Weeks 1 and 2 at Battle Hill were good but week 3 produced some ridiculous numbers. The 8 rods at the lodge logged 231 sea trouts in 6 days of fishing, which makes 28,8 fish per rod for the week or 4,8 fish on average per day per rod. We hosted anglers from the UK, …
Iceland has endless brown trout, char, and salmon rivers and lakes spread all over the island making it a popular destination for anglers from around the globe. In Iceland, all fishing rights are private which means anglers need to arrange for access and licenses where ever they fish. This can make DIY fishing trips a …
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 …
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. …
Are you trying to plan your trip to Iceland? With the ever-shifting flight schedules and airlines struggling with the Covid aftermath, it’s no wonder you can get lost looking for the best flight for your vacation or Iceland fishing trip. Luckily, more and more airlines are adding Iceland back to their schedule after a drastic …
The rugged interior of Iceland offers some of the finest resident fishing anywhere. Be it sight fishing for wild and native Char and Browns in Kaldakvísl and Tungnaá, throwing streamers in Norðlingafljót, endless exploring and hiking around the Northern Highlands and Ófærur or lake fishing in Fellsendavatn, Dómadalsvatn, Kvíslaveitur or any of the hundreds of …
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 …