Anglers fall in love with Laugardalsá.
- The River
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Delicate fishing, only floating line, weight 3 to 6, small flies 10 - 16 and fine leader of 6 - 10 pounds, this is what Laugardalsa is all about!
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From one of the best pools on the river , the Blámýrarfljót pool, normally this pool is loaded with fish, but very sensitive. |
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| Laugardalsa is one of the top salmon rivers of Iceland, tis 2.5 rod river provides 400 - 500 salmon is a very short season of only 75 days. Picture is from pool Ponta, great place for fresh salmon. |
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| Pool number 14, Simastreigur can often be good. |
Be well prepared , but all you need in fact is the lighter tackle, 3 - 5 weight full floater, long leader 3 - 4 meters of 8 - 10lbs braking streinght, hitch tubes, micro tubes and your smalles flies in the box 10 - 16, will do the job, lots of stripping. |
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A calm nice day on the Laugardalsa, fishing the pools above Blámýrarfljot.
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Dagmálafljót pool, one of the best pools, great holding pool. |
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| Sensitive waters, be smart and you catch fish. |
Grímhólshylur pool, one of the best, lot of fish around in this pool. |
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| And fish is on in Grimhólshylur! |
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| Evening on Laugardalsá, best time for fishing. |
And another one ... |
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| Walking down to Blámýrarfljót early morning. |
Valgerdur Fjóla with a fresh Laugardalsa salmon. |
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| From Skridufljót pool. |
From the middle section. |
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| From the Lambatangafljót. |
The river mouth of Laugardalsa. |
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| From the Upper Laugardalsa, above the lake, this section belongs to the lower river as well, this is wild place and holds some good fish and plenty of Brown Trout. |
Vaka on the watch when salmon is on the hook! |
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| From the top section of the upper Laugardalsa. |
Playing a salmon early morning at Grímhólshylur. |
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| Number 17 pool, Rudningur, excellant pool for fresh salmon on the run. |
Playing a salmon on a 3 weight and micro tube, hook number 16, 8 pound test. |
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| Vala in to one in Dagmálafljót, this day we landed 11 salmon. |
View from the upper river coming down to the lake. |
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| Skotta watching carefully when playing a fish, they are getting more like a salmon dogs than hunting bird dogs. |
Playing a salmon on Blámýrarfljót. |
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| Fresh one from the lower river. |
2009 season was great for Laugardalsá river with 501 salmon caught. Laugardalsá is one of our most popular self catering rivers and is usually well booked in advance. |
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| Every now and then openings become available so it might be worth while to state your interest in advance and we may be able to do something for you. |
From the upper part of the Laugardalsá, the outflow from the lake. |
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| Salmon recovering after having been released. |
The river, you could say, has two faces, the fast running rocky face on the lower river, and the tranquil easy going face of the slow running pools on the upper river. Both faces are exciting to fish. |
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Often, when the mood is right, anglers are pulling salmon out of the pools almost as fast as they can recover their composure from the last fight, to get their flies back into the river.
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Best flies for Laugardalsa is Black and Blue sizes 10 to 16, riffling hitch tubes works very well. |
Even a slow day on the Laugardalsá leaves an angler content as he will have seen plenty of fish and probably had some action. A good day leaves an angler exhausted! Peak weeks of the season will offer catches comparable to the best salmon rivers in Iceland. Laugardalsá has about 6 km of fishing with 18 pools.
It is the perfect 2 to 3 rod river, easy to fish, full of fish. A good choice for small groups looking for exclusive fishing on an intimate setting.
The river is in a very remote area, you have the valley and the river all for your self.
The landscape of the Westfjords is breathtaking with great mountains rising up from the sea. Westfjords region is steeped in its history of witchcraft and magic, you could say finding its way into the angling in the region, and offers many points of interest for non-fishers.
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- General Information
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Laugardalsá
Location: Westfjords (420 km from Reykjavik, domestic flight recommended)
Fishing season: June 15th to August 31st
Prime time: July 1st to August 10th
Average size of fish: 6,5 lbs.
Guide: Can be arranged.
Tackle: Single handed rods 9-10”, weight 6-8, floating
Best flies:
Laugardalsá is almost two different rivers, on the lower half the current is fast and pools can be quite rocky, but on the upper half the current is slower and the pools deeper. Heavier flies can be effective on the lower half (no bigger than ½ inch tubes though), on the upper half smaller flies and hitch tubes are very effective.
Black & Red Frances (sizes 12-16, also micro cones and ¼ - 1 inch tubes)
Blue Charm (sizes 12 – 18)
Black & Blue (sizes 14-18, also micro cones and ¼ - 1 inch tubes)
Collie Dog (1 – 1½ inch)
Hairy Mary (sizes 14 – 16)
Hitch tubesBest flies: Green Butt, micro Tubes, riffling hitch tubes and Blue Rat
Fishing hours:
June 15th to August 20th: 07:00 - 13:00 and 16:00 - 22:00
August 20th to August 31st 07:00 - 13:00 and 15:00 - 21:00
Clothing: In spite of the relatively mild climate, you should bring warm clothing and, most importantly, quality rainwear and a windcheater. Please check out the average temperature table here below. Chest waders and wading shoes. Nicer clothes to wear for dinner.
Tackle disinfection: Iceland has always been free of diseases like UDN and Gyrodactylus salaris and we intend to keep it that way. There is a strict policy of visiting anglers having their tackle sterilized before coming to Iceland. This should be done in a 2% formaldehyde solution for 10 minutes and performed by a veterinary surgeon. (Tackle sterilized in Virkon S is also acceptable.) A signed inventory of what has been sterilized should be provided by the vet for presentation to the customs officers at Keflavik airport. The most important items to be treated are: rods, reel/line, waders and flies.
The process can be carried out by staff at Keflavik airport. The office is located at the far side of the baggage reclaim hall, downstairs in the airport. Just notify one of the personnel in the area that you need your tackle disinfected and they will have a member of the staff come and complete the process. The price for one fishing set is 3.500 Icelandic kronurs.
Flights
There are two airlines that offer a scheduled flights to Iceland.
Icelandair, www.icelandair.is
Iceland Express www.icelandexpress.is.
Documentation & Visas
Citizens from the European Economic Area (comprising the EU, Switzerland and Liechtenstein), US and Canada need only a passport valid for at least three months after the planned date of arrival to enter Iceland for up to three months.
Currency: Icelandic Krona. Visa and Eurocard/Mastercard credit cards and Maestro and Visa Electron are accepted widely.
Language: Icelandic, but Icelanders speak English as well.
Electricity. Most facilities operate on 220-wolt, 50-cycle system. A Converter will be necessary for any electrical items that require a 110-volt, 60-cycle system.
Duty-free: Allowed on arrival one of the following choices:
1 lither of alcohol and 1 lither of wine.
1 lither of alcohol and 6 lither of beer.
1 lither of wine and 6 lither of beer.
One carton of cigarettes can be brought in to the country per person
Good to know:
Daylight Sunrise Sunset
May 3:55 AM 10:12 PM
June 2:42 AM 11:32 PM
July 3.23 AM 11:00 PM
August 4:58 AM 9:22 PM
September 6:29 AM 7:33 PM
October 7:55 AM 5:48 PM
Average temperature: °C °F
May 7, 2 44, 9
June 13, 1 55, 6
July 15, 2 59, 4
August 13, 3 55, 9
September 13, 0 55, 4
October 6,1 43,0
In case of an emergency dial 112, but guide and lodge staff will be insistence for any problems that might occur.
If you want to hire fishing equipment, please send us the name and the shoe-size for each individual. And please let us know if a single or double handed rod is preferred.
Please note that fly casting instruction can be arranged by your guide: please let us know to give him advance time.
- Accomodation
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Laugardalsá
The lodge at Laugardalsa, no luxury but it have all you need, 3 double bedrooms, shower and all cooking facilities.
The lodge is 3 twin bedrooms , small kitchen and a dining room.
The river is in a very remote area, you have the valley and the river all for your self.
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