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 by the low water have been producing pretty well recently. Mws runs have been above average and grilse are starting to turn up.
The two rivers at the top of the list are the liveliest rivers these days but if you look at the statistice below you can tell which rivers have had an upgrade and which river are still struggling. While the rain has improved the water conditions, the rivers are still low and need more rain, while many of the western north coast rivers are still very low as the rain has not been so powerful in that region of the country. But let’s have a look. The first number is for the total catch on the eve of yesterday, the 3rd of July, the second number is the weekly catch and the numbers in the clauses stand for earlier weekly totals. Where there are no such statistics, the rivers simply started late and do not yet have such comparison totals.
Urriðafoss: 427 – 108 (63 – 72)
Eystri Rangá: 235 – 142 (63)
Blanda: 135 – 25 (25 – 31)
Miðfjarðará: 118 – 55 (39 – 24)
Brennan: 107 – 93 (39 – 19)
Ytri Rangá: 93 – 36 (first weekly total)
Þverá/Kjarrá: 91 – 62 (17)
Haffjarðará: 91 – 51 (first weekly total)
Elliðaárnar: 81 – 45 (first weekly total)
Laxá í Aðaldal: 70 – 26 (first weekly total)
Grímsá: 66 – 35 (21)
Norðurá: 55 – 26 (18 – 4)
Víðidalsá: 36 – 16 (first weekly total)
Langá: 35 – 21 (12)
Flókadalsá: 33 – 16 (first weekly total)
Laxá í Kjós: 25 – 19 (3)
Vatnsdalsá: 21 – 8 (first weekly total)
Some very famous rivers are further down the list and readers can do some more research by checking out www.angling.is
