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Interested in catching big springers?
Blanda river, located in North West Iceland is the best spring salmon river in Iceland with big, strong, great fighter salmon - and plenty of it.
Beat number one is the most productive beat and sold separetly in June. If you and your party takes all 4 rods you get a luxurious, 10 twin room fishing lodge with the fishing.
Blanda is usually only fished by Icelandairs but now we have a very good week available June 24th to 30th (afternoon - noon)
Blanda - A Big Fish River.
ArticleBlanda - A Big Fish River
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Blanda is the longest and perhaps the most powerful Salmon river in Iceland. The past few years, Blanda has become Iceland´s most consistent June river.
Beat 1.
Highly productive beat , fished by 4 rods, annual catch from 600 to 1000 salmon for the 4 rods. In July beat 1 and 2 is fished in combination. The best spring fishing in Iceland is for sure at beat 1 on Blanda and almost every salmon is two winter fish.
Beat 2.
July and early August is the best time for Beat 2. at Blanda , this beat is 22 km long and fished only with 4 rods. Annual catches is 150 to 400 salmon.
Beat 3.
This beat is fished with 3 rods and is 18km long, great water and is on prime time in July and
early August. Unexpensive fishing and comes with a self catering lodge and a guide , 100 - 200 salmon is caught in July and first days of August. Anglers fishing Beat 3 are welcome to stay at the new Blanda lodge in full board and lodging if they wish. Beat 3 can be an excellant combination with the Svarta river , then up party of 6 rods can combine fishing at Blanda and Svarta and rotate on two totally different rivers with in only few minutes distance to drive.
Beat 4.
This beat is the most exciting beat of all the Blanda beats, endless pools for over 20km of a river , canyons , fast water , slow water in fact all kind of diffrent pools you can imagine. I fact beat number 4. at Blanda is a tributary of the Blanda river , rather small and is gin clear. This beat is for the adventurous anglers who like to walk and explore new and untouched pools, the beat is so long that there is pools where no one have been for days. The lower part of the beat is productive and well known and have good acces. The prime time is very short , July and early August , salmon is often big up here and annual catch is from 120 to 200 salmon for the few weeks. It is also a great idea to have party of 6 rods and fish Blanda beat 4 and the Svarta river in a combination. Half an hour drive from Svarta to beat 4 at Blanda. 3 rods fish Blanda beat 4
There is a good bonus here , number of big Arctic Charr and Brown trout is around, great nymph and dry fly fishing.
2008 1.050 salmon caught
2007 1.200 salmon caught
Blanda is the longest and perhaps the most powerful salmon river in Iceland. The journey up difficult falls and heavy flows to reach the spawning grounds, have combined a production of exceptionally strong and acrobatic fish.
Also, a dam at a hydroelectric station near Blanda's headwaters has "cleaned" Blanda up, so to speak, as the glacial silt that used to colour the river, now mostly sinks to the bottom of the man made lake while the power station uses the water, letting only "cleaner" water down the canyon. This has over the past few years strengthened Blanda's spawning stock tremendously and made the river far better fit for angling.
Only in late August does the powerstation allow coloured water down the canyon, when the dam overflows. By then, interest in fishing the Blanda has dwindled anyway so we do not complain!
Blanda boasts one of the country’s highest salmon to grilse ratios, and is also one of our earliest rivers. The past few years, Blanda has become by far Icelands most consistent June-river. Large, 2ws salmon sometimes begin to ascend the river as early as in late May providing the most exciting spring fly fishing in the country.
Nils Jorgensen with a nice two winter female from the Breidan pool.
From Beat 2 , up in the valley , there you will find endless fly water.
Kristinn Gunnarsson ( Kiddi ) our master guide holding a 23 pounder mail from Dammur Pool.
One extremely important factor concerning the Blanda is that, long draughts that sometimes ravish waterlevels in Icelandic rivers, at any given time during the season, do not bother the Blanda. It is a large volume river and lowering water levels might even be welcomed rather than feared. The same we could say about the Rangá rivers, they are safe despite draughts. Very, very important indeed.
Charles Pearson fighting a big Blanda Salmon on beat 2.
From the opening day 5th of June 2006, 18 good size salmon was landed in the first 2 days of the season.
A nice lodge was built in 2006 - From the sitting room.
Nice staff - from the opening night.
Comfortable place to relax.
Good food.
Hot Jacuzzi.
There are 11 comfortable rooms, all with private bathroom.
From the sitting room.
