Another new article: All you need to know about fishing in Iceland!!

Well… not really. But here is the article anyway: http://icelandangling.com/articles/59-iceland/247-all-you-need-to-know-about-fishing-in-iceland.html

I hope you enjoy it – if not let me know in the comments here. And please share with friends.

Tight lines,

Stjani Ben

New article: Hitch fishing for Atlantic salmon

Yeah I know…. Been slow on the updates here. Been a crazy busy month. Well I guess it is for most people so thats no excuse. I did have time to write a new article that I published on the company website. Oh and by the way – Merry Christmas, hope you all had a wonderful time.

I’m not going to write anything more here for now as I am going to take the opportunity while my daughter is sleeping to write another article for the website.

Tight lines,

Stjani Ben

Fishing in Iceland – Arctic char

Anyone see the awesome fly fishing movie called The Source – Iceland? If not I strongly suggest you buy a copy, sit back and enjoy the show Nick Reygaert and his Gin-Clear media crew put on for you.

The cover of the DVD "The Source - Iceland"

Once you have done that you get a better feel for the Arctic char fishing in Iceland. At least through the eyes of someone that does not fish for that particular fish all the time.

Personally I did not do all that much char fishing myself when I was younger and I guess it is because it’s not that good close to Reykjavik where I live. In fact it wasn’t until I started working as a guide for a big outfitter here in Iceland that I truly discovered Arctic char fishing and in particular the sea run kind. Those are a blast to catch I can tell you that much.

Me and a happy client in the highlands in 2010 with a massive char

It’s amasing how strong these fish are and a relatively small fish of about 1-2 pounds will give you a fight of a lifetime. Not to mention if you are lucky enough to catch a 5-6 pounder fresh from the sea. Those bad boys have the habit of simply running back to sea if you catch one of them in an estuary. A friend of mine had his 4wt rod fishing for sea run Arctic char and got slammed by a big one that almost finished his backing before it broke the leader.

I remember the first time I guided for sea run Arctic char. Three guys from Switzerland were here for a week of salmon fishing but decided to do three days of char fishing before. You know…. to get warmed up. To make a long story short they hit the jackpot and landed well over 50 fish in 3 days up to 6 pounds in size. Needless to say they were thrilled with the fishing and I was hooked.

Fight coming to an end in an estuary. Fresh silver sea run char

I particularly like two different styles of Arctic char fishing. One is for the sea run kind, the other the resident kind. The sea runners I like to fish for in estuaries where you have the, what seems like impossible, task of finding the shoals of fish travelling up and down with the tides. I like the challenge. To hear the thundering roar of the Atlantic ocean slam the beach or being there in the middle of the night enjoying fishing in the midnight sun when the water is dead calm and all you hear is the splash of char feeding just beneath the surface.

Some of the char flies I like to use.

In the esturaries I prefer to use a streamer fly – flashy flies with marabou tails. The reason = I f…. love the slamming takes!! At first all I got were chasing char that chased my flies right to my feet sometimes without taking. Then my good buddy and char fishing legend Súddi told me to increase the rate of stripping until I’m stripping as fast as I can. That’s usually when the strike and MAN do they strike!! I should not be writing this in December with everything covered in snow and still 4 months until fishing season starts. Guess my wife will get knocked on the head tonight when I’m false casting in my sleep.

Anyway… back to the char fishing. The other style I like is wandering off in the highlands with nobody around, just my rod and a backpack, hiking upstream a river or small stream I barely know. Fishing a river that gets fished maybe 3 days a year. Catching big and wild mountain char that have survived these harsh conditions for years and lived long enough to grow up to 7-8 pounds in size. Getting to a small pool where the water is gin-clear and you see the white stripes of the fins of a char. Line up the shot, your nymphs hit the water and you see the fish move a little to the side. Rod raised, fish on. Fight, release, breathe… Sit down, have a sip of water and enjoy the peacefullness of the Icelandic highlands. The day complete.

Fat char caught on a 3wt rod in the mountains. Fight of a lifetime!

Char can be a real tough fish to catch sometimes – fussy and picky. Usually they’ll go for a flashy looking fly, totally different from anything in nature. Then sometimes they’ll only take the most detailed and excact imitation. They are a real challenge and that’s what most people love about them. And for every 10 you hook, you are bound to lose about 7 as they fight like a snake and will unhook themselves.

If you’ve never been fishing in Iceland – or if you have and never caught char I strongly suggest you try it. We offer trips that target all the species in 6 days where you get a rare chance to catch char, sea trout, brown trout and Atlantic salmon in one trip. We also offer highland hiking and fishing trips for those that like to rough it in the wilderness with just their rod, backpack and tent. So drop me a line at info@icelandangling.com for more information on char fishing in Iceland.

Tight lines,

Stjani Ben

Sea trout fishing in Iceland

Maybe some of you will look at the title of this post and wonder – what is a sea trout? I don’t know for sure but an American client of mine told me this summer that in the US they refer to sea trout as sea run brown trout. And that is exactly what it is – sea run brown trout. I have to be honest with you and reveal my total ignorance regarding this type of fish and it’s habits. All I can tell you is what I’ve learned by targeting those silvery beasts, what I’ve read, heard and cooked up as my own theories. So please note that this is in no way an exact science. If you know something I don’t please blast that at me in the comments section.

An 82 cm sea trout caught in April 2011 on the Huseyjarkvisl

What I originally heard about sea trout fishing and their behavior was that they run in the late summer through autumn and then in the spring they could be caught again when leaving the river after staying over winter. My experience has shot holes in that in some ways and this is my theory. I think the sea trout stay at sea during the summer but when the rivers get colder they start to run. Some of those fish spawn, others are not ready yet. Those come and go during the winter, travelling from sea to river. Others spawn and stay in the river the whole winter while a few spawn and leave but come and go throughout winter. Sounds confusing.But when the rivers warm up again they leave for sea and stay there during summer.

A perfect example of a sea trout that has clearly spawned and stayed in the river.

I’ve caught fish in the spring that have obviously stayed there all winter, spawned and not fed. I forget the name for those in English but I seem to remember they were called Kelts? Anyway…. I’ve also caught very big sea trout in the spring that were clearly fresh from the sea, fat, strong and in great condition but big enough to have spawned.

An 82 cm fish caught in April 2011. Clearly this fish is in much better shape then the one above.

I’d have to say that the main habitat for sea trout in Iceland are on the south and south-east coast. In recent years bigger and bigger runs of sea trout are pouring into rivers on the west coast and there are also a few good ones in the north. My favorite one is in the north – the Huseyjarkvisl River – a river that has been flying under the international radar and is mostly fished by locals.

Now I am going to say something that is very controversial here in Iceland and I’m sure it is all over the world but these are my opinions that I am entitled to: The biggest problem for sea trout fishing in Iceland is very poorly managed rivers! There… I said it. What I mean about poorly managed are the rivers that still allow spinning, bait fishing and killing of sea trout. What we have are beautiful rivers with runs of big, strong silvery sea trout that are being killed. Luckily we have rivers that have a fly only, catch and release rule and those rivers are booming. Fish are getting bigger and bigger and the runs are getting stronger. I dare say it that if all the sea trout rivers in the south were catch and release within a few years we’d have an absolute sea trout fishing paradise in Iceland.

This is one of the rivers that is a prime suspect to becoming one of the best rivers in Iceland as soon as they implement C&R

Now we have that in the north but the rivers there are few and far apart that have any runs of sea trout. We have access to three of them, Huseyjarkvisl, Litla and Brunna Rivers. Huseyjarkvisl has been C&R now for almost 10 years and the fish just get bigger and bigger. For the last year I know of at least two 90 cm sea trout caught with incredible girth. Those fish one can only imagine the weight. Personally I have caught an 82 cm sea trout there, that I could not measure the girth on but I have also caught a 75 cm fish with 46 cm in girth. Both of them I caught on the Huseyjarkvisl River.

74 cm long, 46 cm girth. Huseyjarkvisl River September 2010

Now I’m not going to keep this post any longer but my next one I am going to go into tactics for the sea trout in Huseyjarkvisl and those tactics can be applied to a lot of other sea trout rivers in Iceland. To me the sea trout is the best fish to catch here in Iceland – at least it’s my favorite fish at the moment. That may be due to the fact it’s the last fish I caught and it will be the first one I target in the next season.

90 cm sea trout. Huseyjarkvisl River April 2010. Caught by the mouth of the river.

We have some spots available for autumn sea trout – salmon – brown trout combos in September 2012. I am going to send out a newsletter either today or on Friday where I will go into those trips in detail. But I can tell you this right now that we need a single person to fill a group of singles for a Huseyjarkvisl – Litla combo in mid September. So if you want to experience the best sea trout fishing Iceland has to offer let me know. Also to ensure you get our newsletter please subscribe by following this link: http://icelandangling.com/join-our-mailing-list.html

Tight lines,

Stjani Ben

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Sea trout 75 cm long, 46 cm girth. Huseyjarkvisl September 2010

My favorite sea trout pattern

Since the first fishing I’ll be doing personally in the new year when the new season starts will be sea trout fishing I might as well start by telling you about my favorite sea trout pattern.

My favorite sea trout fly - The Dyrbitur

This story begins three years ago in the autumn of 2008. A new fly tying book about streamers was being published here in Iceland and I was asked to proof read the book before it was printed. At that time I was studying tourism in Holar University College and felt nothing but honored to help my friend the publisher out. One of the patterns in the book is the creation of the author himself and I’d seen and heard about it many times before. I even had some in my fly box but never used it all that much.

The cover of that book I proof read

When proof reading the book I read the story behind the name of the pattern and that intrigued me. The name of the fly is Dyrbitur wich in Icelandic is a term used for foxes and stray dogs that attack livestock, mainly lambs and occasionally, even full grown sheep. Story has it that the creator of the fly was approached by a group of guys going to fish the Litla River, a river the creator knows quite well, and they needed a secret weapon to bring with them. The creator gave them this fly and told them that they were in for a treat as a “dyrbitur” had been spotted in the river a few days before (in this case the term is used for such a big fish that it would be big enough to attack livestock).

A few days later the creator of the fly – Sigurdur Palsson got a phone call. The excited voice on the other line did not even say hello – the greeting was “we got it!”. Sigurdur’s reply was “got what?”. That panting voice on the other line replied “The Dyrbitur… on the fly you gave me. Whats that fly called?” And the rest is history as naturally the fly would be called Dyrbitur.

Here is a video taken when these anglers caught that “dyrbitur” on the Litla River. I don’t want to take anything away from these guys but I want to state for the record that I am against the fact that they killed this magnificent beast and that since then all killing has been banned on the river and today it is a full catch and release river as it should be. Enjoy.

 

Anyway…. I then tyed up a few of those flies and had them in my box. Did not use them all that much but they were always there. Then in 2010 a group of Scottish anglers came over for a combination trip for salmon, trout, char and sea trout. We started in the Litla River for 3 days where they caught 80 something fish, among those a 10 pound brown trout. We then moved to the Huseyjarkvisl River for some salmon and sea trout. On the final day one of the guys showed me a fly he had in his box – a Scottish pattern called Humungus. I liked it and on the last morning two fresh and bright silver sea trout nailed it.

One of the two fish that nailed the Humungus that morning

My client gave me a copy of this fly for me to imitate since I was booked to go fishing the Huseyjarkvisl River with my father a few days later. So when I got back home I sat down to tye some up but being so busy at the time I only had time to tye two copies. So I then had three copies of the fly in my box.

When we arrived to the river we started fishing the salmon beats but I used the Humungus as I was searching for sea trout rather than salmon. You might wonder why – but let me finish and I’ll explain. Anyway…. soon after I started fishing I hooked a nice brown trout on the Humungus but shortly after that I snagged it on a rock and broke off. One copy down, two to go.

As dusk set in my father came and joined me by the pool Rettarhylur – a slow and deep pool known to hold both salmon and sea trout all season long. So I fished it through with 1-2 salmon patterns and then changed tactics and fished the Humungus upstream but stripped very fast downstream to imitate an injured stickleback. Literally on the first cast a brown trout hammered it, gave me a good fight before I let him go. Second cast something bigger came almost to the surface to strike the Humungus fished in this way.

That fish turned out to be a salmon and the fly was stuck way down in it’s throat so I had to snip the leader and leave the fly or else risk cutting the gills. So two down and only one to go. Only the original was now in my box.

The next morning we moved to the trout beats and got to experience the kind of sea trout bonanza the Huseyjarkvisl is so famous for. When the original copy of the Humungus was smashed to pieces by countless sea trout I switched to the Dyrbitur as it is quite similar. The fantastic fishing kept going strong and since then I’ve tyed up loads of Dyrbitur patterns as well as recommended it to my sea trout fishing clients. It is super simple and easy to tye so it’s perfect for those of you that have little time to tye flies. For the Huseyjarkvisl I like it with a tungsten bead as well as flat lead in the body for that extra weight because there you want the fly to go deep as fast as possible.

The last fish I caught on that fishing trip September 22. - 25. 2010. Nailed the Dyrbitur

Now I promised to tell you why I was chasing sea trout rather than salmon at that time. The answer is simple. The sea trout get just as big as the salmon there and at that time the sea trout were running but the salmon were already in the system and had been for a while. I always prefer a fresh run fish, a bar of silver.

Here is the recipe for this pattern:

Dyrbitur

Creator: Sigurdur Palsson

Hook: size 2-6 streamer hook

Bead: silver

Thread: black

Tail: black marabou with few strands of krystal hair on both sides

Body: half silver chenille, half black chenille

Hackle: black hen hackle

 

Here is a video from the Huseyjarkvisl River – Spring sea trout fishing:

 

We have some dates on the Huseyjarkvisl in September for a combination of salmon and sea trout. Fantastic dates for some fantastic fishing. Drop me a line at info@icelandangling.com for further information. Info on the river can be found here:

http://icelandangling.com/huseyjarkvisl-river-salmon-beat.html

and here:

http://icelandangling.com/huseyjarkvisl-river-trout-beat.html

Tight lines,

Stjani Ben

Brown trout fishing in Iceland

My last post I talked about salmon fishing in Iceland and the hitch method for catching Atlantic salmon. For the last few weeks I’ve been up to my ears planning brown trout fishing trips for clients from all over the world and following that pattern I figure I write a little bit about the brown trout fishing in Iceland.

Great habitat for brown trout!

A 65 cm (25,6") brown trout caught from the headwaters of the Litla River in August 2011

To start things off I’d like to mention what it is that makes Iceland such a great habitat for brown trout – not to say that all of the country is good for them – but why the areas you find brownies is so good. I’m not going to dive into the smallest of details, but give you the jist of what is important.

For one fish needs water and it helps if the water is pretty much free of pollutants. In Iceland we have all this land space and only about 330.000 people so we’ve managed to keep the rivers fairly free from pollution. Also we have a lot of rivers and lakes and the reason is that the country is an island in the North-Atlantic where rain is quite common and the temperature rarely gets that high to evaporate the water. You have to excuse my English – it’s not my first language but I hope you understand what I mean.

So a lot of clean water. Good for the fish.

The volcanic factor

Another big factor is that Iceland is not only an island, it’s a volcanic island with frequent volcanic eruptions. We are located right on top of a so-called “hot spot” and this volcanic belt runs across the country, pretty much through the middle from south to north. On this volcanic belt lava is most common rock, young lava. One characteristic of young lava is that rain seeps through it quite easily so underground pools of water are formed with underground rivers of fresh water. Another good thing about this is that the water picks up minerals from the lava and becomes quite nutritious. For some reason this water gets pushed up onto the surface and becomes what we call a spring creek or spring fed river. Yet another great character of this is that the flow keeps pretty steady throughout the year and very often has some kind of geothermal kick to it making it even more nutritious and keeps from freezing in the winter.

So these spring fed rivers that can most commonly be found on the volcanic belt are great for the brown trout that thrive there and get really fat due to the amount of insect life in these waters. Which brings me to my second point of conversation. Why is the brown trout here so big and fat?

Of course not all of them are but a pretty high percentage. To answer that I must move into theory gear as I have no idea for a fact but I have a theory based on what I have read, seen, experienced and picked up from other people’s theories.

The Ice age brown trout

So here is my theory: Before the last ice age in Iceland sea trout swam up our rivers to highland lakes all over the country. Then the ice age came and that leaves a gap in my theory but when the last ice age ended in Iceland some 10.000 years ago (yeah I know.. short time) the land rose and created waterfalls that fish did not go up or down, isolating them in the highlands. This species of brown trout we call the ice age brown trout and it is my theory that this species spread out to many of the rivers and lakes either naturally or by the hands of humans making it the most widespread species of brown trout found in Iceland. These fish grown very fast and become very big. Let me give you a few examples:

A spanish angler with an example of the Ice age brown trout

Another prime example

One more example to state my case

So to sum things up: plenty of clean, nutritious water, young country geologically speaking, rare species of brown trout that grow fast and become very big. Add to that strict rules for fishing, all private fishing, very low fishing pressure and you have a recipe for fantastic brown trout fishing.

The Litla River

One prime example of all this is the river Litla in the north of Iceland. Fed by springs and its headwater lake of Lake Quake (formed in an earthquake in the 1970′s) and the warm geothermal influence from one of the main springs create a habitat for big brown trout. I have taken a lot of anglers there for fishing and I have yet to have an unhappy angler leaving this river. One trip stands above though to Litla River in 2011.

Three anglers from Scotland were returning to Litla after a successful trip in 2010 and this time did 4 days instead of 3. Despite rough conditions at times managed to land 108 fish combined of all species Iceland has to offer. Most of the catch was brown trout but they also caught sea run Arctic char, sea trout, resident Arctic char and one salmon.

A nice resident char caught in Litla in May 2011

On that trip we also discovered the fantastic fishing to be had in the lake that had simply been there unnoticed all this time. We caught the biggest brownies in the lake as well as a few big char.

Now we have added other rivers in that same area equally good as the Litla. These include the Brunna River where you can expect big brown trout but most of all big sea run Arctic char and the world famous Laxa Myvatn. The beats we can now offer are the top beat of Laxa in Myvatnssveit, the beat below that one the Laxa in Laxardalur and then the beats below the dam in Adaldalur.

We have already started booking for the 2012 season and the going is good. On some of the rivers we only have a few spots left and July especially is popular. So I advice you to start planning your fishing trip early for 2012, especially if you want to come in contact with these brown trout monsters. My e-mail for bookings and enquiries is info@icelandangling.com and my phone number is +354 867 5200 – don’t hesitate to contact me with your interest in brown trout fishing in Iceland.

Tight lines,

Stjani Ben

p.s. here is a link to the Litla Photo Album and another link to an album containing Big Brown trout in Iceland! Enjoy

Salmon fishing in Iceland

So what makes salmon fishing in Iceland so much fun? Well I can’t speak for other people but I’d like to share with you what makes me love it. But first of all some background info.

I love trout fishing. I love trout fishing on small creeks where I have to crawl around, see the fish, be super stealthy, see the take and preferably use dry flies. Who doesn’t? Well the same thing applies to salmon fishing. I love fishing for salmon using a size 16 fly on a floating line but above all I love using the hitch technique.

I think the only thing I love more than fishing for salmon using the hitch is teaching other anglers to use this method and stand next to them when a big salmon breaks the surface to either hammer the hitching tube fly or simply to squash it with its tail. The rush of adrenaline is wonderful and the excitement that starts is indescribable. If the salmon only splashes the hitch and does not take it that simply adds to the excitement on what will happen next. It is vital to make the same cast again and see what happens. Sometimes the fish takes it in the next cast but you must not do the same thing too many times as that may result in “putting the fish down”.

One great example of this happened this summer. I was guiding on the Huseyjarkvisl River, a group of four keen anglers and one of them had not touched a salmon yet at that point. It was during a morning session and we arrived at a pool called Laugarhylur. I knew the pool held a lot of fish but advised the angler to make a cast right on the hot spot right away. The angler made the perfect cast and the hitch tube skated perfectly across the current and then when it went over the rock the salmon sit next to a big fish came up and splashed the fly.

The angler was very startled and got very excited and so I told him to make the same exact cast. The same thing happened again and again and so we tried changing to a smaller hitch tube. No luck. Fish started jumping above us so we put the original hitch tube on and went to the top of the run to give the big one behind the rock some time.

More fish came for our hitch while we fished down the run but none of them took. The angler was having the time of his life but getting ready to feel the pull of a fish on the end if his line. Surface action is fun and all but at the end of the day we all like to feel the fish on the line. Anyway… As we approached the big rock again we both got even more excited. The hitch skated over the rock and again the fish came up and attacked it without taking. We needed to make a change and I put on the smallest hitch tube I had in my box – a micro hitch and a size 18 treble hook.

The angler looked at me like I was an idiot and asked if I was serious about using such a small thing for such a big fish. I was. First cast – nothing. Small seed of doubt set in my mind. Second cast – Bamm!! fish took the tube, the rod bent and line flew through his fingers. What a strike! When the angler had the fish on the reel I reminded him we had a size 18 hook on there so he was to be careful not to play the fish too hard. The angler looked at me and said he only had a 12 pound breaking strain leader on so there was double trouble.

After a few jumps and having both seen the fish a few times we estimated it at about 18-20 pounds, a big bar of silver and it was fighting hard. 25 minutes into the fight both fish and angler were getting tired and the fish was in a dangerous place, just above some rocks followed by some rapids.

The angler pulled just a little harder but at the same time the fish surged past the rocks and the leader broke. All of the line shot up onto the bank and the angler was left standing there with a bleeding finger from the lever on his reel.

This is just a small example of what it is that makes me love salmon fishing in Iceland. Using a single handed rod, working smaller rivers, stripping small flies or skating hitch tubes on the surface. Getting that surface action and seeing the salmon come up and hammer the fly either on or just beneath the surface.

I’m going to leave you with a short video taken on Nordura in June 2011 showing a salmon come up and splashing the hitch tube. LEt me know if you’d like to try this style of salmon fishing out here in Iceland. Visit our website www.icelandangling.com for more information on fishing in Iceland, the rivers and trips we offer. Also you can follow us on Twitter @icelandangling or “Like” us on Facebook for news, photos and videos.

Tight lines,

Stjani Ben – Iceland Angling Travel

Trying this out using my phone

If this works I will update this blog much more using my phone on fishing trips

The first fish of 2011

These past few months I’ve been busy as a bee but with growing trout fever as we drew closer to April 1. when the season starts in

One of the many nice areas on the Eldvatn River

Iceland. Been tying up some flies, wathcing fishing DVD’s and simply adding to the worst trout fever I’ve had for years. When April 1. finally arrived I was busy getting my daughters Christening ready that was performed on April 2. So last week I was holding my breath waiting for news regarding a river I might be able to fish but on the last minute the weekend was sold to a group and I was back on square one with the weekend coming up.

Then an e-mail arrived on my computer with the best news. The Eldvatn River was available for the weekend and so I threw my gear in my truck and drove off. When I arrived at the river the weather was quite nice, foggy, next to no wind and the temp was fine. I was a bit late so I decided to fish closest to the lodge before dark. Did not catch anything before dark so I enjoyed a nice evening in the very comfortable lodge instead.

The next morning I was up early since I knew I was going to fish at the top of the river and so it would take me close to an hour to get there. With lunch packed and coffee in the thermos I drove the way to the

My first sea trout of the 2011 season

top of the river. The drive is very scenic and the track is right on the edge of a beautiful lava field. Getting there requires a 4×4 vehicle with big tires so I had no problems with my truck. When I arrived at the end of the track I walked a bit to a pool I knew was going to have some fish and it turned out to be so. My first sea trout of the season caught on a streamer called Humungus. Great feeling that first take in 6 months. It was a fiesty fish even though it had spawned in the winter and stayed in the river for some time. It jumped four times for me. A 62 cm hen fish was the result and I was very happy. It had really started raining at that time and I would have been soaked if it hadn’t been for my new Simms G3 jacket.

The area up there is so diverse and so full of possibilies that one does not know where to start. I decided to move downstream again and try a pool that is best fished on the other side of the river. That meant driving all the way back down to the bridge and then back upstream on the other side. Not a problem since I was there exploring the river. I had more than 20 kilometers of water with probably close to 1000 pools and runs to choose from. Got to that pool I wanted too see, made a cast and caught a fish. Sadly no camera that time.

Had a look around some more and tried a few spots but no luck. The following morning I went back out and this time I was going to have a look at some other spots upstream. Found some beautiful pools and tried with no luck but at one spot I crawled to the bank only to spook a fish that was lying very close to the bank.

At noon the wind had picked up and I knew that a storm was coming so I packed up and left to get back to Reykjavik. All in all it was a great trip – saw alot of the river and I just can’t wait to get back. Here are some photos from the trip.

Open spots on upcoming trips

It has been a busy period for us at Iceland Angling Travel for the last two months. We were the distributors of the fantastic fishing DVD The Source – Iceland here in Iceland and we are now going to be the hosts of the RISE – Fly Fishing Film Festival here in Reykjavik. A busy but very entertaining period.

We are also getting trips ready and set up for the 2011 season and as always we have some cancellations on trips we put together and planned months ago. Due to those cancellations we can now offer some very exciting trips to the famous Reykjadalsa River – Iceland’s dry fly fishing paradise. We have two trips that each have the duration of 4 days of all inclusive fishing. Click this link for further details.

But we also have four open spots for our opening day adventure here in Iceland, fishing the Litla River for the first time in 5 months. This is truly an adventure since we never know what kind of conditions we will get. The river is always clear and never freeses over due to geothermal water seeping in and making it warm all year round. This is some of the finest brown trout and sea trout fishing available in Iceland. Click this link for more details.

We hope these trips will suit someone looking for great fishing in Iceland in the upcoming months. Of course you can always contact us for enquiries for trips other then these presented here. We always try our very best to make your dream fishing trip come true.

Our website is www.icelandangling.com and our e-mail is info(at)icelandangling.com

Please don’t hesitate to contact us for further details.

Tight lines,

Stjani Ben

See video from the Litla River