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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. In 2005, a total of 28.500 salmon were
caught by anglers in Iceland. 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.
Looking forward to
planning a successful trip for you
Steinar Bjorgvinsson E-mail Steinar@Salmon-Club.com
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