Top Ten List Week 39

Now the rivers are closing one by one and we have a few more final numbers. Next week we will have final numbers from all rivers except the Rangas which will stay open until October. River 14.9.216 21.9.2016 Weekly catch Rods Per rod per day Final number 2015 Final number 2016 1 Ytri-Rangá & Hólsá, vesturbakki. 8.379 8.722 343 20 …

Stora Laxá season closing tomorrow …

Stora Laxá season will be closed tomorrow … the total season score will be around 700 Salmon , here is  Ilona with one of the last Salmon landed at Stora Laxá this season from beat 4… Arni arnibald@lax-a.is

Russia Kolapeninsula 2017 plannings ….

Salmon Season in Iceland coming to the end now in Iceland , and already now I am thinking of Russia next spring , I am thinking of going 4 weeks to Russia in spring 2017 , Kola river 10 – 17th June and 17th to 24th June , Varzina river 24th June to 01st July and Middle Camp Yokanga 1st …

80% Big Salmon

East Ranga has had unprecedented results in big salmon returns this year. On September 21st -3149 salmon had been caught in the river and 80% of the catch is MWS. The East may not have the same quantities as the West Ranga this summer but if you are after something big it surely would be the place to go to. …

60 salmon in one single day at Stora Laxá ….

60 salmon caught in one single day in Stora Laxá , yesterday afternoon and before lunch this morning where 60 salmon landed in Stora Laxá and many big ones , most of them 40 salmon came from beat 1 and 2 , Picture is from Idan pool beat 3. Arni arnibald@lax-a.is

800 salmon per week?

The West Ranga river was on fire this summer and kept its high numbers steady throughout the season. The river sits on top of the list of most salmon caught in Iceland for the summer. From 6th July until almost end of August the river was producing numbers about 800 salmon caught every single week. Now there have been over …

Top Ten List Week 38

As we get closer to winter many rivers have already closes so we have some final numbers to bring you. By the look of things this year will be average catch wise, not great but not bad either. Some rivers are even better than last year but many are doing worse. One thing is sure, this is a great big …

Salmon fishing in 2017

Dear angler, As we draw a close on the 2016 season we have already opened for bookings for 2017. The good year of 2016 was a strange one indeed. It started with an absolute bang with a big B. Many rivers were full of MWS and we had record openings in our rivers, Blanda, Stóra Laxá, Svartá, Langadalsá, West and …

New river to Lax-a , river Leyrvogsa ….

We went fishing on little Leyrvogsa river yesterday , great fun landing 6 salmon all on the riffling hitch , this wonderful 2 rod river is averaging 600 salmon pr. season for the 2 rods making Leyrvogsa one of the top rivers in Iceland counting caught Salmon pr. rod pr. day , coming behind Laxá in Ásum. Lax-a is the …

Stóra Laxá Beat 4

Beat four in Stóra Laxá has been very good all summer. We had an early run of big salmon and a lot of them. The opening of the beat was best in ages and the fishing has continued to be good. Over 90% of the salmon caught are MWS with the odd sea trout in between. I would strongly urge …