West Ranga has been on fire the first 6 days of the season, total 409 fish landed, very very good fishing if you ask us, especially when you think of the size of the fish. Around 80% have been 2SW fish with the biggest topping more than 100 cm, indeed a great opening of West Ranga River.
Unbelievable first morning on West Ranga!
The West Ranga river opened this morning at 7am where anglers headed happy and hopeful to the river after a bonanza season so far in Iceland in other rivers. After only 3 hours we heard from one rod that had caught 24 salmon! There of 18 of those salmon were between 75-87cm long. After the first shift, we got the news …
Bonanza in Blanda river – salmon fishing in Iceland
Other beats of our river Blanda have opened up yesterday evening where anglers first the first half day from 16-22. We were very excited following the news as we knew already 570 salmon went up the ladder up to the upper beats of the river. First shift we had 18 salmon landed on beat 2, 9 salmon landed on beat 3 …
Great fishing on lake Thingvellir Iceland
Fishing has been good so far on famous lake Thingvellir in Iceland, here is a nice photo from our anglers recently fishing the lake that had a good time there. This place is known for its monster trout and is ideal to go for a day trip from Reykjavik with guide. For more information please contact: valgerdur@lax-a.is All my best, …
99 salmon landed in Blanda!!
After the first 2.5 amazing days there have been 99 salmon landed in Blanda river beat 1 up north in Iceland. This was only on 4 rods and all salmon were from 78 to over 100cm long! The opening party has been nothing but smiles since the last shift ended and that was with a bang. We had 98 salmon …
The salmon have arrived to Blanda beat 1!
The Blanda beat 1 is opening the 5th June, next Sunday and we are already very excited about the opening and seeing the first numbers from the river this season. Last season was a record year in Blanda when 4.829 salmon were caught for the season!
Why fishing in Greenland is bucket list material
Greenland is by far the wildest place on earth for char fishing where there are thousands of rivers and lakes, full of Arctic Char. Because of the enormous territory and relatively few inhabitants in Greenland, many of these fishing areas are hardly fished at all and some rivers have not seen an angler – ever.
Success in the land of fire and ice – Jesper Roholm
Our angler Jesper Roholm just returned from Iceland back home and I was thrilled to hear that he had such a great time here, here are his comments and photos from the trip: “Thanks to Lax-a and the guide to make my first trip to Thingvellir a complete success. After a lot of emails and a few telefone calls to Johann, …
My favourite place flyfishing in Iceland
Iceland is, in general, a wonderful place to fly fish and widely known as the mecca for Atlantic Salmon fishing. What I think is some of the most fascinating about Icelandic rivers is how different they are from each other, and even when staying on one river you can have pools that look so different from each other it even …