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As the Scandinavian distributor of RIO products we are proud to announce that RIO Products – once again has won the IGFA award for achieving the most world records in the fly fishing line class division. Thomas Jespersen, Managing Director for Kinetic / Fairpoint Outdoors, says: “This once again emphasizes the fact that RIO do have some of the very best products found on the marked. Their efforts to be a benchmark for the fly fishing industry do not only pay off when it comes to tippet material, but in every single line and every product they make.”
Last Saturday Peter Kirkby from Kinetic went trolling with a good friend Jimmi Olsen near the beautiful coastline of south eastern Denmark. In the evening – after catching several cods – they found the trout’s in depths from 15 to 20 feet.
Tromsø Halibuts + World Record from Iceland Marketing coordinator Peter Kirkby from Kinetic have just returned from a floattrip in Alaska where he had the chance to test several rods and reels from Kinetic and Hardy along with some of the Rio flylines: –- We were 8 guys fishing together with Getaway Tours on the Talachulitna Creek and River. It’s my third visit to the river and every time is a new experience. We usually start the trip where a small creek enters a lake in the upper part of the system and this year was no exception. Right here we fish for Dolly Varden (Salvelinus malma malma) – a trout closely related to the arctic char and found in most of Alaska. The first couple of fish usually attack more or less anything before getting tricky. This year the “Dollies” were extremely tricky from the very beginning. At the mouth of the small creek we could see several fish, but they seemed impossible to catch. The small creek change every year during spring runoff when the ice breaks and the snow melts. This year only one deeper pool was found near the outlet and it was more or less blocked by a small tree and washed out bushes. Still I had to give it a try. Using a weighted nymph and the new RIO Dart WF4 F/S3 only found on the Scandinavian marked I was able to achieve the right presentation exactly on the back side of the snag.  A nice size dolly shook its head twice before bolting of like a bonefish. It went full speed downstream and in the shallow part of the outlet it zigzagged between the legs of my fellow fishermen before entering the deeper parts of the lake. It was finally measured and released: 54 centimeters and a lot of fun on a light Hardy Marksman rod. This fish was just the beginning and by fishing deep with small nymphs or using a fast presentation of small streamers on the edge of shallow water at the outlet we caught several nice fish from 40-54 centimeters. Peter ends his report by adding:  - I caught 20 dollies that evening, using the RIO Dart line. The line is designed and perfected for Scandinavian brown- and seatrout- and single hand salmonfishing, but it was a pleasure to see that it can also make a big difference “over there”.Huge icelandic salmon  Last year Kinetic test team member David Thormar landed one of the biggest salmon caught during 2009. This year he has done it again…Thursday the 24th of June he was using his beloved Hardy Demon single handed rod to fish for trout in Laxa in Adaldal – when a huge Icelandic salmon took his fly. Against all odds he managed to land the beast and after a fast weigh-, measure-, and photo- session, it was released back into Laxa. By Icelandic standards it was a gigantic 12 kilo fish measuring 103 centimeters. So far this is the biggest salmon caught on Iceland this year… Norwegian pike bonanza From the two Danish pikeanglers Bjarne Nielsen and Lars Soefort we have received a report from a three days visit to a Norwegian lake during the middle of may. During these three days the pikes were acting weird, but as soon as Bjarne and Lars found the right lures and colors the pikefishing turned into a regular bonanza. Together the two of them caught 17 pikes over 8 kilos. 12 of these were over 9 kilos and the biggest took the scale to 11.1 kilo. The 170 mm Westin Jätte was by far the best lure and the majority of the big predators were caught two different colors: “Streaky the perch” and “Strider”.  Bjarne Nielsen showing one of several Lars Soefort did well with several fish like Action on a strider-colored Westin. norwegian monsterpikes caught on a this one caught on Westin Jätte 170mm. “Streaky the perch”-colored Westin. Best in Test – Hardy Uniqua 14’ # 9  In the June issue of the magazine Jakt & Fiske, Norway, you will find a test of 20 different double handed flyrods around 14 feet – all representing the very best new all-round rods found in Norway. Hardy Uniqua 14’ # 9 excelled in winning the test scoring 6 out of 6 possible points. The test panel used two types of lines: Longlines (speylines) with a belly length ranging from 67 to 71 foot and shooting heads ranging from 12 m and 33 g to 13.2 m and 42 g. The test panel found it easy to cast both types of lines using the Uniqua rod.The new 4-piece Hardy Demon 14’ # 9 was also tested. It scored 5 out of 6 possible points. The testpanel found it excellent for handling shootingheads and a lighter longline. The test panel found, that both Hardy rods had an excellent finish. You will find the test in Jakt & Fiske no. 6/2010 – a Norwegian magazine sold all over Norway right now. Product info: Hardy Uniqua double-handed flyrods are available in 3 models ranging from 13’ # 8 to 15’ # 10 Hardy Demon double-handed flyrods are available in 4 models ranging from 12’ # 7 to 15’ # 10 Visit Hardy The night fishing season is starting up  So far it has been a fantastic seatrout season for our test team member David Thormar. The fishing this spring peaked in the end of April in the southeastern parts of Denmark, where David used our in-line lure “Sømmet” to catch a lot of big trout’s. He had several good days, and during just one of these days he managed to land an impressive number of 19 trout’s. 4 of these fish crossed the 3 kilo mark and the two biggest where 4.0 and 4.8 kilo. All of them where caught using the “Mad Tobis” color.David Thormar – 4.0 kilo Andreas Aggerlund – 3.0 kilo  During the last weeks, the fishing has been slow, but now as we enter June, the night fishing season is slowly starting up. Some people fish for a full night, but most people start in the afternoon and fish a couple of hours into the dark. Last week David was fishing together with two friends, and in the dark a prototype of the new Magic Minnow lure “Kongetobis” was tested. It worked and David’s friend Andreas Aggerlund had the biggest fish – a 3 kilo beauty caught on a 27 g version in the colour “Night Watch”. Only a couple of days later a 6.1 kilo fish was caught in the same area, and hopefully even bigger fish will be caught during the next weeks. The water temperatures are still rather cold, but some nights you will see the trout’s hunting in the surface or jumping out of the water, while other nights are really slow.  Floattubing for big pikeIn Finland the pike catches picked up in the beginning of May. According to our new test-team member Mikael Sarelin floattubing for big pike is high class entertainment - especially on days like the one he experienced in the beginning of the month: “Together with a friend I went floattubing in the evening and we had some great fishing. My friend caught two 5 kg fish whereas I managed to catch pikes weighing 7,8 kg and 10,8 kg, plus some smaller fish. On top of that we had some real monsters (120 cm +) chasing our flies, but this time they outsmarted us,” says Mikael. Mikael was fishing with his Hardy Zane rod & reel using a #9 Rio Outbound Floating/intermediate line and a homemade Craft Fur Deceiver. On the big outdoor fair held I Riihimäki in Finland June 10th to June 13th Mikael will be making 3 daily shows on floattube flyfishing for pike, explaining all the tackle and techniques needed to catch the big ones. If you have the chance to visit – don’t miss it…  Danish spring salmon - A real cannibalNot all salmon stop feeding, when they enter freshwater. Kinetics Marketing Coordinator Peter Kirkby had a solid proof of this, when he was fishing for springers in the west part of Denmark. Peter was fishing in River Storåen, near Holstebro in Denmark on april 25th, when he caught his first salmon of the year. The fish was a real chrome beauty measuring 90 cm and weighing 7,7 kilo and it was caught on a 14 g Black/Copper Rooster Tail Spinner fished near the bottom a little upstream a sharp turn on the small river. The most remarkable thing about this catch is the fact that this salmon was still eating after it entered the river. A limited catch quota is allowed on this river, so this salmon was kept for eating. The stomach of the fish was still full functional, and nothing less than 5 smaller salmon measuring approximately 15 cm had been swallowed by this cannibal salmon during the last days. This certainly makes one wonder if any lure or fly can be to big… A short video of the catch can be viewed or embedded from the following link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEvG9RWcwRM  Superb seatrout nailed on “the Nail”In the southeastern part of Denmark the seatrout fishing along the coast is as good as it gets. Right now the fish are hunting sand eels like crazy. One of the best lures for this type of fishing is the Danish inline lure “Sømmet”. Translated to English the name Sømmet means “the Nail”. This is one of the all time favorites among hardcore seatroutanglers, but Kinetic is the first company to make a in line version of the original lure. This is of course only possible by paying a royalty to the inventor of the lure, Henry Hansen. Last week these lures finally came in stock and they soon proved their worth. April 25th Kinetics graphic designer, Jess Glargaard, spend his day off casting against the wind and struggling against the waves. It was definitely worth the effort, when a large seatrout nailed the nail at the end of a long upwind cast. After several jumps and long runs the fish finally had to surrender and Jess was able to bring a silver rocket weighing 5.25 kilo to the shore. The fish was full of sandeels and probably in the middle of a feeding frenzy when it attacked “Sømmet” a lure designed to combine extreme castability and a swimming pattern imitating sandeel. Magic Minnow Sømmet is available in 8 different colors and 3 sizes: 16, 22 and 28 g.
162 kilo halibut on Giant Baithead This year the halibut season was kicked off April 8th, when Stefan took his Dutch clients halibut fishing. The morning was slow, but as the current picked up during the day the halibuts started biting. The first bite was a small one, but soon after Stefan was able to catch and release an impressive halibut estimated around 65 kilos. To most anglers a 65 kilo halibut could be the fish of a lifetime, but the memories of this fish soon faded compared to what happened next. Harry Verhagen from Holland was fishing near the bottom 50 meters below the boat, when he felt a bite and hooked a fish on his Giant Baithead. Soon he was in for the fight of his life. For two hours he was fighting like hell before another Torsvåg monster was finally in the boat. The weight of this huge halibut was 162.7 kilo. It measured 230 cm in length. As far as we know here at Kinetic it is the biggest halibut ever caught on a Giant Baithead. What a way to start the season!
Harry to the right with his 162.7 kilo halibut caught
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RIO Products wins IGFA award
The Giant Baithead is a jighead designed to mount a deadbait in a simple and fast manner, making it possible to fish exactly like you would do with a normal shadjig. At the seafishing camp “Torsvåg Havsfiske” fishing with a combination of a small coalfish served on a Giant Baithead is considered one of the deadliest methods for huge halibuts. The Camp is situated on the small island Koja branching off the main Island Vannøy and several huge “barren doors” have been caught in this area. This includes a 194 kilo monster caught by campguide Stefan Lühring in 2008 on a Giant Jighead.
The combination of a coalfish mounted on a Giant Baithead is a deadly cocktail for halibut.
Big trout’s in shallow water
Salmon catching family
Here in Denmark the ice have been covering our lakes for a very long period – a tough challenge for the pike population in many small waters. The fish have simply died from lack of oxygen under the ice.
Fortunately, there are still smaller waters, where the "old warriors" have survived. Kinetics graphic designer Jess Glargaard had a weighty proof of this a few days before season closure:
"In the days leading up to Easter, I drove around to check the situation in the various small waters. My hope was, that a few pikes had survived in some of the smaller waters, so I brought along a 8 foot Kinetic Power Cast and Viva Galatea 3000F and a handful Westin wobblers.
In Denmark the season is closed from April 1st until May 1st but earlier during the now closed season I've had great results with Westin Jätte 170 mm Westin Jätte Shallow Runner 170 mm - two compact wobblers with good casting abilities.
Wobblers are usually one of the best tactics in early spring, where the pikes at times can be weird and hard to hooks on baitfish. This spring was no exception, and there were both long periods where the pikes were on the bite and periods where almost nothing happened.
With the new Westin Jätte Shallow Runner tied to the leader, I was able to fish in the shallow areas. Nothing beats the excitement of having the Shallow Runner working 15 cm below the surface when a huge wave from a big pike approaches the lure. However, it was the classic Westin Jätte in color pattern “The Biscuit” that accounted for the largest fish on my trips. At the end of a long cast I only took 5 turns on the handle before an old pike responded to the Westin lure. 11.2 kg was the weight of this old warrior. My camera was ready on a tripod, and after a few photos I could release this big pike back into the water.”