The 2021 season on the Gaula has not been easy so far. Both from a fishing point of view and from the point of view of all parties involved in the salmon fishery. At first it was not possible to enter Norway, then Norway opened its borders to tourists and since July 5, unvaccinated people with the correct papers have also been allowed to enter Norway. The number of corona cases in Europe gradually rose again and for more and more countries it is no longer possible for people who are not fully vaccinated to enter Norway (e.g. France, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland). That makes planning very difficult. Then there is a dry summer in Norway and relatively high temperatures. In the past few days, the level at the Gaulfossen has only been 5.7 cubic meters per second. The water temperature rose to just over 20 degrees. This in turn led to the river management deciding to stop fishing on the Gaula for 3 days. Despite all these not exactly easy circumstances, some nice fish were caught on the NFC Beats, which we would like to present to you here.
Mac with his salmon of 98 cm from Beat M.
Mac Meyer visited the NFC Beats on the Gaula for the first time and after a long time without fish contact he landed two nice fish. The first fish was 86 cm long and weighed about 6 kg. Mac caught this fish at the upper part of the Lodge Pool.
Mac releasing his first Gaula salmon.
The next day the water had risen a bit and Mac fished the Lodge Pool again, but this time the lower area below the lodge. Mac saw some new fish coming into the pool and just a short time later he got a good bite. After an exciting fight Mac landed a nice Gaula salmon of 98 cm and about 9 kg. He released both fish carefully.
Manfred Raguse landed a salmon of about 6 kg on Beat A1 and a sea trout of about 3 kg on Beat B2.
As we have seen in recent years, when the water level is low, the Beats on the lower Gaula are particularly productive again, so it was not surprising that more and more fish were landed on the E Beats in Kval as the water levels dropped . For example, Werner Brinker landed a salmon measuring 73 cm and approx. 3.5 kg. Johan Bstieler also landed a grilse of around 1.6 kg on Beat E1. Hans Wolf had a successful fishery at the Lodge Pool the next evening. First Hans landed a nice salmon of 92cm and about 8kg and only a short time later he landed another fish of 79cm and about 5kg.
Mac Meyer was also successful again on the Lodge Pool and landed his third fish of the week with 70 cm and approx. 3.5 kg.
Johan Bstieler caught his next salmon on Beat BS1. His grilse of 60 cm and approx. 2.1 kg took a shrimp pattern.
Hans E. Wolf was also able to land his third fish of the week. This time it was a grilse of approx 2.5 kg.
Bernd Kuleisa then experienced a real moment of glory. Early in the morning Bernd landed three salmon weighing 5.5 kg, 3.5 kg and 1.0 kg on Beat E2 and shortly before midday a really good fish took his fly on Beat C2. After an exciting fight, Bernd landed his fourth salmon of the day, which was also the biggest at 100 cm and about 10 kg. Bernd carefully released all fish.
Bernd Kuleisa with his salmon of approx. 10 kg from Beat C2.
Fabrice also started successfully into the new week and landed a beautiful salmon of 107 cm and approx. 13 kg.
Fabrice and Nathalie with the fish from Fabrice which measured 107 cm and was landed on Beat A1.
Francois Deloup also started his week successfully and landed two salmon of 83 cm and 85 cm on Beat B1. Both fish took a banana tube fly.
Francois with one of his salmons from his session on Beat B1.
His fellow fisherman Francois Truffandier landed another grilse of about 1.5 kg in the same session.
Thomas Mahnke was also successful and landed a grilse of about 2 kg on Beat C2.
Nathalie then caught the next fish on Beat C2. She was fishing on the surface with a small hitch fly when suddenly a big fish came up and took her fly. It was immediately clear that it was a big fish, but how big the fish really was only became apparent after landing it. It was a beautiful salmon of 117 cm and approx. 16.3 kg.
Nathalie with her salmon of 117 cam from Beat C2.
Stefan Ludwig caught the next fish on a Riffling hitch fly, also on Beat C2. His grilse was 60 cm long and weighed approx. 2.5 kg.
Fabriche Bergues also landed another salmon of 73cm and 4kg on Beat C1.
Timo Järvinen landed his first fish of the week on Beat M1. His salmon of 70 cm and approx. 3 kg took a Sunray Shadow.
Stefan Ludwig landed his next fish of the week on Beat A1. This grilse of 60 cm and approx. 2.1 kg was also caught with the riffling hitch.
Julien Sindou landed a 61 cm grilse on Beat E2 and Yoshinobu Toide landed a 60 cm grilse on Beat E3. His fish took a Green Highlander.
Francoise Deloup was successful on the upper Beat M and landed two salmon of 76 cm and 83 cm.
Jens Nielsen landed a salmon of 83cm on Beat E3 and Poul Dörup Olsen also landed a grilse of 62cm on Beat E2. Francois Deloup landed another 90cm salmon on the upper Lodge Beat. All fish were carefully released.
Gerard Dilasser was also successful on the E Beats and landed two salmon. A grilse of 60 cm on Beat E3 and a salmon of 70 cm on Beat E1A.
Manfred Raguse experienced a successful morning on Beat BS1 and landed two nice salmon of 86 cm and 79 cm. He carefully released both of them.
Manfred with one of his salmon from Beat BS1.
Stefan Jonas caught a salmon of 71 cm and approx. 4.0 kg on Beat E1. Peter Gnehm landed a grilse of 54 cm and approx. 1.1 kg on Beat C1.
Peter Berik landed a nice salmon of 83cm and approx. 6kg on Beat C2. His fish took a hitch.
Manfred Raguse landed another salmon of 84 cm and approx. 6 kg on Beat BS1. He also released this fish after taking a quick photo.
Manfred Raguse with his salmon of 84 cm and approx. 6 kg from Beat BS1.
Attilio Biesuz landed a grilse of 58 cm and approx. 1.5 kg on Beat E1.
Stefan Jonas landed his second salmon of the week on Beat C2. This fish of 87 cm and approx. 6 kg took a bomber from the surface!
Stefan Jonas with his salmon of 87 cm and approx. 6 kg from Beat C2, which took a Bomber.
Despite the difficult conditions, Antonio Scrosone landed a nice salmon of around 10 kg on Beat E2 and his fellow fisherman Pietro Broglia landed a grilse of around 2.5 kg on Beat C2 and a salmon of around 4 kg on Beat A1. All fish were carefully released.
There are still a few rods available over the next few weeks leading up to the end of the season on August 31st. So if you want to fish on the Gaula this year, then you should contact us now to secure your rod.
If you are interested in coming to the Gaula this season, please contact us as soon as possible by e-mail: info@internationalflyfishersclub.com or phone 0049-172-4266036.
