The Norwegian Flyshop - presenting the Atlantic Salmon Rivers of the North

The Atlantic Salmon Rivers of the North

Copyright: Kjetil Bjørklund

Most salmon anglers across the world have heard about some of Northern Norway's marvellous salmon rivers. This is the river Alta, the worlds best large salmon river and the river Tana (or Teno) having the largest annual yield of salmon reaching between 100.000 and 200.000 kg each year. Also, the Malangsfoss pool in the Malselv river is among the world's most productive spots for fishing large salmon. However, the Alta and the Malselv is difficult to get access to, and prices are high. The Tana is a very big river, where most of the salmon is taken by subsistence saami fishermen, and where angling is suitable only on some special parts, and in the tributaries.

What most anglers from other countries or from Southern Norway not know, is that Northern Norway, and especially the Finnmark county which borders the Kola in Russia, has another 10-20 interesting salmon rivers, especially for fly fishing. These medium size rivers yield annual catches of 1.000 - 10.000 kg, often in wonderful wilderness settings. In addition to fishing for atlantic salmon, many of the rivers offers the opportunity to flyfish for the wonderful anadromous Arctic charr, a fish usually in the size of 2 - 5 pounds.

Since the state owns most of the land in Northern Norway, prices are most reasonable as compared to the Alta, and rivers in Southern Norway. For the flyfisher, rivers like Neiden, Komagelv, Karasjokka, Laksjokka, Maskejokka, Storelva to Ifjord, Langfjordelv, Børselv, Lakselv, Stabburselv, and Repparfjord are some places worth considering for next summer's fishing expedition.

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