River Eyjafjarðará has its source on the edge of the highlands south of Eyjafjörður and in the mountains around Eyjafjarðardalur. The river is a rain fed river with a 1300 sq.km catchment and flows through the valley about 70 km distance to the estuary in the Pollurinn near Akureyri. It is fishable for about 60 km, all the way to Brúsahvammur 450 meters above sea level. There are many tributaries that flow into Eyjafjarðará and all together they are fishable for about 24 km. In the upper beats of the river and many of the tributaries, char is dominant. Often, the first char are migrating around the middle of July, but the main migration is in the first part of August. A lot of immature char migrate into the lower beats in September. There are resident brown trout and sea trout in the lower beats, and they are often huge – up to 90 cm. The resident brown trout are caught all season but the sea trout are caught in the spring and in August and September.
Fishing in the tributaries of river Eyjafjarðará is now permitted again, except that fishing will continue to be prohibited in Torfufellsá above the bridge. For beat 5, fishing licenses are sold from 20 July to 31 August. Fishing is not permitted above the sign by Tjaldbakki. All catches must be recorded into an electronic logbook at eyjafjardara.is.
Anglers notice: Don’t drive in open fields, please close gates and respect the environment Allowed bait: On beats 0 and 1 is fly and spinnig. On beats 2, 3, 4 and 5 only fly fishing in allowed. The spring fishing is only fly fishing. Quota: In the spring fishing all fish shall released. In the summer fishing all Arctic char shall be released. It is allowed to take 2 sea trout, under 60 cm, on all beats during the summer fishing.
Akureyri is 5 – 35 km away from the fishing beats in the river
Akureyri Airport is short by
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Kjarnaskógur (forest) , Lake Hólavatn and Leyningshólar
Guiding: Call Högni Hardarson in +354 899-9851
From April 1st – 15th of May fishing takes place from 8:00-14:00 and 15:00 – 21:00. From August 11th to September 15th, fishing takes place from 15:00 to 21:00 during the second shift. From Sept 16th – 20th Oct fishing takes place from 8:00 -13:00 and 15:00 – 20:00.
The world’s Arctic char populations are decreasing and in most places their populations sizes are declining. In Iceland and Norway, fishing statistics point to a sharp decline of the sea
