Fishing on the Hruta started on the first day of July and has been ticking along nicely since, although the water is now starting to run low. The fishing has been good and there have been some big fish lurking around.

It‘s late season now in Iceland and we pretty much see what‘s coming to pass. The southwest and west look like being average while many of the northland rivers are looking like they will slash their record catches

Following a slow start on the Hrutafjardara due to late salmon and receeding water levels, there came the time when the salmon would just not wait any longer. The runs started, and „let the games begin“, the fishing has been great over the past tex days or so despite the levels. And now rain is forseen in the weather forecasts!

Despite high nortern winds, falling water levels and a receeding tide these days, Hruta has been staging a revival. The past few days have been good despite the unfavorable conditins and this trafditionally „late“ river is coming to life at a time when it really should do so!

We are attempting to kill time until the new season starts by digging up some of the taller tales told on our riverbanks. Here‘s one we found in a book about Hrutafjardara and its tributary Sika, mostly written by Sverrir Hermannsson.

Hrúta’s season was marred by a mid season draught that pulled the water levels down and made fishing hard for a while. However the fish entered earlier than in 2007 so anglers were never covering dead water. Soon though it rained and the fishing picked up. The rivers total for 2008 was a very respectable 402 salmon compared to 431 in 2007. To put this into a better perspective, the ten year average for the river is 298 so while there were no records broken, the river was still well over the ten year average. Speaking of records, Hrúta’s record stands at 631 salmon in 2005.