Fairies, Rainbows, and Sea Trout at the Varmá River

Unfortunately no fish for this mornings session for either myself or Jason on the Laxá. However, I found out that I am being followed by an Icelandic Huldufólk. A fairy to be exact.

They live in the hills all over the country.

We said goodbye to Laxá í Kjós and drove the 40 or so minutes to Hveragerði. Found our Airbnb and headed to the river to suss out the sections we need to fish tomorrow.

The waterfall is around three metres tall and imposes a significant barrier to the sea trout running upstream to spawn. However the fish actually do make it up the falls. Jason and I stood here and watched a bunch of fish repeatedly leap up the falls. These fish are very strong acrobats. If you look closely at the following pics you might see the fish mid-flight. Hard to do on an iPhone camera.

This perfectly formed rainbow must mean good things coming tomorrow.

Hveragerði is in an active geological area. Hot springs everywhere.

Iceland actually uses the hot water from these springs and others like it to supply hot water to Reykjavik and all other towns in the county.

We stopped by the Veiðihúsið (fishing house) to get the low down in the rules and fishing areas for the river. There was no one else there but we worked out that it’s expected that all fisherman meet at the Veiðihúsið fifteen minutes before the start of the days play to arrange the rotation schedule.