Mika Lappalainen | Friday, 23 May 2025
Summer in Finland is short and furious, just like in any northern country. We have three months, absolute maximum four months, when everything has to happen. Birds laying eggs and have new generation ready to fly before autumn comes, berries, insects etc. Sun and warm has short period to do their magic.
And this same period is flyfishing season, that you can extend little bit from both ends, depending year. So extension part is depending luck, how spring comes and so on. So let's stick in main season.
Spring is filling with expectations, making final preparations and plannings for summer fishing. It is like wondering if I will get lucky tonight when having datenight. You know, dating girl few times and things are going well, maybe tonight I will get on second base, that kind of wonders.
Then comes June, season is open and you final move forward, it's like foreplay. You stumbled little bit first, trying get back in the game as it has been long time since you have been doing it. You might have been practising during winter, yet you miss some as during practise it is not like in real life when mouth appears from depth and take your fly. (you have dirty mind, I'm talking about fishing)
July and August is when it finally happens. You have caught back your confidence and you just keep doing it. Cast after cast, fish after fish, miss after miss... Fishing is on, well it started end of June already and you are just having blast, enjoying and same time realizing that end is almost there. Nights are getting darker and weather has breath of autumn, you still enjoy the ride yet it's coming soon to end.
You just lay down and enjoy what ride it was. It was worth of every drop you gave, Until next time.
What I didn't realize that it was really short and furious as I missed hatches and long nights. Last week it looked that summer is finally here and I can start season. Cold breeze came, killed the mood, ice melting from lakes stopped. Summer is cancelled. We had 6 inches/15 cm new snow during last two days. Luckily it was warm enough so it was melting pretty fast.
That had to be last snowing, which turns spring to summer, it has to be. I can't wait any longer to jump on horse and have ride. It will be heavy rain during weekend then it should warm up.
Northern summer is fast and furious, just like sex, it last few minutes and then it's gone.
Have a nice weekend
Mika from Finland