Guide of Restaurants in Iceland

Everyone want to visit Greenland ,  it is getting so popular that many of the flights from Reykjavik to Narsarssuaq is fully booked.  If you are planning to visit Greenland with us please contact us as soon as posssible so we can get hold on seat for you. It looks like there will be no extra flights added on for next summer.  Contact Arni at arnibald@lax-a.is  or call mobile +354 898 3601.
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This week catch on the river DEE in Scotland was 159 Salmon ,  not bad at all.  From our beat Lower Crathes there where 15 salmon landed ,  biggest for the week was a 24 pounder from Lower Crathes. Arni arnibald@lax-a.is
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Most people are aware that Iceland is a very beautiful country with active volcanoes, expansive glaciers and many, many breathtaking water falls. What few people know however is that Iceland has a rapidly increasing population of waterfowl, particularly geese and swans. The only species of swan is the Mute, or Common, Swan. The swans are not currently hunted in Iceland, much to the regret of the farmers as the swans have a significant impact on their crops and their numbers are increasing rapidly. There are several species of geese including Greylag, Pink Footed, White Fronted (Speckle bellies) and Barnacle Geese. An occasional stray Canada Goose and even stray Blue and Snow Geese also find their way to Iceland. The White Fronted Goose is the only goose species that is currently not legal for hunting. It appears that the geese are increasing in numbers rapidly due to changes in Icelandic agricultural practices, particularly a big increase in growing small grain crops, primarily barley. Additionally the climate in Iceland has been changing like that of the rest of the World resulting in much longer and milder autumns. The geese which nest in Iceland and also Greenland pile into the southern areas of Iceland in the fall and take advantage of the barley to fatten up before making a long migration across the Atlantic to the British Isles. This phenomenon is very similar to the Blue and Snow goose population explosion in the United States and Canada. These geese now have a much better food source and are in much better physical condition for migration and breeding than they were previously. The net result is population growth.

For those of us who are in love with goose hunting this is a dream come true! Now that the Icelandic geese are drawn to small grain stubble fields by the thousands they can be hunted in a traditional way with a pit hide and decoys. And believe me the Greylag and Pink Footed geese decoy very well! Because these geese are increasing in numbers so rapidly and also because very few Icelanders hunt, the only limit is what you self impose.

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In the search for the big one, Vididalsa is the perfect spot for the search. This classic river is exeptional for fly water fishing and has a reputation for producing large salmon, every year we land numbers of salmon that are over 100cm long, that is 20 pounds and up. It is not only the large salmon that attract hungry anglers, the scenery is beautiful and every beat on the river is different from the other.  The river is fished with only 8 rods and has gin clear water where delicate fishing is the answer to success, full floating lines, fine leaders and riffling hitch tubes and skating flies. The river is over 40km of exclusive fishing – endless choices of pools.

Time flies , another salmon fishing season coming up with in few weeks time, very exciting months coming up here in Iceland and hopefully with rivers full of salmon.  The first rivers to be open is River Blanda , Nordura and Thvera / Kjarra , all around 5th June , then after that until 20th of June most of the  salmon rivers in Iceland will be open.  We are all very optimistic as usual , but for sure we need a better season now than last summer, after so many great record seasons since 2007 to 2011,  2012 was disapointing. Arni arnibald@lax-a.is Picture is from the beautiful Stora Laxa beat 4, view up the the Home pools.

Jan Tryk, who had some very nice days on the Lower Crathes earlier this week, sent us this great photo of his fine salmon of 22 lbs.

Thank you, Jan, well done!