British Columbia Information Days at Farlows and Sportfish

ICELAND AND BRITISH COLUMBIA INFORMATION DAY

10 AM, THURSDAY 22ND NOVEMBER, 2012

Fly Odyssey is pleased to have Andrew Rushton owner and operator of Kalum River Lodge 

at Farlows, Pall Mall who will be on hand to talk about the Pacific salmon and steelhead 

fishing on the famous Skeena River system in British Columbia.

We will also have in store Stjani Benediktsson one of Iceland’s finest fly fishing guides.

Stjani guides on many of our Icelandic brown trout, sea trout and salmon riviers including 

the Huseyjrakvisl, Litla, Big laxa and Vatnsdalsa rivers. He will have availability for the 2013 

season as well as the latest salmon fishing offers in Iceland for 2013.

Both Andrew and Stjani will be instore all day from 10AM. For more information please 

contact Fly Odyssey on 01621743711 or speak with a Farlows staff member.

Thursday 22nd November, 2012

Farlows, Pall Mall

Time: 10AM onwards

Friday 23rd November, 2012

Sportfish Reading

Time: 10AM onwards

Saturday 24th November, 2012

Sportfish Reading

Time: 10AM onwards

For more information please contact Fly Odyssey on 01621743711 or email m.mchugh@flyodyssey.co.uk. 

Alternatively you can contact staff at FARLOWS or SPORTFISH.

August 2012 Skeena river 25lb steelhead landed by Fred Richardson (Farlows staff member). 

Fly fishing in the Maldives: October Update

Have just returned from Dhonakulhi island Maldives. We spent the past 10 days helping to educate the locals about fly fishing and provide some skills to assist anglers visiting the resort. Managed to get some fishing done as well and landed a couple of GT's. We had a number of anglers fish the island in September with reports of a 10lb bonefish landed and some big GT's hooked and lost.

Toby Coe has uploaded his images from a visit to Dhonakulhi island in October 2011. You can view his outstanding images at his website Toby Coe Photography. Below is a photo of Toby and a decent Giant trevally from the October trip in 2011.

We are now exploring several other atolls with huge potential in the Maldives and will report back on these soon. For booking information on fly fishing at Dhonakulhi Island please call us on +44 (0) 1621743711 or email enquiries@flyodyssey.co.uk

Latest report: Giant trevally in the Pacific

We have just returned form a great week fly fishing a remote coral atoll in the Pacific ocean. I was lucky enough to guide 2 clients on this remote island. The two John's experienced some intense GT fishing with  dozen fish landed and many more encounters. All the fishing was GT fishing at its best. Free swimming GT's on shallow sand flats and sandflat edges. No teasing, no chumming just presenting a fly to a fish on the hunt. Some footage below is of the best fish of the week. It measured 1.21m estimated somewhere between 75 and 85lb. A fish of a lifetime considering the environment and situation it was caught.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON FISHING THIS LOCATION PLEASE CALL US ON +441621743711 OR EMAIL M.MCHUGH@FLYODYSSEY.CO.UK

Client report: Iceland sea trout

Our hosted group trip to the Huseyjrakvisl river in Iceland had great feedback from all who partook. While the river was higher than usual there were still some good fish landed with an 80cm fish the pick of the bunch. Here are some images from the trip and client views.....

Just a short note to say thank you for organising the fishing, the trip out was easy, the pick up by Stjani was good and the hotel more than adequate.
As you know we drove to the lodge, which I preferred, it gave us all a chance to get acquainted and admire the scenery. The accommodation was thoughtfully laid out with no waiting for someone to finish in the bathroom, having my own room guaranteed a good nights sleep, I have spent many a restless night sharing a room with someone who could snore for England.

As you can see I was lucky enough to catch a monster (80cm) on the first hunt in the late afternoon on a small silver and blue that I use in Wales, Stjani was excellent, when the fish was on he was quiet and let me enjoy the swirls and runs of the fish only helping with advice when I clearly needed it.

Although the river was up and coloured I still caught fish with good advice from both Olly and Stjani the rougher water on the upper beats I totally enjoyed and when a fish was on I forgot about my numb feet!

On the second day I took five good sea trout and a Brownie, when I got back to the lodge one of my new friends said I smelt of fish which I thought was a very pleasing comment (I went and sat next to him!)

If you are doing the same trip next year please bear me in mind.

All in all an excellent trip and a fish of a lifetime to boot.

Mr P. Friend, UK

I'd like to thank you for a most memorable trip this week. Not only was this my first Icelandic experience, thanks to you it was also the first time I've caught a sea trout and an atlantic salmon. I think I'm in love with Iceland!

Cheers,

Mr Hans Staartjes, UK

In brief, fantastic. We had a really good trip, where nothing really went wanting. Despite a bit of drizzle on the first and last days, the rest of the time was in mild temperatures and little wind. Snowfall from 2 weeks before was regrettably keeping the river full, I looked at Toby’s photos from this time last year, and the water was probably about 3’ higher. Consequently the fish were not in huge numbers, but they were there for the taking with perseverance. Personally I had a 72cm, about 6 at 65cm and a handful of smaller ones.

With markedly different river conditions, I really would have enjoyed my 13’ double handed rod which would have covered a much larger area of water in the lower beats, and would have taken it if anyone had mentioned it would be a good idea. I would say it’s a must to take for those that can just to cover the higher water conditions.  

The company on the trip exceeded all expectations, and we all had great fun throughout. Stanni and Oly were brilliant guides, giving all the right support but without overcrowding. They didn’t have many local flies, sunray shadows were the fly of the trip, and it would have been useful if Stanni had a selection for sale with him. Oly was kind enough to make some up as we were going along, but all of mine were lost to river bed snags.

The accommodation, food and travel all worked well.

The only thing that I am concerned about is whether there will be room on next year’s trip for me!!

Mr S. Roberts, UK

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON FLY FISHING IN ICELAND OR TO JOIN ON OF OUR HOSTED TRIPS TO THE HUSEYJARKVISL RIVER PLEASE CALL US ON 01621743711 OR EMAIL M.MCHUGH@FLYODYSSEY.CO.UK

Skeena River Steelhead and salmon

Steelhead fishing on the Skeena river system this year has been fantastic. A group of clients visiting Kalum River Lodge in late August had steelhead between 14-26lb.  The pictures speak for themselves...

Testimonial: It is a genuinely awesome place with awesome fish. Not just the steelhead as well – even the Pink salmon fishing is amazing.  M. Koper, UK

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON FLY FISHING IN BRITISH COLUMBIA OR FOR OUR UPCOMING 2013 TRIPS PLEASE CALL ON 01621743711 OR EMAIL M.MCHUGH@FLYODYSSEY.CO.UK