river fishing

Winsnes Fly Fishing Lodge was founded in 1882 when the first British salmon fishers, known as the ‘Salmon Lords’ (Lakse Lorder) used the house as a base for their summer

This summer has seen exceptionally little rainfall in Iceland, an odd occurrence in a country where the saying goes “if you don’t like the weather just wait five minutes”. The

Iceland last week was blessed with the first autumn sightings of the Northern Lights, a symbol that another Iceland season is drawing to a close. A season that saw wonderful

The news from Iceland this week is that finally the heavens have opened and the country is getting some much need rain. After an unprecedented dry spell spanning from the

The clear skies and dry weather have continued over the last week in Iceland prolonging very low water and tricky salmon fishing conditions. Things are looking up as the west coast

The land of fire and ice is mostly been fire at the moment with continued stunning bright skies and 20˚ C weather. Lovely to be fishing, but a bit tough

After the bright conditions and lack of rain we have seen over the last few weeks the Iceland weather reverted somewhat back to normal over the weekend. Cooler temperatures and

The reports from Iceland this week is a little mixed. Nearly all the rivers have been reporting excellent numbers of large fish entering the rivers on most tides, but the

Last week in Iceland began with some rain on the west coast that did a wonderful job of topping up the rivers without flooding them. Temperatures have remained reasonably consistent

The first weeks of the Iceland season have seen fantastic catches of multi-sea wintered salmon throughout the country and the large brown trout of the north are already readily taking

The Lónsá is a small river in the far north east of Iceland, tumbling over lava boulders at the top before gently weaving through wide grasslands down to the Greenland

The 2016 Iceland salmon season appears to have continued on from where it left last year, 2015 was a near record year in terms of fish numbers, with good numbers