East Ranga

19/02/2021

Some weekend reading....

One thing Iceland is well known for is recording catch statistics. Whilst a great resource the East Ranga report linked above offers much more detail in terms of a break down and analysis of beats through the months.

03/12/2020

https://www.eastranga.com/news/428s7a4gmu6vhlnqjwsedg0x3hzra9

10/11/2020

https://www.eastranga.com/news/57227rzca7pc1cw2ncd9912zxlrad9

When the season finally closed on October 18, Head Guide Gunnar submitted the final catch stats which sat at 9070 salmon.

08/10/2020

https://www.eastranga.com/news/east-ranga-2021

We are now in the final days of the 2020 season. As of yesterday 8,544 salmon and a few hundred sea trout have been landed in 115 days to an average of around 16 rods per day.

09/09/2020

https://www.frodinflies.com/blogs/news/iceland-part-2-the-south-coast-ranga

I drove down to the south coast, Hejkla showed its majestic siluett and I crossed the west Ranga before I came down to East. There are many things to be said about the Ranga rivers. Here the volcanic sand kills the row and the fish can’t spawn. Only in the few small tributaries there are some wild...

07/09/2020

https://www.eastranga.com/news/bgd7yhgfovoe7cgqm7qvil91x90bnf

The ’prime’ season at East Ranga has ended, the all time record catch of 7,473 has been exceeded, and the lodge has now closed for the winter.

26/08/2020

https://www.eastranga.com/news/igudhrv5lk4x1r9wdof3e9g06nksh2

We have been very lucky. The run this summer has been extraordinary, the season has gone past 6,500 salmon and still the river is receiving fish fresh off each tide.

17/08/2020

https://www.eastranga.com/news/time-to-breathe

As the total catch for the East Ranga passes 5,000 for the season, maybe its as good a moment as any to take a deep breath of fresh Icelandic air and reflect on the past 2 months.

13/08/2020

https://www.eastranga.com/news/53rj7cmptiy5uu6owh6prgvcwm4nti

It has rained so heavily, with sustained strong winds, that any fisher would have been forgiven for not venturing outside. Luckily no forgiveness was required as our intrepid fishers put (large) fly to water and landed over 600 salmon for the week.

06/08/2020

https://www.eastranga.com/news/nrmdockrmlccg2k5sft2qehz2fxbor

This week we lost a couple of days’ fishing to impressive storms and rising coloured water. So to end the week with 680+ salmon landed to 12-17 rods was a great result.

30/07/2020

East Ranga Availability - we have some rods available between 9-20 August, fishing continued to be exceptional so if you would like details please email [email protected] for details.