Mika Lappalainen | Friday, 22 March 2024
On Wednesday day and night was equally long, so now day are longer than nights and we are heading to summer. Over 2 months still to go but at least we have daylight a lot. Nights has been cold even -15c/5F, during sunny days afternoon +1c/34F.
I had some casting but to be honest.... I was way too tired after guests at farm. We had German invasion and last group was on Wednesday. Lovely people as always and lot of fun with Germans. Still enough people is enough. I have overdosed by social life, even it is not like friends talking. I have done my blaablaablaa about 200 times after beging of December, just with Germans 120 times after Christmas, best day 5 times.
Blaablaablaa is year of the reindeer and our year around reindeers. I love this and yet enough is enough. I do same jokes (not always so good ones), answering same questions everytime. When someone makes a new question it is highlight of the day, some new talk about reindeers. I understand quite well German when it comes to reindeers. It might be irritating for guides.... no-one is safe in our fireplace and I do fix their translations if it is not close enough what it should be. Yep, I'm still a asshole.
I'm struggling a little bit with my casting at the moment. I have SA expert distance now and I feel like that I was better with DT line. Or not necessarily better but I felt more comfortable with DT. On the other hand I haven't been casting on regular basis, it has been more like now and then. Next week I will arrange session with Paul if he makes back from Thailand.
Few groups still for this season and one big ice fishing event at farm. This weekend we go to Inari and see how our racing reindeer do in Finals. He made to Silver race, so let's see how that will end up. Short holiday and road trip for us. After that is time to start really plan long holiday in somewhere warm.
As we had some sunny days I was able to test new solar panel system what we have. Bigger ones can charge big powerbank as one panel is 100w and we have two of them. Wirh those bigger powerbanks I can have electricity in Nook, our tiny house accoamdation. I also have smaller portable ones which can be taken with us to charge normal powerbanks and also I have powerbanks with solar panel as built-in. Those will be useful during planned holiday as also in August when heading for tv-shooting up in the fjells.
August start to be pretty booked as Rocco will return from Germany, some other bookings and tv-shooting for one week + I think we will fish by ourselves few days after that in Ammarnäss area. If you have any plans to come fish in here, this is good time to book Mid June which is great fishing for grayling.
Have a nice weekend
Mika the Legend