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I like a parachute fly early and late. It's a big help to someone who isn't attuned to watching the water. None of the Amber guys have a Guide's vision.
Today's video comes from a fellow: Lars Olsson.
Not many here will know Mr. Olsson. He's pretty much Mr. Swedish Fly Fishing.
When my son married a Swede and we traveled there for the wedding, the bride's grandfather talked fishing with me. I hadn't heard of Mr. Olsson then. Pelle told me about this fellow who'd driven forward a river conservation program and established a catch-and-release fishery which - to a people who eat fish - had never been tried.
Pelle is an economist and very big on the "tragedy of the commons" which is an economic theory . Elinor Ostrom - another Swede - won the Nobel in 2009 for her work on the topic.
Catch-and-release where a resource is managed for the enjoyment of all rather than the food source of a few is an example commons management.
Anyway, Lars Olsson is a famous fellow in Sweden and in European fly fishing.
I picked this video today partly because of the wonderful cinematography and delightful presence Mr. Olsson makes as the film's subject, but also for the enormous grayling the film features and Mr. Olsson's wonderful gear. That's a good used car in his hand there, boys. I think that's a Vom Hofe reel. They run about $2000 plus - if you can get someone to part with it.
Look for his wool-pages fly book he pulls from a pocket after complaining about the Yellow Humpy.
The fact he loves wonderful old wet-fly patterns and shows us his dry-fishing technique is a plus.
Happy Easter.
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