Finally, some rain has freshened up the rivers!
Iceland’s south, southwest and west has finally had some long overdue rain to slightly improve the low water conditions, and there was an instant impact as runs became more pronounced and quite a few rivers that were badly hit...
Fine and lively start to the rivers Selá and Hofsá
The major Northeast rivers Hofsá and Selá were opened up for fishing, Hofsá late last week. Both have plenty of water due to their collecting water deep into the highland snowfields. They had though mixed starts, Hofsá slow, Selá...
Huge fish from the East Rangá
While many Icelandic rivers have been affected by long draughts, the river East Rangá has plenty of water and has been prolific since starting during mid-June. During the weekend, the wife of the June manager, Guðmundur Atli Ásgeirsson, hooked...
Weekly statistics – things are picking up!
We have new weekly statistics from the website angling.is. The date is 26th June. The salmon season started roughly with very low water, but things have been picking up recently and just after the 26th the West and North...
Iceland’s biggest salmon of 2019 so far
Iceland’s biggest salmon of the season so far was recently hooked, landed and released on the Nes beats of the river “Big” Laxá in Adaldal. It was measured at 108 cm. Recently two more in the 100 plus category...
Several lively openings
The twentieth of June is an important day in Icelandic salmon fishing as several important rivers are opened up for fishing. This time most notably the rivers Laxá in Adaldalur, Vatnsdalsá, Víðidalsá, West Rangá and the small but prolific...
Multi winter salmons runs are strong this year
Ingólfur Ásgeirsson, one of the outfitters at Starir, who manage among other rivers Þverá/Kjarrá/Brennan and Víðidalsá, told us that despite the conditions trouble the mws‘s were coming back in force. “The runs are strong as they have been over...
A very special start to the salmon season
Iceland’s 2019 salmon season got off to a bright start on the first river, which opened on June the 1st. The new sensation, the Urriðafoss beat on the huge volume River Thjórsá, a glacier fed river in the south...
The NASF switches attentions to open sea pens
When the late Orri Vigfússon passed away a few years ago, the NASF went into a sort of turmoil. The NASF had been working in divisions all over the realm of the Atlantic salmon but Orri...
A worthy project on a river with potential
WhenPétur took over the management of river Gljúfurá a few years back, he instantly installed a strict catch and release code. He has wrapped the river in cotton wool, he for instance sold a mere twelve...
