With recent roles on the TV series Vikingsand in Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman,actor and our fly fishing ambassador Jasper Pääkkönen is becoming a familiar face on TV and movie screens across the globe. When not in front of the camera, Pääkkönen is an avid fly angler and boots-in-the-water fish activist. This past summer, when the Finnish government announced a plan to purchase and remove three outdated dams on the salmon-bearing Hiitolanjoki River, the largest river restoration project in the country’s history, it was no surprise to learn Pääkkönen played a crucial role in raising the funds necessary to make the project possible — the most important conservation project he says he’s ever been involved with. Read it on The Cleanest Line here:
Photo: Ira Aaltonen
