The salmon season has started in Iceland and the famous Lax-A river Blanda up north opened on the morning of June 5th. On the first whole day 15 salmon were caught and fish were seen in all pools. The fish were well held and fat MWS some even with sea lice. On the second day the weather took a turn …
Salmon season in Iceland is open …. first rivers started yesterday ….
The first opening for some Icelandic Salmon rivers was yesterday , River Nordura , Junction pool Straumar ( Junction of the river Nordura and river Hvita ) and the Junction pool Brennan ( Junction of the river Thvera and river Hvita ) , I heard that Salmon where caught at all rivers , and lots of action on Nordura , …
Guide meeting at Lax-a…..
Annual Lax-a Guide meeting yesterday , was great to meet the guides and plan the upcoming busy summer. Everyone in good mood and salmon is running all over the place. I think we will have a good spring fishing , thanks to all of you guides for coming ! Arni arnibald@lax-a.is
Blanda opens on Monday
Sweet salmon is here! Our very own river Blanda will open on Monday but a few rivers have already opened and we have heard news of the first salmon caught.Fresh salmon has already been seen on beat one in Blanda and we are very optimistic about the opening. The same gang of anglers will open the river as they have …
Two days until Salmon!
We are getting really excited as the looong wait is finally about to be over. The first river to open for salmon fishing in Iceland is the Straumar junction which pens in only two days from now on June 1st. Straumar is known for good early fishing as the beat is close to the river mouth of the famous Norðurá …
Prime spring salmon fishing in Iceland available on the River Nordura..
3 days available on the Nordura river , 6 rods from noon 15th June to noon 18th June , this is PRIME spring fishing days in Iceland. Arni arnibald@lax-a.is
And more fish!!! Salmon have arrived in Nordura …….
And more fish to be seen , looks like they are steaming in early , Guide Siggi just spotted 8 2winter Salmon at pool Brotid /Eyrin at river Nordura , now I am getting very optimistic ! 🙂 Arni arnibald@lax-a.is
Salmon have arrived on the Blanda river Iceland !
Just got a message from Steini Blanda Guide , I just spotted 7 very big Salmon in pool Dammur South ! Fantastic news !! 🙂 , opening is after a week from no on the 5th June. Arni arnibald@lax-a.is
Salmon seen in Leirvogsa river!!
We just heard from a fellow angler, Gunnar Orn, passing by and sightseeing Leirvogsa river who saw salmon on their way up. Gunnar has been following the river the past days and confirms it is not the first time he saw salmon today. Photo is of the salmon taken by Gunnar. Salmon has often been seen in beginning of June in Leirvogsa …
First salmon seen in Big Laxa
We are now hearing reports from various rivers that the first salmon have been seen. Yesterday the first ones were seen in Big Laxa up north, a beautiful two year salmon in the „Kistukvísl“ pool. Big Laxa is famous for the amount of large salmon caught from the river each year. The river is large by Icelandic standards and provides …