Fishing in Blanda – endless possibilities

Blanda is the longest and most powerful salmon river in Iceland. The river is one of Iceland’s earliest rivers, known for its large salmon and great lodge. The river is divided into 4 different sections so everyone can find something for their taste and price. Beat 1 Highly productive beat, fished by 4 rods. Annual catch from 600 to 1000 …

From Bryan Sohl

Arni,  Hakan Stenlund and I had such a great time on Stora Laxa.  It was my first visit to Iceland.  I am a died-in-the-wool steelheader, and do have 11 Kola weeks on my resume, but Stora Laxa is truly a super special place and has jumped to near the top of the list of my favorite rivers. The best way to describe the …

Good times at Stora Laxa

We are still at Stora Laxa , this river surprise me every day ,, either disapoints me or sends me right up to heaven , heaven was to day , I was fishing with my great friends from Argentina , the Catena family , first time in Iceland for them , from beat 3 , we landed this afternoon in few …

Big catches on Stora Laxa and big fish

Catches are great on Stora Laxa and the fish are of good sizes , lots of 80 – 90 cm ,  beat 3 yesterday produced 16 Salmon to the 2 rods and beat 1 and 2 in the last 1 and half day the 4 rods have landed 29 salmon ,  beat 4 is also doing well but not this numbers …

A letter from an angler

We just got a letter from Mr. Michel Delage who was in West ranga in the end of August, along with his brother Gerard Delaga and their friend Bruno Boussiron. The letter came with a few pictures and we thought we‘d share the letter and some pictures with you: I just wanted to tell you how we enjoyed the six …

Stora Laxa is kicking in big time ..

Since few days ago it seems that some large runs of Salmon have come in to Stora Laxa , I am hearing as big numbers landed as 20 salmon a day and that only from beat 1 and 2 which is always the best beat at this time of the year , hopefully this will continiue until the end of …

East Ranga is now over 1000 Salmon.

East Rangá is now at 1000 Salmon ,  fishing is excellant now with daily catch of 60  to 90 Salmon.  Season looks good for East Ranga and now the prime time is coming up.  Arni arnibald@lax-a.is

Blanda at its best !

by Eduardo Medina: ” We fished Blandá beat 1 from 8th to 11th July and expectations were topped. Many fish, 26 good sized salmon for a shared rod during 3 fishing days, most of them over 5 kg, all fresh sea liced fish. It’s remarkable so powerful these Blanda fish are. Lodge is cozy and comfortable.  The lodge staff and …

Some 20 pounders and bigger have been landed in Iceland.

There have been some big fish landed in Iceland ,  every year it seems that we land more and more fish over 20 pounds ,  now it is not a great news any more  as it used to be few years back ,  this increase must be because of the catch and release for the last few years in Iceland …

East and West Rangá

Best spring fishing ever on the East and West Rangá ,  since last week of June East Ranga is now at 200 salmon and West Ranga just behind at 150 Salmon ,   looks very promising season for the Rangas. Arni arnibald@lax-a.is