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Action in Pargas 1999

Published 4 March 2001 · Updated 19 October 2026

This story has been restored from the magazine archive. The text is original; outdated contact details have been removed.

The following Photo-cartoon tells the story about Make’s record pike. Time was the end of May in 1999. All this happened near by Archipelago-town Pargas. Huge breams were spawning and hungry pikes had followed them to really shallow waters. You could localize the fishes easily and serve the flies excactly. The fly Make fished with was a large white pike-streamer with a little bit of red in the throat.

Out of the rushes we go

This rock-and-roll is so heavy that Make has to hold on his cap

The opponent is getting tired

She’s heavy

We’ll meet some happy day in the year 2000

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