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 outstanding.
It started with Hofsá, six rods fishing for two days landed four salmon and hooked up or had salmon chasing hitched tubes on several pools. There were not many salmon though, that was established. On the Selá however, it was opened on Saturday morning by Sir James Ratcliffe and his children, things were looking better. They had nine salmon from the morning shift, fishing with only two rods and for only three hours of the designated six hours. Later in the day they added four more. And more importantly, also for the Hofsá, although there had been impressive sightings, all the caught salmon were sea liced. And while anglers were fishing the river Selá, new arrivals could be seen entering the pools.
Both rivers are on the books of www.strengur.is and have been in downward spirals. Last year they had had improvements, the river Selá a big one, river Hofsá a little less but a real one. So, this start looks good, not only for the rest of the season, but the coming seasons as well.
