We are looking at perhaps a week or max ten days remaining of the spring sea trout season.  One angler landed a 91 cm sea trout on Tungufljot recently. A fish in its twenties (pounds) in prime condition.

The spring fishing started off remarkably well considering the acute frosty conditions. Some rivers had to delay their starting day due to them being totally under a thick ice sheet. But other rivers had slightly better conditions and following the cold snap things have gone from bad to better.  Tungufljot was one of the rivers that had a superp start.

Apart from Tungulaekur, the sea trout fishing in Iceland has been slightly below par this season and while it is not known exactly why, a theory is that the water levels were lower than usual for September and October resulting in the main runs entering the rivers later than usual, landing them off season.

We have had some fine quality spring weather over the last few days following some wintery conditions the first two or three days of the season which started last Wedensday. The fish are there and they are big. Here are some titbits of news and an idea om some of the flies that are working.

The sea trout season started off well despite a bout of bad weather which sparked a run of floating ice and some moderate flooding and discoloring. Anglers set upon a few rivers following a night of heavy sleet and snow which turned to rain in the early hours.

Just a few days ago Icelanders were starting to feel that spring was just around the corner. They should have known better. It‘s on course according to the almanac but weatherwise it is at a standstill at the moment and winter is back in full force. Nevertheless, our first sea trout rivers open up on the 1rst of April which is less than a month away.

At this point there are less than three months until we open the season of 2009 with some outstanding sea trout fishing. Spring fishing for sea trout in Iceland is for the hardy type of angler as the conditions are quite often difficult. But this is an aspect of fly fishing in Iceland that one must add to the collection of adventures.

The Tungufljót season was not as good as expected. There are a few good reasons. Spring was cold to the extreme so the April fishing, usually so prolific, was far from its best. The best spring fishing was indeed in May when the sea trout are usually departed. In recent years October has been the main month but this year winter came early and there was also a “Hlaup” in the glacial Eldvatn. “Hlaup” could well be translated as “Run” as there is indeed water running, in vast volumes from under the glacier due to volcanic activity. So October was very difficult this year. September however was better than in recent years which led to hope that October would indeed deliver.