This movie is not a classic ‘making of’ film but it is the ‘raw’ or Go Pro side of hooking, playing and filming one of the wonderful autumn run fish in the short film on The Fishing Seasons. I apologise for the inclusions of some poor language. The whole battle took over 25 minutes with lots of winding etc, much …
The sun coming through the fog, Ryabaga Camp, Home Pool.
Autumn filming on the Ponoi
It has been a very busy summer with so many interesting opportunities and people to meet but it has left me short on energy. However, there was one last project I had committed to do. Having wavered, I headed to Ponoi to keep to my commitment to help with the autumn filming of various information chapters that will be available …
Released in the sea pool.
Reflections on Iceland’s poor season.
It has been a long while, in fact I am not sure that I remember such a season, when all my clients have been unlucky and had poor fishing. Of course there are always the unlucky weeks when there is too much or too little water and then of course there are those that benefit from the extra water once …
Mossy lava fields with massive mountains in the background.
Travelling Through Iceland – 2012 – Vik to Egilsstadir (Neskaupstadur)
The internet in the room was so slow, it was not worth using but I discovered it was fine at the dining room so I did my email and posted by blog and left later than I hoped. Leaving Vik, one enters the volcanic lava fields which go for miles, only punctuated by glacial rivers that make their way to …
Fat as you like, fresh in on the lower water.
My visit to Alta 2012
In some ways arriving at Alta is the absolute best bit. It is when all the anticipation is at its greatest and it is a chance to simply enjoy the town of Alta, the place, the atmosphere, the characters that I fish with as well as those I have grown to know over 22 years. That in itself is crazy. …
Fishing the Ryabaga Home Pool under the midnight sun in June
This is about as classic as it gets for a spring Home Pool evening. The glow of the midnight sun, wonderful water, good aggressive fish fighting hard. The first fish is a 10lbs summer run, the second that rose first time and eventually took the skater but did not hook-up was also a summer run of the same size or …
Spring Fishing on Ponoi below Home Pool – a short Go Pro Movie
This is fishing below camp on Upper Gold Beach beat or 'Pilots' beat as it was once called. No longer fished by the pilots! The fish is about a 9lbs fish. It arrived in the autumn early enough to colour somewhat but is as aggressive and strong as ever as you can see. Here, at this height, one simply walks …
Spring fishing on the Ponoi after hours above Ryabaga Home Pool – a short Go Pro Movie
This is a good example of what guests can enjoy any evening or morning on the Ponoi as well as Home Pool. Walk up or down river, here a walk up river for about 15 mins. Look for interesting water, of which there is tons and start fishing. Note the walking in the tundra is easy and along the bank …