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If you like riffling hitch you like Midfjardará!
- The River
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| The wonder of our nature in Iceland is nowhere more apparent than on the banks of this beautiful river. This vast river system spans 790 square kilometers. |
Our great guides Toby from UK and Ale from Argentina with a nice fish from Vestura. |
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| Mr. J.P. Bedel from France with a big mail from Austura , this one was released. |
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| Pierre Affre from France in action at the Little Núpsá. |
End of te battle , fresh fish from Vesturá. |
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| From the Vesturá Lower Canyon. |
Action at Vesturá. |
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| Ale with a nice fresh male from lower Austurá. |
At Kambsfoss waterfalls in Austura. |
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| From the little Núpsá. |
No killing only kissing! |
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| Riffling hitch ... the best way of fishing on the Midfjardara. |
The Battle Pool at Upper Vesturá. |
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| Pierre Affre releasing a salmon on Nupsá , record year in releasing fish in Iceland. |
Spotting salmon at Austurá canyons. |
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| From Lower Midfjardara. |
Nymphing for salmon at the Austurá river. |
 And releasing......................
The Núpsá, Austurá and Vesturá tributaries all feed into the main Midfjardará, providing anglers with a countless variety of waters and landscapes.
With over 200 named pools, each rod covers a huge area that the angler cannot help but feel alone with the majesty of nature and its salmon!
The river is ideally suited for single handed rods, floating lines and small flies.
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| Savvy anglers employ both the Hitched-Tube and the Skated Fly with good results on Midfjardará´s gin clear pools. |
From upper Vesturá tributary to Midfjardara, look at the two salmon lying at the end of the pool. |
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| Richard Shackleton has been fishing Midfjardara for number of years, here he is fighting a 16 pounder Austura salmon. |
From Berghylur at Vestura river. |
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| From the Austura middle canyon. |
From the little Nupsa the smallest tributary of the Midfjardara river. Nupsa has been doing very well for the last three years, stuffed with salmon. |
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| Lower canyon at Austura river. |
From Kistur at Vestura. |
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| From lower Vestura. |
From lower Vestura. |
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| From Austura Canyon. |
Charles Pearson holding a 20 pounder from the Klapparkvörn pool at lower Midfjardara. |
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| Austura river. |
From Austura. |
- General Information
Midfjardará
Location: North West (220 km from Reykjavik)
Fishing season: June 26th to September 25th
Prime time: July 10th to August 20th Fly only period.
Average size of fish: 8,5 lbs.
Lodge: Full service lodge, private room with bathroom to every rod.
Tackle: Single handed rods 9 -10 feet. Weight 6- 8
Best flies: Hitch tubes, Black and Blue, Green Brahan, Red Frances, Black Frances, Black Sheep and Blue Charm
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.
- Accommodation
Laxahvammur lodge by Midfjardara
Anglers are accommodated in a comfortable lodge, with finest food made by top chefs.
The lodge has 10 twin rooms, all with private bathrooms, dining room, sitting room and sauna. Outside on a veranda is a new jacuzzi.
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