Sponsor stuff

With all the ice one might think that things have been pretty slow lately with regards to our project. Well, on the contrary. During the last two months or so we've actually made great progress on the sponsor front. Although we will not reveal any names yet, we're very happy to say that we've got things down with the rods. Two great brands will provide us with truly awesome sticks, one with 9 weights and one with 10 weights. Because these two rods are also quite different in character, we can cover a huge range of different circumstances and conditions with this combination. And it gives us a lot to write about, so much more about that later.

Also, tomorrow (after a short and early piking session) we'll visit our clothing sponsor for the necessary fitting procedure, and after that we're off to one of the guys that will help us with fly tying material. And, with any luck, maybe our special reels from Vosseler have arrived too!

So in the next couple of weeks you'll see lots of new sponsor names popping up on this blog, together with our shamelessly subjective words about their great products. But that being said, with a unique project like this, would you settle for anything less than the stuff you really like? Thought you wouldn't. Who would anyway? It's our hobby right, not our job. We do this purely for fun, so might as well enjoy it all the way.

And that's exactly what we intend to do with this project: enjoy every single moment of it, and (with that enthousiasm) show anyone who's even remotely interested how great it is to use a fly rod for catching pike. Along with that comes Catch & Release of course, one of the main and very valuable principles of the tournament. Top that with the stunning Finnish wilderness as our fishing grounds, and you have a truly great package of fly fishing fun which just screams to be shared with other enthousiasts. Keep following this blog and you'll know what we mean.