The Lang\u00e1 river. North of Reykjavik, near a town called Borgarnes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s a classic Icelandic Atlantic Salmon river. Glacial and spring-fed, the river glides through lava fields and tumbles down basalt gorges. Many waterfalls cutting deep pools in the bedrock. It’s 36 k’s long and has 96 named pools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This summer in Europe has been\nparticularly hot and dry this year. And Iceland wasn\u2019t spared. It even got to 27\ndegrees in June. However, it looks like the rainfall has been keeping on the\naverage. Which is good. What I\u2019m hoping for, and quietly confident I\u2019ll get, is\na cold wet snap of weather leading up to the days before I get there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019ll be fishing for spawn-run salmon. All catch-and-release of course. It\u2019s very similar to the type of fishing I am very accustomed to. I\u2019ve been fishing for spawn-run trout in the Snowy Mountains in New South Wales with my Dad, his mates, my brother, my mates, our mates, and now my sons, since I was fifteen. The fish will behave similarly. Holing up behind waterfalls. Schooling. Making territorial strikes. Challenging. What I want is the cold wet weather to trigger a late run of salmon coming up from the sea. On the edge of the Arctic circle a cold and wet snap could be interesting. Maybe I should take some glo-bugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hyped-Up, eager fish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Lang\u00e1 river is one of the best Salmon rivers in Iceland. It\u2019s one of the\nbest in the world. This video, which is produced by Nick Reygaert and the team\nat Gin-Clear Media says it all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n