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✈️ Day 1: Travel from Amsterdam to Pello

- **Flight**: Take a morning flight from Amsterdam Schiphol to **Kemi (KEM) ** or **Rovaniemi (RVN) **. Kemi is closer (around 2 hours away), while Rovaniemi is about 3 hours by road.

- **Transfer to Pello**: Pre-book a car with a driver or a local taxi (e.g. **Pello Taxi Lapland via Naamisuvanto**) to take you approximately 100 km to Pello. \
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 Sites:

 - [flyfishcircle.com](http://flyfishcircle.com)

 - [travelpello.fi](http://travelpello.fi)

- **Evening**: Check into your riverside accommodation and enjoy a relaxed dinner — for example, at **Café‑Restaurant Joppari** or chat about your experiences and opportunities for questions/knowledge transfer at your lodge/resort.

## 🏡 Accommodation options

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Choose from these cozy lodgings right on the Tornio River:

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**Name is Suvanto Fishing Resort**

Fully equipped with boats, fishing equipment, guides, comfortable cabins and meals. Ideal for serious anglers. \
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Website: [naaisuvanto.fi](http://naamisuvanto.fi)

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**River Camp Pello**

Cosy log cabins and riverside camping spots — simple, authentic and within walking distance of fishing zones.

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**Holiday homes (including Chalet Mummola, Honkasuvannon Majat) **

Private and charming, often with self-catering options — see the overview on [Travel Pello](https://travelpello.fi) for more info.

## 🎣 Days 1—4: Guided Fly Fishing on the Tornio River

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**Fishing Schedule: **

Morning to evening sessions along different parts of the river (both shallow “fairways” and deep pools).

Guidance by experienced guides from **Naamisuvanto** or other professionals by invitation.

You will learn techniques such as 45° drifting, stripping and flight selection.

You're fishing for **Atlantic salmon**, including a chance for **trout**, **pike**, **graysalmon** or **wallepers**.

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**Technology & Equipment: **

Use of two-handed salmon rods (13—16 ft, class 9—11), with changing zinc/flotation lines depending on the season.

Heavy sinklines early in the season, later switching to powertrains. Popular patterns include: **Green Highlander**, **Red Butt**, **The Usual**.

The guides provide all the equipment: boats, rods, lines, boots — and often boat cameras for spectacular captures. \
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**Daily Schedule: **

08:00 Breakfast

09:00 — 12:00 Morning riverside session

12:00 — 13:00 Lunch break on the shore

13:00 — 17:00 Afternoon session on a new part

17:00 — 18:30 Dinner (at lodge or local restaurant)

19:00 — 22:00 Evening/night session during the midnight sun

## 🌅 Day 5: Last Fishing Session & Departure

- Morning session — a quiet end to the week.

- Late lunch and check out

- Transfer back to **Kemi** or **Rovaniemi** for your afternoon or evening flight.

- Arrival home in the late evening

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