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Team Iceland Angling Travel - Our guides for your service
Kristjan Benediktsson - "Stjani Ben"
 Stjani Ben is the senior of the guide staff and also the manager of the company. Stjani started fishing at a very young age with a piece of mono-filament and a hook down by the local docks. Soon the tactics changed and there was a rod involved in the mix. This was at his "back yard" lake that so cleverly is called Brown trout lake. Like so many locals, Stjani gained his experience mostly through his father and grandfather that also taught him how to cast a fly. Stjani has been taking care of anglers from all over the world for years now and in the spring of 2009 he graduated from college with a Bachelors degree in rural tourism. His thesis centered on angling tourism in Iceland. Immediately after the gradutation Iceland Angling Travel was founded. In December 2009 Stjani was the author of a fly tying book published in Iceland called "Trout flies". He is also had several articles published in the Icelandic angling media.
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Olafur Gardarsson - "Oli" Oli and his big sea trout from Huseyjarkvisl river Oli is another one of our young passionate guides that despite a young age has years of experience both as a fly angler and guide. He has been fly fishing since he was 13 years old for both trout and salmon but sea trout and salmon are his favorite species to catch. Oli has been a guide in some of Iceland‘s best salmon rivers and has been getting very good reviews. Oli is also a fantastic fly tyer that has specialized in salmon flies to use in Iceland. Oli spends his winters tying flies and studying engineering. Oli is our Huseyjarkvisl expert but has very good knowledge of other rivers we offer. Oli has been working for I.A.T. now for 2 years and before he has been working in rivers all over the country.
Steinar Bjarki Magnusson Steinar the cheerful guide Steinar started working for us in 2011 and was very well liked by his guests as being a fun loving, cheerful guide. Steinar started fishing at age 5 and started fly fishing with his dad at age 13. His first salmon was landed in 1995 at Laxa in Kjos but brown trout is his favorite species to catch. Steinar has spent a lot of time hiking around the highland area Arnarvatnsheidi and he will be pioneering trips there for Iceland Angling Travel in 2012. Guiding is Steinar's second job and in real life he is the head chef for a very popular seafood restaurant in Reykjavik called The Fishmarket. So Steinar's guests are in for a culinary treat on the trips with him.
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