Fly Fish Iceland

Grimsa: Fishing

As on many Icelandic rivers, floating lines, small fly patterns and hitched tubes are excellent. The river is also easily fished with single handed rods, although given that Iceland is often windy, a double handed rod should be available as well. The river is fly only water with a voluntary, and widely practiced catch and release system. Any given season a normal catch on the eight daily rods is somewhere between 1200 to 1800 fish. The Grímsá also has a substantial run of sea trout that starts often in early July. We have sea trout periods on the lower beats available during spring and fall/autumn, following the salmon fishing season. Known salmon pools on the beats are not included though.