Tungufljot river ….

There are some fish running Tungufljot these days ,  we are catching from 3 to 8 Salmon a day now ,  picture of Peter Ariowitch playing a fish from the East bank , Peter did very well and landed 6 Salmon in one day , Arni arnibald@lax-a.is

Go Small

Late summer successful salmon fishing requires a totally different technique than early summer.  When salmon have just entered the river they are much more aggressive than fish that have stayed in the river for weeks or months. Fresh fish are in my opinion not as picky of the fly you present, the silvery fresh ones even swim a distance just …

Fly Fishing in Greenland photos and video

I went fly fishing in Greenland this year with 66°north, an Icelandic outdoor clothes company. They were originally founded in 1926 and made clothes for sailors, but is now almost dressing the whole nation in all sorts of weathers. Here you can find their blog about fishing in Greenland with photos, videos and our story from the trip: https://www.66north.com/whats-on/fly-fishing-in-greenland/ Hope you enjoy it …

Fishing news from Mr Wolfgang from beat 4 on Stora Laxa

Our friend and angler Wolfgang was fishing the beat 4 and 3 on Stora Laxa about a week ago and had a good time there and shared with me these photos and news from the river: “Hallo Vala, we had a good time on Stora Laxa! Caught 13 fish, best was the upper part of beat 4, beat 3 was …

Big Laxa – Rods Available

We have been bringing you news of monster fish caught in the Big Laxa up north. Many over 100cm have been caught with three of the largest of 110 -112 cm. Fancy getting in on the action? Well who wouldn’t. Due to last minute cancellation we have two rods available in the river September 8th – 11th. For enquiries write …

Beast Feast

In the last few days we have heard stories and seen pictures of very large salmon caught in Iceland. This is the time of the beasts; autumn is prime time for that trophy salmon you have been longing for. The very large cock fish become extremely agitated and angry as it draws closer to spawning time. They protect their turf …

Top Ten List Week 34

Another week and several thousand salmon caught. Fishing is getting a little slower as we get closer to the autumn but still fine fishing in some rivers. River 17.8.2016 24.8.2016 Weekly catch Rods Per rod per day Final 2015 1 Ytri-Rangá & Hólsá 5467 5878 411 20 2,9 8.803 2 Miðfjarðará 3005 3287 282 10 4,0 6.028 3 Eystri-Rangá 2627 …

Our Westfjord sister rivers

We have two small rivers up in west Iceland – Langadalsa and Hvannadalsa.  They  are sister rivers and share the same river mouth but like many sister they are totally each to their own in character. Langadalsa is the more productive river with an average catch of close to 300 salmon. The river hardly has any rapids just slow flowing …

Top Ten List Week 33

Another week has gone and the fishing has been better in some rivers after it finally rained. We have a new entry in the 10th place – Laxá í Dölum with a weekly catch of 215 salmon on its six rods. River 10.8.2016 10.8.2016 Weekly catch Rods Per rod per day Final 2015 1 Ytri-Rangá & Hólsá 4664 5467 803 …