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