Fly fishing is also possible on lakes. Brown trout and rainbow trout are usually fished with fly only on special fishing grounds, but it is possible to catch powan on natural lakes. Fly fishing is an effective method to catch roach and blake.
Only fish which have been seen on the surface are fished on lakes. It is useful to have a boat for fly fishing on lakes .
Basic equipment: fly fishing tackles
Accessories: boat
Rainbow trout Fly fishing on lakes in Finland
Rainbow trout fly-fishing is possible only on special fishing grounds.
You should use dry flies for a rising rainbow trout.
The best time to catch rainbow trout is at sunset and sometimes also in mornings. Weather must be calm and there must be insects on the surface of water.
Upwinged fly imitations and sedgedry flies are excellent for Brown trout fly-fishing. Irritating flies are also popular in rainbow trout fly-fishing.
Powan is an common fish in lakes in Central Finland. Fishing with dry flies is most effective when lake is calm in a summer evening and powan are rising to the surface.
It is possible to fish powan from shores or from a boat. Powan are shy and therefore you should carefully approach them. Powan rise to the surface when lake is calm during summer evenings. You should cast your fly to the front of the supposed route of a powan. The jaws of a powan are extremely smooth and therefore you should play a powan carefully.
Powan swim in swarms along shores.
The best time to catch powan is at sunset and sometimes also in the mornings. The weather must be calm and there must be insects on the surface of water. Powan does not come near the surface when it's cold and windy.
Small dry flies are excellent for powan in lake fishing.
Brown trout fly-fishing is possible only on special fishing grounds.
Brown trout fly-fishing is not common on our lakes. You should use dry flies for a rising fish.
The best time to catch Brown trout is at sunset and sometimes also in the mornings. Weather must be calm and there must be insects on the surface of water.
Upwinged fly imitations and sedgedry flies are excellent for Brown trout fly-fishing.
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National fisheries management fee 2024
You must always pay National fisheries management fee 2024 if you are aged 18-64 years. National fisheries management fee entitles you to fish in the fishing waters within a whole Finland (not in Aland). Fishing Permit entitles you to fish using single rod, reel and lure. You may also use a weighted lure or diver. This fishing Permit entitles you to fish everywhere but not at protection areas (often special fishing grounds and salmon and whitefish abundant rapids and currents). You can often purhace other permit to those areas. Fee is 45 EUR for the calendar year 2024 or 15 EUR for seven days or 6 EUR for one days and and you can get it online here.
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