The largest-ever North Atlantic salmon egg-planting scheme in Iceland has just rolled out its next stage in -10°C conditions in the Selma River, with the aim of boosting fish stocks. The Strengur conservation programme – one of many in the country – aims to seed around one million eggs from native fish each year in […]
Laxa in Laxardalur is, perhaps, one of the most overlooked brown trout rivers in Iceland. It is, however, undoubtedly one of the best! This film was shot during 2,5 days of fishing on the river in early June 2019 – a hectic few days that provided spectacular fishing for brown trout averaging an impressive 60,5 […]
“Seasons On The Fly” travels to Iceland to chase Atlantic Salmon with Klaus Frimor and Gary Barnes. Also look at: http://flyfishing-blog.com/flyfishing-blog.com/2018/10/12/salmon-fishing-in-iceland-in-2019/ http://flyfishing-blog.com/flyfishing-blog.com/2017/11/13/jokla-river-and-tributaries-iceland/ http://flyfishing-blog.com/flyfishing-blog.com/2016/08/11/eric-clapton-catches-record-size-salmon-in-iceland/
As Iceland’s fly fishing guides don’t get to fish much themselves during the summer season, some of them make use of the very first days of the season. But only the toughest dare to fish opening day in Iceland; a big mistake, according to Iceland fishing guide Matti Hakonarson. In “Frozen Guides” we join him and a client as they fish the first week of April for hungry trout and char.
Another season has passed and the fishing in Iceland was just around average this year. Some rivers were very good but others did not fare as well. Two of our rivers were present on the top ten lists of the best salmon rivers in Iceland this season – River West and East Ranga. At the […]
Life has a way of putting us where we need to be. For Vala, that’s in both Greenland – where she works at her family’s fishing lodge – and Reykjavík, where she teaches her daughter how to do it all on her own, too.
A collection of footage from my fishing and guiding in the Jökla river system in 2016 and 2017. The Jökla is a big, powerful river and the tributaries are the opposite. Located in the NE of Iceland it is a wild place full of adventures! Jökla river and tributaries, Iceland from Snævarr Örn Georgsson on […]
Another season has passed and the fishing in Iceland was just over average this year. Some rivers were very good but others did not fare as well. Two of our rivers were present on the top ten lists of the best salmon rivers in Iceland this season – River Blanda and East Ranga. Bookings for […]
Go Fishing Worldwide is now offering a special rate for fishing one of Iceland’s top Salmon rivers. Due to a late cancellation, the fishing is being offered with a significant discount. Located on the West coast of Iceland, a two hour drive from Keflavik airport is one of Iceland’s finest Salmon secrets, the Straumfjardara river. […]
The Arctic Ocean has long been the least accessible of the world’s major oceans. But as climate change warms the Arctic twice as fast as anywhere else, the thick sea ice that once made it so forbidding is now beating a hasty retreat. Since 1979, when scientists began using satellites to track changes in […]