West Ranga … fish arriving

Salmon have already been seen in few places on the West Ranga , that is very very early as West Ranga is not open until after 3 weeks , but great strong sign for a great start!  Arni arnibald@lax-a.is

Nordura … season open!

Great start on the Nordura river , first five hours of the beginning of the Icelandic Salmon fishing 8 salmon landed and numbers lost as well …. looks great and must be the best start for a long time , Arni arnibald@lax-a.is

Salmon coming early on the Kola river Russia Kola Peninsula

They are already having good action and catching fish on the Kola river , conditions are great and river already getting close to summer levels  ,  next 2 weeks will be fantastic on the Kola river that is for sure , Arni arnibald@lax-a.is

Salmon season started in Norway …

It looks like there is a reasonable start for Salmon fishing , I was told that in Gaulfossen at Gaula Norway they did well the first day 23 large salmon , Alta opening they landed some Salmon , here in Iceland every day fresh news on Salmon being seen all over the place , I guess our openings will be …

News from the Blanda river ….

The Salmon counter at the waterfalls at beat 1 Blanda was put down last Monday , the first 24 hours there where 27 salmon counted going through , upper beats .. beat 2. beat 3 and beat 4 will not open until 20th June , if keeps on going like this there will be Rock and roll up there on …

The new improved East Ranga lodge will be open in the next few days…

The East Ranga lodge will be open in the next few days .. after great great improvements that we have been working on all winter long , our carpenterGuðmundur Sigurbjörnsson and is crew have been doing such a great work! 🙂 …. this morning we where testing the breakfast buffet from cheff Björgvin … great treat!   Arni arnibald@lax-a.is

The salmon have arrived to Blanda beat 1!

The Blanda beat 1 is opening the 5th June, next Sunday and we are already very excited about the opening and seeing the first numbers from the river this season. Last season was a record year in Blanda when 4.829 salmon were caught for the season! 

Wilfried Striessnig on the river DEE

My good old friend from Austria Wilfried Striessnig caught this big beautiful Salmon from Lower Crathes / West Durris beat early May. I meet Wilfried first time in 1988 on the bank of Laxá in Kjos where we celebrated all time fishing record for the Kjos 3900 Salmon. Wilfriend then introduced me to the river DEE where we have been …

Why fishing in Greenland is bucket list material

Greenland is by far the wildest place on earth for char fishing where there are thousands of rivers and lakes, full of Arctic Char. Because of the enormous territory and relatively few inhabitants in Greenland, many of these fishing areas are hardly fished at all and some rivers have not seen an angler – ever.