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A small Icelandic salmon river with fierce fish! I admit, I have procrastinated about writing this piece. In truth it has been three or four years of procrastination! I am not sure of the reason, but I think it is because I am still getting to know, deciphering (!) and trying to understand Deildará and I am still not 100% …
Geir Gåsland, an old friend, opens a long-overdue guide business in northern Norway… “Geir is a native guy, born and living in Finnmark, Norways most northerly region. A mid forties man, passionate in hunting , fishing, outdoors life. Reliable, calm, attentive, listening to his guest. After sharing his company two times I have asked him for a period of ten …
Is this the next best option to Ponoi? Guest writer Roderic Hall of Frontiers explores the East Ranga wearing his 6 years experience of managing the Ponoi… It is always exciting to have the opportunity to visit and fish a river for the first time, particularly a well-known and highly regarded river in Iceland which is operated and managed by …
A two-rod gem with a beautiful private lodge in north-east Iceland For reference, this piece is written in August of 2024. I believe I have discovered a gem which happens extremely rarely these days, hence my urgency to get it down on paper and let those who may be interested know as soon as possible so they may have the …
Some will and some won’t have driven through the north-western Icelandic town of Blönduós. Always a happy place signifying progress while driving north. Even the most senior policeman is a very happy, positive man and a wonderful guide, fisherman and photographer. His stories of drug manufacture in remote farm locations in his area and incompetent Chinese tourists wrecking cars left, …
My visit to Ryabaga Camp on the Ponoi – 3rd to 10th June 2017. Atlantic salmon fishing in Russia has been a phenomenon that all those that have been lucky enough to enjoy it are thankful for. Let us cast our minds back to the early 1990s. Scotland was in dire straits with the north-east drift nets still active. Catch …
The Journey – Most important to note is that you need to be in Helsinki on the Friday night before going to Russia the next day. Occasionally, because the days of the week are Saturday to Saturday for your week’s fishing, some guests forget about the Friday. You can leave as early as a 7.30 am flight (3-hour duration) from …
…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 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 …
Frontiers has had Iceland at its heart since 1972 when we began to advise clients about the incredible Atlantic salmon fishing there. In June, a small team was put together to head to Iceland again to link up with old salmon fishing friends and to explore new and wild trout and char fishing options. The technical equipment was a far …