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‘Such armaments were often found wanting on the Aaroy steeplechase, like the parade of defeated anglers that had fished its Platforms of Despair. The outbuildings behind the fishing house concealed an elephant’s graveyard of smashed rods and broken tackle.’ Ernest Schwiebert – ‘Extract from Platforms of Despair’ in the book Death of a Riverkeeper. I had read these words and …
…Oslo, Northern Lights, Snowmobiling, Ice Hotel and the Atlantic Salmon Conference I fished Alta for my twenty-fifth season in July of 2015 and have always wanted to visit in the winter. We have talked about it incessantly round the camp fire but reality meant never getting around to making a definitive plan. When I received the invitation from the Alta …
In some ways arriving at Alta is the absolute best bit. It is when all the anticipation is at its greatest and it is a chance to simply enjoy the town of Alta, the place, the atmosphere, the characters that I fish with as well as those I have grown to know over 22 years. That in itself is crazy. …
The last time I had dealings with the Norwegian Flyfisher’s Club (NFC) was way back in 1990 or so. It was at a time when it was just getting going and things were a little disorganised for my taste! But, hat’s off to Manfred Raguse who kept it going and here we are today celebrating 25 years and a new …
I have been very lucky to be a guest of my good friend Dieter again this year. I am days away from being able to comment on my first stop in Norway but I arrived at Alta airport on 27th and picked up the car which was kindly lent to me and headed the 2 hours north to Lakselv. It …
This is a link to a Norwegian television programme about the Duke of Roxburghe and his family fishing the Alta. A good programme and well made and he and the family do an excellent job. Worth watching. I enjoyed how the youngest son fishes just like his Dad towards the end of the film. http://tv.nrk.no/serie/ut-i-naturen/DNPR65008510/27-05-2012.