FLY FISHING – ICELAND, VATNSDALSA
Fly fishing for salmon and arctic char on Vatnsdalsa River in Iceland. Vatnsdalsá river and Vatnsdalsvatn lake is a salmon and arctic char fishing area in the northwest part of Iceland. This area is in the middle of the Vatnsfjords nature reserve and is famous for its beauty and special wildlife.
Vatnsdalsa offers good salmon fishing and excellent char fishing. During it’s best year it has produced a catch of over 200 salmon. Average catch per season is between 80-120 salmon and 400-500 char. It winds it‘s way down to the lowlands through spectacular landscape and opens up on the lower pools, with breathtaking scenery wherever you look.
Vatnsdalsa is a 2 rod river. It is divided in to a upper river of about 4 km and lower river of about 800 meters. The Vatnsdalsa is divided by a lake Vatnsdalsvatn between the upper and lower river. If you have bigger group then you can have more rods fishing the lake with a rotation between the lake and river.
For fly fishing for salmon on the Vatnsdalsa we recommend 12-13′ feet double handed fly rods for lines 7-9 or alternatively 9-10′ single handed fly rods for lines 7-8 and suitable fly reels with good quality brakes. For arctic char we recommend 9-10′ feet single hand fly rods for lines 6-7.
Access to a fishing cabin is included in the permits for Vatnsdalsá; about 20 square meter basic log cabin for 4 people. The fishing cabin is located on so-called Pennunes by Hotel Flókalundur. It’s equipped with 12 watt electric lighting, gas heating and gas stove. Cold running water and a WC is in the cabin.
