That time of the year...

Hi folks!

It's that time of the year that there's really nothing fun to do. It's cold, there's snow everywhere and it's very, very dark... I'm getting a bad case of cabin fever here!!

The good thing about this is that I have lots of time to tie flies. I've been doing lots of saltwater flies for my up and coming tuna trip and some bigger salmon flies for the start of salmon season on the 1st of June when I'm going to make a comeback to the Gaula. Even managed to tie up some trout flies for my local river.

Tying flies is fun and all, but I'm really looking forward for the 1st of  March when we start up for the Pacific ocean and the search for those big tunas begins...

Some new salmon tubes

For Tuna and what ever is willing to bite!

Comments

  1. Capt. Jeff SmithJanuary 9, 2012 at 9:38 PM

    Nice looking bugs Jari.....Where in the Pacific are you headed for tuna???

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  2. Jari KoskiJanuary 10, 2012 at 8:07 AM

    Hi Jeff! It's a top secret location in Panama... I hope that it's a bit warmer there then here. Winter sucks!!:)

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  3. Jari KoskiJanuary 10, 2012 at 8:08 AM

    How are things on the Cape?

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