Geese shooting in Iceland 2017 …..

Geese shooting in Iceland , three good openings at the prime time of our shooting season , we have 6 guns available at the following dates , 29th September to 2nd October , 12th October to 15th October , 13th November to 16th November , you can have shoot guns from camp , all new semi automatic Benellis. Contact Arni …

The season starts in 20 days

Spring is finally here in Iceland, the days are getting warmer and in only twenty days river Blanda will open. Needless to say we are getting very excited and we are hoping for good numbers this summer. Last year the opening of Blanda set a record, with 99 salmon caught in just over two days on the four rods.  In …

The old fishing hut at Stora Laxá , Hrunakrókur canyons and pools.

The old romantic historical fishing hut at beat 4 on the Hrunakrokur pool on Stora Laxá river. This old hut is now around 72 years old and was built by the Icelandic fishing club FLUGAN ( The fishing club Fly ) , few years ago Lax-a and the Landowners on Stora Laxá rebuilt the hut from scratch. It is amazing …

Blanda opening coming up with in 20 days ….

Salmon fishing in Iceland will be open with in 20 days now ! We are all excited and now counting down the days for the opening on the Blanda river 5th of June. Last year was all time record opening when we landed 99 salmon in 2.5 days for 4 rods on beat 1. I am hoping for a good …

There is still some good salmon fishing openings in Iceland …

Going through the availability of the Lax-a Salmon rivers this summer I can see there is still a couple of good rods on some of our best rivers , such as East Ranga , West Ranga , Stora Laxá , Leyrvogsa , Svarta … we do also have prime openings on the Kjarra river 11-17th August and the Big Laxá …

Salmon have arrived in Iceland ….

Early season in Iceland again ? Couple of days ago the first salmon this spring have been seen in Iceland , as usual the Salmon was seen at the Laxá in Kjos river at Kvislarfossar falls. Now the weather is mild here in Iceland and finally it looks like spring is with us , good news is that fishing biologists …

West Ranga stats

As you may have heard the West Ranga river was extremely productive last year and the final number from the river was 9923 salmon caught. During the best weeks anglers were complaining of sore arms from all the action, fish on all the time. In 2017 we have a slot int he river for sale from July 11th to August …

Soon we will start

Now it is less than a month until we open for salmon in Iceland.  We are getting really excited and are optimistic about good catches this summer. Last year the season started with an absolute bang in the Blanda river and the first two days gave 99 salmon for the four rods, all big one up to twenty pounds. Needless …

Monster trout party

In the past days when we finally had some warm weather here in Iceland the fishing in Lake Þingvellir for the monster trout picked up big time. 43 trout were caught in one day in the Black cliffs beat and many of them around twenty pounds. What day out fishing! This is something you should seriously consider for 2018, and …

Joes Fishing in Iceland Q&A!

We at lax-A are often asked about the fishing in Iceland in general.  Here are a few of the most common questions answered. Q: Why is it so expensive to fish in Iceland? A: Not all rivers are expensive, but many are. The full service rivers usually cost more and prime time is more expensive. The simple answer to why, …