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A few other top pools
Looking at several other pools following our article on Hnausi on Vatnsdalsa it is astonishing how prolific very small pools on tiny streams can be. One such pool is the Bridge pool on the Leirvogsa which stands at best as a small stream. Yet it is one of the countries best salmon “rivers”.
The salmon season in Iceland is only a wink away. Will the record be bettered?
The Atlantic salmon season of 2009 is fast building on the horizon. And it comes on the back of such a stunning record season that hardly anybody knows what to expect this year. But for the most part people have concluded that the coming season has a considerable margin for slipping from 2008 without losing a label of excellence.
Astonishing record for Leirvogsá
The season of 2008 will long be remembered on the banks of Leirvogsá as the river cracked a hugely good looking record dating back to the year 1988. That year 1.057 fish were landed on the two daily rods over the period of 90 days. This year the river totalled 1.191 salmon plus 87 sea trout, most of them ranging from 3 to 7 pounds, placing them in the same weight bracked as the salmon.
