Fishing weather

In Sweden we use to say: ”there are no bad weathers, just bad clothes”, in a funny way. But I don’t know if that’s really true. As a fisherman you are used to dress properly before every fishing tour. You have to be ready for all kinds of nasty weathers. Furthermore, it takes a lot to make a fisherman give up. But now I will tell you about a common grayling fishing tour in Swedish Lapland.

Me and my friends had driven the boat to the end of the lake, to go shore and fish in the river that pour into the lake. A good boat driver as I’m, I just succeeded to evacuate a storm weather. When we had like 100 meters left to go to shore, the lightning hit straight down in forest just besides us. The sound was really loud and frightening. I’m not afraid of the thunder, but this time I was really scared. I think that I have never felt so small and exposed. But we got to shore unharmed and the weather was getting better. In fact, it became clear and sunny. Besides, we caught several nice graylings. After a while, it started to rain again and it increased quickly. During just a few seconds the rain became hail. It was not so fun to be fishing at the open marsh anymore. I ran to the forest and hide under a huge fir, as the hail (which was just over one centimeter diameter) fell over me. The pain of being hit was nothing to laugh about, and suddenly the calm fishing tour was very dramatic. After five minutes the hailstorm had passed and me and my friends could crawl out from our cover. My shirt was not really the right choice for today’s weather…

This is an example how the weather can change fast up here. So you have to be prepared!

//Markus, TeilusFishing