THE FISHING DA Y OF A LIFETIME
A MASSIVE SMILE SPREAD ACROSS the face of fly-fishing guide Jonny Stephenson when he collected me from Reisastua Lodge and he uttered the magic words “Perfect conditions for a big halibut”. My angling life was about to change
When I boarded the small boat with Jonny, I was amazed by the clarity and relative lack of depth of the majority of this Norwegian fjord, especially compared with the previous shallow water fishing I had done in Bergen. This makes landing a fish quicker and with far more care than winching it up from deep water and the angler and fish enduring endless powerful lunges back to the bottom during a seemingly never-ending fight. As a result, the team at Wild Pursuits are extremely proud of their catch and release rates.
As you may have read in Rasmus Ovesen’s article in the previous issue of Sea Angler (605, December), Tromso in Norway is one of the newest and most diverse destinations for saltwater fly-fishing. Imagine fishing in shallow clear water and knowing that with every
