The East Ranga is one of the most productive salmon rivers in Iceland if not the world.
19/02/2021
Some weekend reading....
East Ranga CATCH STATISTICS 2020 SEASON — 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.
10/11/2020
https://www.eastranga.com/news/57227rzca7pc1cw2ncd9912zxlrad9
9070….AND SEASON OVER. — East Ranga 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
EAST RANGA 2021 — East Ranga 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
Iceland part 2 – the South Coast & East 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
ALL TIME RECORD — East Ranga 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
THE RUN CONTINUES… — East Ranga 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
TIME TO BREATHE.. — East Ranga 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
MONSOON SEASON! — East Ranga 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
RAIN & FRESH RUNS — East Ranga 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.
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.
03/12/2020