Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “Orri Vigfusson”
…Oslo, Northern Lights, Snowmobiling, Ice Hotel and the Atlantic Salmon Conference I fished Alta for my twenty-fifth season in July of 2015 and have always wanted to visit in the winter. We have talked about it incessantly round the camp fire but reality meant never getting around to making a definitive plan. When I received the invitation from the Alta …
June 15-18: Fishing on the Moon Tungnaa Char and Trout Tarquin: We headed east from Thvera, through part of Reykjavik and back on the E6 towards Selfoss where we stocked up on snacks and Skyr (superb yoghurt – http://siggisdairy.com/faq/skyr) for the fishing days to come. Then inland to the highlands, through the lowland meadow Icelandic pony farms and then, with …
June 8 – 10: Nordura – one of Iceland’s best salmon rivers… Ben: As we drove home from Black Rocks we decided to complete the circle around the lake and took the west road, which took us past the ION Hotel and the scene of our great night at the river mouth but it also took us past the little …
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Here are links to some recent useful information pieces about the Ryabaga Camp on the Ponoi… Russia – The Ponoi River – Ryabaga Camp – Filming, Photographing and Reflecting – some reflections in the spring fishing of 2012. Autumn Filming on the Ponoi – some reflections about fishing the Ponoi in the autumn of 2012. Reflections on Spring Fishing on …
Paul is 85. He and his wife have been wonderful clients of Frontiers for over twenty years. They have become great friends as we have plotted and planned various expeditions over the years. Last year Paul joined my private party on Sela but his hip gave him some serious trouble towards the end of the trip. Paul understandably questioned his …
It seems longer but it was only a year ago to the day that I first visited Thvera/Kjarra with my friend Ingo Asgeirsson, the new leaseholder after 32 years, along with his partners David Masson and Halldor Hafsteinsson. We did not fish on that occasion because Ingo was not yet in charge, therefore we were just having a look around …
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This is the second film in the series about the Ryabaga Camp on the Ponoi. It shows how the day runs, how guests are looked after and a brief look at the camp facilities. The previous film was called The Fishing Seasons. A day on Ponoi from Frontiers Travel on Vimeo.
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 …