Rent A River

It can be a great experience for a family or a small group to rent on of our many self-catering rivers for a few days. There are not many places in the world which you can rent a whole river and have it all for you.  What better way to relax than to fish in your own river in a …

Monster brown trout

Did you know that in Lake Þingvellir you can catch brown trout up to and even over 30 pounds? Yes that is right, there is a population of ice age trout that roam the lake in search for prey and they can grow up to enormous sizes. And they are strong fighters as well, if you hook up to one …

Few rods left on East Ranga

We are happy to see how many of our anglers have rebooked for next season on the East Ranga along with some new faces, therefore there are not many rods left on the river for 2017. The last rods we have available are: 4-8th July 2017 – 4 rods 23-27th July 2017 – 1 rod 12-15th August 2017 – 4 …

Langadalsa-perfect fly water

Langadalsa in the west fjords is without a doubt one of the best fly water your will find in the country. The river has four rods and a very good self-catering lodge which has 8 rooms in a separate sleeping wing. The kitchen and living room are in a nice size separate house. The river itself is medium in size, …

Salmon fishing openings for 2017 ….

Good afternoon from Iceland , Salmon fishing season in Iceland finally closed and we are coming slowly in to dark Icelandic winter. We at the Lax-a office are already in full process to fill up our salmon rivers in Iceland for next season 2017 with keen anglers from all over the world. We would like to hear as soon as …

East Ranga Aurora Lodge

Nice and cozy here at the East Ranga Aurora Lodge , and now the new fire place is up and working well ….

Varmá is a little gem

Varmá River is a small delicate river only about 30 minute drive from Reykjavik. Varmá is unique in the sense that it is the only river in Iceland where you can find all kinds of freshwater fish that are native to the country. There is brown trout and sea-run trout, there is arctic char and sea – run arctic char, …

East and West Ranga

East and West Ranga The Ranga´s are amongst the most known rivers in Iceland, especially for their high catch statistics. The rivers are located about 1 hour from Reykjavik and a few minutes from each other which is ideal to combine the two in one trip. Both rivers are easily accessible and fished best with double handed rods. Even though …

Small river- Big fish

I know many anglers are keen on fishing rivers which are on the smaller size but still hold big fish. There is something special about fighting a MWS in a small gin clear stream on you single hander. That is a whole different ball game from the larger rivers with the heavier current where a large Spey rod works best. …

Top twenty list – final numbers

Another season and good time were had indeed. The fishing was just above average in Iceland this year with a few rivers even bettering their results from last summer. Most were slightly worse off though. In all we are very happy with the results from our rivers, we are especially happy with how well our management of the Multi Winter …