Iceland salmon fishing: Breiddalsa/Jokla report

A record July in the North east of Iceland with our rivers surpassing previous July records. Have had the latest update from these rivers. Numbers of salmon for Breiddalsa has gone past 300 fish (80 fish better than any previous July) and for Jokla river past 100 fish even though this 6 rod river has been lightly booked. Both excellent starts to the season. A client of ours from the US managed an 18lb fish on the first evening of his first Atlantic salmon trip. Hopefully the strong run continues.

Some pictures below:





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Fly Fish Iceland: Breiodalsa Salmon Report

Recently Tom Festing of Sportfish hosted a group of enthusiastic salmon anglers to Iceland's Breiodalsa and Jokla rivers. The Breiodalsa and Jokla are located in the North East of this majestic fly fishing country and offer a wilderness salmon fishing experience. While river levels were not perfect both rivers produced good numbers and size of fish with 60 odd salmon coming to the 5 rods over the 6 days fishing.

George Kavanagh produced a stunning set of images from the trip a selection of which can be seen below. To view more of George's photography follow the link to his website.











All images copyright of George Kavanagh

Guests comments

The fishing was great on the Breidalsa and tributary and our Icelandic guide, Sigi, was charming and very knowledgeable. The valley is beautiful with its broad sweep between hills and mountains to the sea. The clouds come floating along the sides of the valley so that the tops of the hills appear above them - sunlit if you're lucky. Lovely. The river and tributary have waterfalls and craggy pools as well as broad, smooth stretches - a bit of everything, you might say. I loved it.

C. Kershaw

In 2011 Fly Odyssey will be offering a range of salmon fly fishing rivers including the Breiodalsa, Jokla, East Ranga, Big laxa, and Laxa at Leirarsveit. For rod availability and rates for 2011 please email us or call on +44 1621743711.