About
Årgårdsälven has its source from the mountains on Fosen peninsula, northwest of Steinkjer, and flows into the Lyngen Fjord. Årgårdsälven has its source from the mountains on Fosen peninsula, northwest of Steinkjer, and flows into the Lyngen Fjord. Actually, only the last kilometers named Årgårdsälven. Its upper part is called Öyensåa. and from the river, meeting with the little bi-river Ferga, called the Årgårdsälven
If we now koncentrar us on the Årgårdsälven, so it is about a 3 km stretch of woodland which varies in width from 20 to 30 meters depending on flow. A little more rapid in the upper half and more slow flowing in the middle and with a current, the shallow portion Just before coming down to the tidal zone and the river's famous Sea-Pool. Around the river, the forest and a real wilderness feeling, which is only broken by traffic noise from the adjacent road 17th But down by the river is the wilderness. Elk, deer, red deer and otters are encountered at regular intervals. Oh so salmon of course.
Fly fishing in beautiful environment
Fishing
Årgårds salmon in the wild rush
The special thing of Årgårdsälven is not the size of the salmon, then it mostly about small salmon. But it is that, almost always get salmon. Even during dry summers caught salmon in Årgårdsälven.
Fishing begins June 1 and in general are caught some nice salmon between the first weeks of between 3-6 kg. Water level is extremely diverse, even around the premiere, but recent years have generally been a summer low in late May, due to snowmelt finished at the beginning of the month. But fish is that every year at the maximum of five rods that can fish a day. It is of course just fly that is allowed, and a maximum of five salmon per person per day may be taken. Small salmon, 1-3kg comes around midsummer, and if you're lucky and get "a little right degree" of water so that salmon shoals go up - but do not rush by too quickly - there will be a spectacle like no other. Jumping salmon, whipping fins in the hundreds and incredible fighter, with the small salmon. When shoals leave Sea-pool, and breaks over a shallow threshold at the bottom so that the foam dizzy, so many people just sit on the beach and enjoying the spectacle.
July is often quite dry and warm in this part of Trøndelag, but thanks to the river's source flow from the larger lakes in the mountain rim, handle it quite well. When low water flow stops the salmon in the deep sea-pool named Flomålet. It can be hundreds of salmon in the elongated pool. Even there they bite on the fly. When it rains in summer and the water level rises, then fishing at its best.
More about fishing
Årgårdsälven is very special in several ways, and not at least that it belongs to the exclusive group rivers really offer a good dry fly fishing for salmon. Of course works striped dry flies, but what's especially cool is that you can get salmon on the so-called "dead drifting. Periodically, this is as effective and efficient than traditional fishing. Super pupae, Wulf - everyone has their own favorites on dry flies. The funny thing is that it seems be different from year to year on how well the salmon cut in dry fly. A year is this super-efficient - next year much less interesting. A mystery among all others, when it comes to salmon bite willingness.
happy fly fisherman with catch of the day.
Link to Årgårds River, its own website
June 1 to August 15
Salmon, Sea Trout