Empty table

Empty table

Mika Lappalainen | Friday, 14 March 2025

This week has been shitty. I got symptoms on Saturday, ignored those two days until Monday it hit. I had zoom lesson agreed with Paul on coming Sunday. Weather forecast shows - 10 celsius and heavy north wind.

That's not conditions to have casting session especially with my condition. It's Thursday when writing this so it is possible to get better before Sunday, yet I have doubts. Friday we have last busy day at the farm and I will be needed there. Today I walked 100 meter little bit faster and I thought that my lugns are burning and coming out. So we postponed session few days, time to me get better and weather looks good also.

We had holiday plans on table, Slovenia, Italy and Germany, something from Europe as this would be year without long distance travel. Well, something came up and now table is empty. I have to be honest and say that somehow I envy little those people who are able to fish all year round. Of course it helps if you are not living most of the year in middle of snow and frozen waters.

I do love my life and how we live. The thing is that in this point of winter, when you have almost 3 months before rivers opening and it is over 5 months since you was able to be on river. It is long time no see my old friend.

Well days will be longer than nights starting next week. Satu promised that I can plan my own fishing trip during the summer. So now I'm considering July and one week in Sweden. It's need to be after first hay making anyway.

Also I think we need to do another one together, that could be Sweden also. So even table is empty, it is not. There has been great FP's this week and I have been dropping on rabbit holes again, well I had time. 

Next week I have few ice fishing guiding and also we begin training young reindeers for pulling sleigh. Next winter is pretty much fully booked allready. And summer is not looking so bad either.

So spring holiday plans went out of table and some new ones came. Maybe I can survive last two and half months.

Have a nice weekend and go fishing

Mika