Jouni Rauha

Scotland

Spey, LWE 22-29.3.2009

This week the conditions on the Spey were challenging, the water rise several times and salmon seemed to be running hard. The weather was windy and chilly, we had a mixture of rain, sleet and sun. We caught total of 5 kelts and lost more than 10 fish, for some reason the salmon seemed to take our flies very gently, often on the dangle and most of them were lost after short battle.

Jouni Rauha

Scotland

Dee, Kincardine 15-22.3.2009

Good spring salmon fishing in fine conditions on the Dee. The water level was normal for this time of year and dropping slowly, the weather was warm and sunny. Fishing was very good, especially in the beginning of the week, we caught total of 7 springers weighing 4-5,5 kg and 12 kelts. The best flies were Dee Sheep ja Black & Yellow tubes.

Jouni Rauha

Maldives

Maldives 21-30.1.2009

A hosted Fishmaster fishing trip to Maldives. We flew from Helsinki via Frankfurt to Male in Maldives and continued there with short air taxi flight to destination. We had booked whole Mas Hibaru mothership for our group. The ship was nice and worked well as our base in atoll during the whole trip. The crew of the ship was friendly and professional and made excellent food for our group of 7 persons three times a day. We fished every day in different spot. The fishing places were flats and reefs and proved to be extremely nice to fish. Water was very clear and it was easy to see the fish in shallow water. The bottom was mostly sand or coral or mixture between those two.

While fishing on reefs and flats we caught couple bonefish, plenty of bluefin and striped trevallies weighing up to 6 kg and lot of other species as well. The highlight of the trip were giant trevallies we managed to catch. The biggest gt was caught by our guide Mr Petri Varis. This big fish weighed approx 15-16 kg. I myself managed to catch a gt of approx 5 kg with white Clouser Minnow. Mr Mika Pöllänen caught nice gt of about 4 kg, also with Clouser Minnow fly. Also Timo and Petteri caught both giant treavallies of approx 5 kg. We also lost some hard battles with big gt:s that proved to be too big and strong to be landed. While changing the place with mothership we trolled couple Rapalas and caught couple yellowfin tunas approx 5-6 kg, one dogfish, one rainbow runner and one barracuda. The weather was warm and mostly sunny. The daytime temperature around 30 degrees and nightime temperature around 20 degrees. The wind was moderate or slow.

Jouni Rauha