About
Namsen is a big, wide river that holds salmon for about 5 mil up to fiskumfossen at Harran. The river gets it's headwaters from the large river Namsen in the area of Borga mountains and flows down through Namdalen flush along the road E6, tributary Gröndal river flow together a couple mil before the city Grong and biälven Sandöla converge in Grong, to fold the river of the southwest, passing Overhalla before it flows into Namsos fjord in Namsos.
A view picture of Namsen at Jörems farm.
Fishing
The largest salmon caught in Grong on Seem; weight 20.8 kg were taken 9 June 2000. Hans Hansson and Sten Söderlund from Sundsvall.
Namsen is divided into 28 fishing zones. In the lower zone the river is wide and slow flowing, the environment is a little of the arable landscape and have been fishing a lot with the boat, known as harling. There are local boatman for hire for those who want to try this form of fishing. The upper part of Namsen runs through the mountains and the river here is narrower and more battle that creates good conditions for fly fishing. Some well-known fishing spots in Namsen is Gartland, Moumen, Vibsta, Holandslöya and Seem. In Namsen is storlax, the largest salmon caught weighed 31 kg. The last three years there have been 100 tons of salmon on the pole, making Namsen to one of Norway's best salmon rivers. Fishing from shore is conducted primarily at Öysletta, Saeleggshytta, and Fiskumfossen, at Fiskumfossen also Namsen laxakvarium.
More about fishing
Namsen has are a couple of smaller rivers Sandöla and Björ, Sandöla flows into the Namsen at Grong and has salmons for about 2 mil from there. Sandöla is slowy flowing to it's character with some rapids, there are two fish ladders among other things. The most famous fishing ground in the area is Tömmeråsfossen. Björ flows into Namsen at Ranem in Overhalla and has salmon for about 1.9 km from there.
The river is about 20 meters wide and is considered a fine fly-fishing river. Björa has its own salmon strain that are short wide and thick. Salmons that weights 30 kg has been taken here. Every year people catches salmons around 20 kg. Björa is dependent on good water flow to provide good fishing and the water is quite dark in nature. Highway 17 goes along the river. There is also Söråa that floats down to Björa also this part contains salmon and sea trout.
Large Namsen salmon on the hook, on Jörems fishing stretch.
Grongs fritids center
1 juni - 31 August
The licens is for Tömmeråsfossen river, Sandöla and stacks Gartlandsvaldet, Urstadvaldet, Vaerem yard Seemsvaldet, association of water in Namsen and Sandöla. Prices from SEK 150 per day to 1.250 SEK per day with Boat fishing. Association Legs - Grong recreational stakeholders Tel. +47 74,312,700th Fax +47 74312701 Bunesset camping Tel. +47 74331277 Grong Harran Camping Tel. +47 74332762 Grong - Björler Berntnem camping Tel. +47 74281988 Overhalla Seem Fishing Camp Tel. +47 74331160 Grong Skage samvirkelag Tel. +47 74285203 Namdalen OVERHAUL sports Tel. +47 74281575 Overhalla Sandöla Namsen Fishing Camp Overhalla Tel. +47 74282180 Fax. +47 74282194
Salmon and sea trout