West Ranga in 2020!

We have now started booking the West Ranga for 2020. In the past years the West has been continuously on the top of the chart of most salmon caught in a river in Iceland. The catches this year were disappointing but overall in Iceland this has been a poor year. Even in this lackluster fishing year the West Ranga is …

Stora Laxa – final numbers

As in most of Iceland the catch in the Stora Laxa has often been better than this summer. The good news are that usually after a poor summer like the one we had, the following one is a good one. Here is the breakdown of the catch in Stora Laxa: Total catch: 480 salmon, 464 salmon were released after the …

We have started booking for 2020!

As this season comes to a close we have already started thinking about next year! We have started penciling down dates for next year and we urge you to book early as the best slots go first. We can offer slots in the following rivers for 2020 Stora Laxa Sog Asgard Blanda and Svarta East and West Ranga Nordura Laxa …

Wonderful Greenland

I had the good fortune of visiting the Lax-Á camp in South Greenland. It is absolutely out of this world and a paradise for every angler. Just a around a 30 minute walk from the remote camp there is a river and lake absolutely packed with arctic char. I cough around 30 in two hours up to 8 pounds in …

Russia 2020

Russia 2020 … I am planning to spend a lot of time on my favorite river on the Kola Peninsula the Yokanga river from June to August , both Lower Yokanga and the Middle Camp Yokanga. There is no river in the world that I have landed as many 30 to 40 pounders , Yokanga is simply the best river …

Top Ten List week 37

East Ranga remains on the top but the fishing is getting much slower. Tight Lines Johann David – jds@lax-a.is River 16.sep 5.sep 28.ágú 21.ágú 14.ágú 7.ágú 1 Eystri Rangá 2823 2782 2652 2556 2316 1823 2 Ytri Rangá 1473 1364 1184 1106 994 777 3 Selá í Vopnafirði 1435 1391 1300 1167 1002 794 4 Miðfjarðará 1420 1324 1193 1091 984 …

Autumn fever in Stora Laxa!

Stora Laxa is a strange river compared to the most in Iceland. Now as we near the end of the season the norm in most rivers is that the fishing declines but in Stora Laxa the opposite is true. Now when the autumn rain hits us and the river rises the salmon that have waited in the larger glacial river …

West Ranga in 2020

As this season slowly comes to an end we have already started thinking of next year. The West Ranga has been one of the most popular rivers in Iceland in the past years and now we have opened the bookings for 2020. We can offer slots in July 13-16th and then again in the period of July 20 – August …

Top Ten List Week 36

We present another brand new top ten list. Things are slowing down and the Laxa Asum had the best catch per rod this week or 2,3 salmon per day. Tight Lines Johann David – jds@lax-a.is River 5.sep 28.ágú 21.ágú 14.ágú 7.ágú 31.júl Per week Per rod/day 1 Eystri Rangá 2782 2652 2556 2316 1823 1349 96 1 2 Selá í Vopnafirði …

Top Ten List Week 35

We bring you a bit belated top ten list as some rivers were not in time with the numbers. Overall we are seeing autumn numbers now. Tight Lines jds@lax-a.is  River 28.ágú 21.ágú 14.ágú 7.ágú 31.júl 24.júl 17.júl Per week Per rod/day 1 Eystri Rangá 2652 2556 2316 1823 1349 1183 686 96 0,7 2 Selá í Vopnafirði 1300 1167 1002 …