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Fly fishing in Iceland with Iceland Angling Travel

 


Fishing in Iceland with Iceland Angling Travel

Fishing in Iceland with Iceland Angling Travel

Iceland Angling Travel is a licensed travel agency that specializes in fly fishing trips in Iceland. We offer various fishing tours around the country to various locations ranging from high class luxury lodges and salmon fishing to old cabin accommodation in the highlands in search of big trout.
 

We strive for perfection and we all know it is a never ending journey. As time goes by we add to our experience and contact list for quality fishing. We have spent a lot of time researching lakes and rivers all over Iceland in search of what we feel is the highest quality fishing to offer our clients.

  

It is our hope that your fishing trip in Iceland will be a one to remember and we certainly hope we can play a big role in your fishing experience of a lifetime. Our experience with fishing in Iceland has produced some quality packaged trips that we can now offer our clients but if those do not suit your need we will be more than happy to suggest something that suits you. Please feel free to contact us with anything and everything you may need.

 

Tight lines,

 

Stjani Ben - Manager

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Biggest sea trout I have ever seen Print E-mail
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Friday, 03 May 2013 00:53

One of our packaged trips for the 2013 season was/is the "Two kinds of trout" trip. This trip is currently taking place and it is sold out but in a nutshell it is a trip where we are targeting sea trout and brown trout with 2 days on the Litla River and 2 days on the Huseyjarkvisl River. The sea trout fishing on Huseyjarkvisl has been slow so far in April with not many fish caught but some big ones to make up for that. It has generally been way too cold to make any progress.

 

Before I left Reykjavik to go on this trip as the guide I looked at the weather forecast and crossed my fingers. However the forecast was not playing ball and with a stunning -12°C forecasted I can't say I was looking forward to it. Now we have 2,5 days out of 4 on this trip finished already and I have some reporting to do. On the Litla River the weather was horrible. Freezing cold and wind. This morning was our last there and the tally at breakfast was 26 fish in 1,5 days. And some big brown trout among those. Today is when things started heating up. This morning one of the clients caught an 80 cm brown trout and fought it for 40 mins with tippet at 6 pound test. The same client also landed one at 75 cm, 60 and a 50 cm Arctic char. So a very good morning for him and we ended up with 34 fish landed in total on 3 rods for 2 days.

 

The 70 cm sea trout caught on Huseyjarkvisl this evening

The 70 cm sea trout caught on Huseyjarkvisl this evening

 

We then arrived late at Huseyjarkvisl. We found fish quickly and a spanking fresh 70 cm sea trout was landed within the first two hours along with two smaller ones and a nice brown trout. It was on the last pool we intended to fish this evening that the biggest sea trout I have ever seen in my life was caught. Fishing a black Dyrbitur pattern with rubber legs on a Teeny T-300 line and a short leader Mr. Wessels from South-Africa made that perfect cast to pool 20 on the Huseyjarkvisl River. After that initial mend and those first few strips he felt the tug. Or maybe we should say he felt like he'd caught mother earth. I was fortunate enough to be standing next to him and could see that it was a big fish. Some minutes later the fish was landed and what a fish. A whopping 96 cm sea trout! A very heavy fish with 44 cm girth.

 

A 96 cm sea trout from Huseyjarkvisl. Biggest I've seen

A 96 cm sea trout from Huseyjarkvisl. Biggest I've seen

 

Naturally the angler is one happy chap and in fact all three of them are with the fish they've caught on this trip so far. I hope to report more on this trip in the next days. I would like to remind you that there are 2 rods available for salmon/sea trout fishing on Huseyjarkvisl in late August as a part of a packaged trip called "All species combo".

 

The Angler and the guide.

The Angler and the guide.

 

Tight lines,
Stjani Ben

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First fishing report Print E-mail
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Wednesday, 17 April 2013 21:03
Steinar our guide with his 80 cm sea trout on Litla River

Steinar our guide with his 80 cm sea trout on Litla River

Well it's been almost two weeks now since the last time I wrote something here and then I was going fishing. That trip was short and sweet with loads of laughs but hardly any fish. Me and Bjossi caught a char each but no sea trout. From there I went to the north to fish Litla River with Iceland's culinary elite including a member of the national culinary team. Needless to say the feast was on in the lodge and the fishing was as good as always on the Litla. With a massive 80 cm sea trout landed among the fifty odd fish we also had some laughs and cold fingers as we were hit with a cold spell while fishing with temps dropping well below zero.

 

On Friday last I picked up my very first clients of the season, a group of proper English gentlemen. At least that's what they told me to call them. It was an exciting trip for me as two out of three in the group are beginners to fly fishing and had not caught a fish on the fly before. We started fishing the Brunna River and with a strong northern breeze biting our fingers and making things difficult for the newcomers we struggled for the first few hours. We then found a nice pool where we connected with a char and a brownie before the sun went behind a hill and made things way to cold to continue. However it was an anglers first ever Arctic char and an anglers first ever fish on the fly.

 

One of the char we caught during that sunny day on Brunna

One of the char we caught during that sunny day on Brunna

The following morning it was cold but still and the sun was shining. We fished for a while without luck but in the afternoon, as the sun had heated things up a bit we connected with our first char and then everyone in the group had a fish. That afternoon we landed 8 Arctic char and lost plenty, all on small nymphs fished upstream with strike indicators. As the sun went behind a big bank of clouds the fish stopped taking and we called it a day just before it started snowing.

 

The following morning was our last on Brunna River before starting on the Litla in the afternoon but that morning there was a snow storm raging outside that kept us inside the whole day. Thank goodness I had planned for any situation and brought plenty of gourmet food on the trip so that day was spent eating, playing poker and soaking in the hot tub at Litla River.

 

The following day the same storm was raging but as that was our last day we put on an extra layer and went out fishing. That paid off as we landed  a nice brownie, a char and lost one brownie. All in all it was a great trip despite the bad weather and I've made some new friends and we have three very happy clients gone back to the UK.

 

Tim with his brownie from the Litla River

Tim with his brownie from the Litla River

I received this e-mail from one of the group upon their return:

"Hi Stjani arrived back home safely. Thank you for a wonderful time, didn't even matter about the 1 days bad weather. I have made a wonderful friend and would you send me the other pictures that you took please. I will definitely be coming back. Tim "

 

Next up for me is Huseyjarkvisl River for 7 days in total. Can't wait to get back on my favorite river of all. We have 3 days on Brunna River just become available in July. Drop me a line for some details on fishing prime time in that fantastic Arctic char river.

 

Tight lines,

Stjani Ben

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Gone fishing! Print E-mail
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Thursday, 04 April 2013 23:25
This is the sort we'll are after. Spring sea trout!

This is the sort we'll are after. Spring sea trout!

Both of us working at the office are going sea trout fishing together tomorrow morning and so the office will be closed tomorrow, Friday April 5th. We will both have our phones with us and so we will be able to answer urgent e-mails. And since we will have our phones we will (provided we catch something) post pictures on our Facebook page and Twitter page. So please stay updated and follow us on these sites.

 

Tomorrow we will be trying a new sea trout river for us to see if we feel that it is safe for us to start sending our clients to this river. I will do my best to update the page here as well and at least I will post something here on Monday. We will be back at it answering your enquiries on Monday morning. Have a great weekend - we're off fishing.

 

Tight lines,

Stjani Ben

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Good opening day Print E-mail
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Tuesday, 02 April 2013 13:53
From the opening of Brunna in 2012. Stunning view.

From the opening of Brunna in 2012. Stunning view.

The wait is finally over and the fishing season in Iceland has now started. April 1. is the official opening day when we allow fishing for sea run species of fish, mostly sea trout. Three of the rivers we offer were opened yesterday and the fishing was good. Although we do not have confirmed reports first hand we can tell you that on the Litla River the anglers fishing there caught 93 fish, char, brown trout and sea trout alike. According to the lodge keeper "only" 4-5 of those were around 70 cm in length and about 50% of the catch was Arctic char.

 

On Brunna River some 14 fish were landed, mostly char between 50-60 cm in length. On Huseyjarkvisl 24 fish were landed with a few big boys there among. We will report in more detail on these rivers once we've spoken to the anglers fishing.

 

There is still a chance to come fishing on the Litla River in April for a discounted price. See details here: http://icelandangling.com/packaged-holidays-2013/spring-trout-fishing.html
 

There's also a chance to come fishing on Brunna River on prime time. See here: http://icelandangling.com/packaged-holidays-2013/arctic-char-fishing.html

 

Tight lines,
Stjani Ben

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