Kvarken International Pike Fly Fishing Tournament | 2010
THE TOURNAMENT HAS OFFICIALLY BEEN MOVED DUE TO THE ICE SITUATION.
NEW LOCATION: EUMER FISHING CENTER, MERIKARVIA.
So, May is here and with only one week to go until the tournament starts, Mother Nature has surprised us with an unusually cold spring. The area we were supposed to hold the tournament in is still partly iced over. What made us move the whole tournament to another location though, is the fact that the Pike have not yet spawned here. Luckily the guys down at Eumer Fishing Centre offered us a good solution to our little problem, as the Pike down there will just have spawned by the time of the tournament, and they will be hungry as anything!!!
Merikarvia is situated only 150km south of Vaasa, and the river mouth down in Merikarvia, where our new fishing grounds will be, offer very similar conditions. Shallow waters, reeds and rocks mainly make up the area, and lots of fish of course... plenty of big Pike have been caught by the river mouth.
Google maps now also offer a street view of the area, so check out some summer views on the map, in the Location-link.
Merikarvia is situated only 150km south of Vaasa, and the river mouth down in Merikarvia, where our new fishing grounds will be, offer very similar conditions. Shallow waters, reeds and rocks mainly make up the area, and lots of fish of course... plenty of big Pike have been caught by the river mouth.
Google maps now also offer a street view of the area, so check out some summer views on the map, in the Location-link.
The tournament will be held on Replot island which is situated in the famous Kvarken World Natural Heritage Site from the 10th – 13th May 2010, & is the 1st international pike fly tournament ever to be held in Finland. The waters around Replot island are very special waters indeed. In fact the entire area and western coastline is aptly named pike paradise by the Ostrobothnian fishing association.
During spring time here, thousands upon thousands of pike can be found spawning in the shallow bays & as the area is found smack bang in the middle of the Baltic sea, water temperatures stay far cooler than closed waters like lakes, and so fishing is prevalent all through the season, from early April – late November when the sea freezes over.
The area is wild & rugged with over 2000 islands & skerries to fish between and around With Vision fly fishing, Eumer tube & Baltic pike flies as well as several co-operation partners from the island involved, it promises to be a fly-fishing tournament like no other.
