With sea trout fishing in Iceland slowly reaching heights never seen before, this almost mystical creature is becoming more and more sought after by anglers all over the world. And no wonder, they’re big, they’re angry and they’re beautiful. Now, anglers from all over the world can join us at our new Battle Hill Lodge […]
The Lake and Area Lake Thingvallavatn is the largest lake in Iceland, located only 40 minutes from Reykjavík. Thingvellir, where Althingi, the Icelandic parliament, was established around the year 930, is a place of historic significance. The lake lies in a rift valley along the North Atlantic Ridge, sitting where the North American and Eurasian
Fishing remains an incredibly popular pastime in Iceland with reports indicating 20% of the population goes fishing at least once a year. It is also one of the most popular travel destinations in the world for anglers looking for trophy fish and stunning scenery. In this article, we’re gonna take a look at the why,
Continuing our review of the 2022 fishing season with a look at photos from fishing trips to our various Highland rivers.Be it fishing out of the comfort of the Highland Fishing Lodge in rivers Kaldakvísl & Tungnaá or roughing and hiking in remote areas like Norðlingafljót, Northern Highlands, or Ófærur the Highlands are truly the
With the fishing season here in Iceland being closed there is not much to do than tie some flies and look over photos of the last season, starting with photos from sea trout fishing in rivers like Tungufljót, Ásgarður, Jónskvísl, Vatnamót, Fossálar, Grenlæk, and many more as well as our new seatrout lodge Battle Hill
If you’re heading to Iceland and want to tie your own flies or get the low down on what flies to bring, look no further. Fish Partner’s very own Eidur Kristjansson is a well-known fly tier and has a great selection of fly-tying tutorials in English on his YouTube channel. We highly recommend you check
Dale Martens, who fished with us last fall send us the following article. Thank you Dale! My experience searching for Arctic Char in Iceland…. Just as I sat down to write this, I read Brian OKeefe’s article on Iceland in CatchMagazine… Great magazine and great article! To be honest, it gave me aserious inferiority complex.
Black Ghost, by Herb Welch, is one of the most recognisable patterns ever created. Originally designed in 1919, but it wasn’t until around 1927 that it became a mainstay in the fly boxes of American fly fishermen. Herb Welch was a man of many talents. He is probably best know for the flies he designed,
Copper John was originally tied, and designed, by John Barr in 1993. As often is the case with new flies, it took John a few years to perfect the design and in 1996, the finished fly was ready. In the original pattern, John used a normal copper wire for the body and Hungarian Partridge for
With the fishing season here in Iceland being closed there is not much to do than tie some flies and look over photos from the season. We started a few days ago with photos from our main Sea-Run brown trout rivers, but now we’re gonna take a look at our Lake Thingvallavatn and surrounding beats Kárastaðir,