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ICELAND Mecca
of Quality Outdoor Sport!
The salmon season in Iceland lasts for three months over the period
June - September, varying slightly according to region. Around
twenty Icelandic salmon rivers are in the first-class bracket,
ranking with the finest in the
world.
Free from industrial pollution, Iceland's rivers, lakes and sea are
prime habitat for wild fish, and internationally acclaimed stock
management programmes give the chance of outstanding catches.
Iceland is a unique combination of a modern society with vast areas
of unspoilt and sparsely populated countryside. Anglers therefore
have a wide choice of places to fish, but with top-rate comforts and
facilities at close hand as well.
Geologically
speaking, Iceland is one of the youngest countries in the world, the
product of volcanic activity which began on the seabed 25 million
years and is still going on today. The landscape is mountainous with
valleys, plains and fjords, and abounds in glacial and freshwater
rivers and lakes. More than one-tenth of the surface is covered with
glaciers, including the largest ice cap in Europe, the 8,000 km3
Vatnajökull.
Summer on the rim
of the Arctic Circle is a season of unrivalled beauty. Wildlife and
flora spring to life in the mild northerly summer weather, and
twenty-four-hour daylight in scenery of mountains, glaciers and lava
fields creates a spell-binding sense of timelessness.
There are almost 100 salmon rivers in Iceland, most of them
permitting 6-14 rods daily during the three-month summer angling
season. On average around 30.000 salmons are caught by anglers in
Iceland each year. In addition, trout, Arctic char and brown trout
can be caught at numerous rivers and lakes all around the country.
In Iceland we offer several good choices in salmon and trout
fishing. Please don't hesitate to ask us for advise by e-mail.
If you are planning an angling,
sightseeing or any outdoor sport trip to Iceland or need any
information about angling tackle, fly's or rivers, I would be more
than happy to assist you.
E-mail:
steinar@salmon-club.com |