Tälta på Utö (Camping on Utö Island)

Last weekend Ovi, Marianne, Sofia and I decided to do something new and go camping on Utö! It went awesome. A nice island, nice company, great views, lots of mosquitos, wonderful taste of mosquito spray and the beginning of more adventures!

Only thing that went bad is that when we got back to the car, someone broke into our car to steal 12 kr...yeah, thats about $2.00 in change! More fixing to do on the Fiesta.....

Ovi and Marianne

Ovi Crammed in the back of our Fiesta

Me, Sofia, Marianne and Ovi

A view over Utö

Chinese Pose!

Fishing at Emån....Again

Heres a few pics from the latest outing (2 weeks ago) at Emån. No fish, lots of rain but still a good experience. Me and my spey rod are getting some more experience. Hopefully...soon LAX!

Harrfiske i Harkån (Grayling Fishing in Harkån River) The Boys Reunited!

Here's a little taste of our recent trip to the North (well, middle) of Sweden. About 1 hour north of Östersund is a wonderful place run by an outdoor company. Check it out at www.jaktfiske.se

Tolik, Davie and I were there last year and had a great time fishing for grayling. This year, Myself, Johan, Tolik and Artur went up to try out luck. Wasnt as great as last year due to the super warm and dry weather weve had in Sweden the past 3 weeks. The last week it has been raining and cold though, but the fishing and river have been hit hard by this. Low,warm water is not the best for fishing, but with some nymphs and a little lead (sink putty, not real lead) we got down to a few good ones. Even some dries worked good as there was a good hatch of caddis. Tolik and his buddy Artur had a great time swimming and picking mushrooms for our dinners!
It is a long ride up there, but it was great! Im going back again next year. This time it might be myself, Ron and my mom!

Caviar from Russia

Johan and his dog Morrison

Tolik, Always posing!

Tolik and Artur, Expert Mushroom Hunters!

The River, Low and Warm but nice

Me out in the river

Fika Time

Me and a nice Grayling

Johan, Tolik and I at the last dinner

Laxfiske i Laholm (Salmon Fishing in Laholm)

Well, I made it to Laholm to do some Salmon fishing in Lagan River.
To sum it up, here it goes....

Low Water, 90 degrees (nearly 30 C) and fish everywhere....but I caught nothing.
Met some GREAT people, fished a lot and BOUGHT A NEW SPEY ROD! Yeah baby, a two-hander! Its a bit tricky to use, but the casting is good and requires less energy to do.

Camped near the river, brought my little gas stove and tent and tried more the next day. Was hard, hot and no one caught anything (from what I know).

Hopefully, I'll get back out again soon. I even have a few small rivers in the area, Norrköping and Nyköping. Tolik, myself and Tolik's buddy (and maybe my buddy Johan) will be going up NORTH to fish. Hårkan and Lagån, two incredible Jämtland rivers. I'll post a bit more later!

Laxflugor (Salmon Flies)

"You wonderful Salmon in Lagan river, you are a living fire,
it is marvelous to catch you when you are fresh and expensive!"

My new double hand Spey Rod

3 Salmon Hotel in Laholm

USA TRIP!!!! What can I say....

Just some pics! Was great to be back and see everyone! Cant wait to come again!
You'll see Grandma and Papa, Flint-town and New York City!

Östergötland Road Trip!

Again when you Americans are complaining of the $4+ gasoline, we are paying around 9-10 bucks a gallon over here in Europe! What do I have though, yeah baby...A 1.3 L Ford Fiesta with 39 mpg! So, to get some more use out of the bad boy, Sofia and I went on a road trip yesterday to see some of the things Östergötland (the local county) has to offer.
We first went to see, Rök and the viking stone there (the best preserved in all of Sweden). Viking stones ROCK! We then set off to visit the Monastary and Castle in Vadstena, and along the way saw MORE viking stones. They are called "Runstenar" here in Sweden because the language/lettering is called runor. Finally we ended up in the castle, visited the picturesque little town of Vadstena, saw the monastary and just had a GREAT weekend!

Here is the pics:







And here's some pics from our weekend last week. When the weather is nice, we BBQ. But check out our grill. Its called an "engångsgrill" which basically translates to "one time grill" but works wonders on a big slab of meat like we had. Check out my other "beast," my Blue Crescent city bike! Yeah Baby!

2 weeks and Sofia and I are in USA!!!
Home sweet (sugar and fat filled) home!

Småland! (And more fishing)

Hej Hej Everyone!

Just want to put up some pics of my latest trip down to Småland to fish at the Helge River. (Helgeån)

It is SO Swedish there, from the little red cottages to the automatic fishing licence dispenser!
Great sites along the way and even saw some VIKING burial grounds with the special VIKING STONES and Runstenar! (Viking stones written in their own language)
Hope you enjoy some of these pics! I dont think I need to write much more about the trip, the pictures say it all....excellent!

Fly Fishing Only

Fishing Licence Automatic Machine

"The Beast!" A nice rainbow with 1 eye!

Helgeån, a very nice river

Check out the Viking Stone! AWESOME!

Old Paper Factor along the river

Castle Ruins Over Lake Vättern

A view over Lake Vättern from the Castle