Mika Lappalainen | Friday, 27 December 2024
It is one more year ending again. There is spotify wrapped, pornhub wrapped, what porn etc people watched on different countries. What music you was listening most and what others has been doing etc. So why not sexyloops wrapped also.
If I would use only one word... it would be shitty. There was just too many things again coming and going, mostly expensive things going. And yet if I look back it was a great year.
From January to April I had good flow about casting practise and improving myself quite well. Also we had our first racing reindeer for for long time at farm and he did well, I'm looking forward for coming season for him.
End of April we started our trip to Malaysia. That was absolutely blast. Surely it was not easy fishing as circumstances were difficult etc, yet I had few great moments on the lake even I couldn't land any snakeheads.
Few days at the river Sungai Tiang with Satu. That was truly something special. Great guides, awesome fishing, I landed few mahseer and one jungle perch (small) and Satu also got mahseers. I lost some huge jungle perch and few big mahseer. Even Satu enjoyed as it was not too hot as water was little cooler and shadow from rain forest.
Then few days in Perhentia island, snorkkeling, swimming, all inclusive... Then KL and change to go fishing again. Thanks to Nick from tacklebox adventure and his friend Affendi to organise that. Pacu fishing, I got two, lost one big and Satu lost huge one.
We were back in Finland end of May after 4 weeks trip. Afterwards I realised that I had 3 weeks in row just fishing, ot has been many years ago when I had that last, I would say 16 yrs.
Then it was normal summer with guiding and fishing home waters. Working with reindeer, hay etc, building things and repairing... normal life.
In August we had one more trip. This time in Sweden. I was hoping good trip as we knew area little bit and we know people from there. This was also tvshooting at the same time. We had two days in mountains (helicopter) and that was great dry fly fishing for trout. I caught few nice ones, unfortunately Satu didn't caught any. Again really difficult circumstances with changing water levels and wind... that fucking wind.
Then down to main river and that was one of the highlights of my fishing ever, I landed trout 79 cm (first measure 84cm, but everything over 80cm and I would loose my beard So 79 it is).
After tvshooting we stayed one more week and fished with friends and some new spots. Absolutely great week even still difficult, we got like 15 minutes fishing each day between winds. Well one day we had almost two hours with graylings and most of the time just trying to figure what they ate. I manage land few nice ones. Great week, on the way back home we stopped night over with our friends and I found snooker.
Autumn there was few great fishing days with dries and some nice new spots with good fishing. So even it was shitty year it was awesome. I can't really complain. I know next year we ard not able to do long distance trips, that doesn't stop me for planning year 2026.
2025 will Sweden basically and hopefully one nice ice fishing trip somewhere. And of course homewaters. I need to start again casting practise and also continue snooker practise. Help is coming as our friend from Germany will be around next two months and we agreed to do casting and snooker together.
So that was my sexyloops wrapped, shitty year with great fishing. I won't have as many fishing days as many of you, on the other hand, you are not living most of the year in frozen country.
Happy new year and go fishing in 2025
Mika the Legend
Ps. We had our first ever Malaysian guests in winter at farm today.