We have had the first weekly numbers from the early opening rivers in Iceland. Blanda, Norðurá and Þverá/Kjarará opened in the beginning of June and we have total numbers up to date.

Norðurá has 130 salmon

Þverá/Kjarará has 94 salmon

Blanda has 66 salmon

Those are much lower numbers than same time last year and really that is a good sign. Those numbers are closer to what we are used to – normal numbers. Las year we had a really good MVS salmon year but the grilse runs failed. That resulted in a great opening but then a steep downward spiral in catches.

This year we are expecting a normal MVS but a good grilse summer and overall better catches than last year. Let’s hope that is the case, but with salmon you never know. We will find out soon enough.

Tight Lines

Johann David – jds@lax-a.is