It was a difficult backend of the season on the Gaula. Low water, high water temperatures and fewer fish in the pools made fishing difficult, especially in the first half of August. But as the water started raising on the 15th of August to 676 cubic meters per second on the Gaulfossen the fishing got a bit better. For example, Rene Didßun landed a nice salmon of approx. 11.4 kg on Beat A1 and a grilse of approx. 2 kg on the same day. Jarle Haukvik, Harri Jäntti and Thies Reimers also landed a grilse of approx. 2 kg each that day.
Sami Markus with his beautiful salmon of 12 kg from Beat B1.
When the water started to drop significantly the next day, the fishing got even better. Sami Markus first landed a grilse of approx. 2.5 kg on beat B1, then it was a much larger fish that took his fly on the same beat. After an exciting fight, Sami was able to land a nice salmon weighing approx. 12 kg. He released both fish carefully.
On the same day, Stein Erik Lid landed two salmon weighing approx. 7.0 and 4.0 kg and a grilse weighing approx. 1.5 kg. Stein Erik released all three fish carefully.
Stein Erik with his beautiful salmon of approx. 7 kg from Beat B1.
Rene Didßun landed a grilse of approx. 2,8 kg and a salmon of approx. 7,3 kg.
Thies landed another salmon on the Lodge Beat weighing approx. 8 kg.
Jarle Haukvik started the next day with a salmon of 6.5 kg and Rene Didßun also landed another salmon of approx. 3.9 kg. Harri Jäntti also landed two more fish of approx. 4.0 and 5.9 kg.
Manfred Raguse also landed a cock salmon of 87cm and approx. 6.8 kg on Beat BS1 and Thies was able to land another salmon of approx. 5.6 kg on Beat BS1. Also these fish were all carefully released.
The next day it was again Stein Erik Lid who landed two beautiful salmon of approx. 8.0 and 5.0 kg. Jarle Haukvik was also successful again and landed a salmon of approx. 7.5 kg.
Manfred Raguse landed a 95cm long strong cock fish of approx. 8.8 kg on Beat BS1. He released his fish carefully.
Manfred Raguse with his salmon of 95 cm and a approx. 8.8 kg from the Beat BS1
Harri Jäntti was also able to land another nice salmon of approx. 6 kg on Beat BS1.
Harri Jäntti with his salmon of approx. 6 kg from Beat BS1.
Then the water rose overnight again to 614 cubic meters per second at the Gaulfossen and it took until the next day until the next fish were landed on the NFC Beats.
Jacob Vigerust landed the first fish of approx. 2 kg. Then it was Henrik Mortensen who landed a salmon weighing approx. 4 kg.
Dedicated young Norwegian anglers visited Manfred Raguse in the former NFC headquarters: From left to right: Christoffer Jordal, Jacob V. Farstad and Magnus Kalleklev, right Manfred Raguse.
Magnus Kalleklev also landed a nice salmon weighing approx. 8.8 kg at the Lodge Pool.
Magnus Kalleklev with his beautiful salmon of approx. 8,8 kg from the Lodge Pool.
Rene Didßun also landed his next fish of the week at the Lodge Pool. His fish weighed approx. 6.4 kg.
Harri Jäntti landed the last fish of the day on Beat BS1. His fish weighed approx. 6 kg.
Harri Jäntti with his salmon of approx. 6 kg from Beat BS1.
The next day Henrik Mortensen and Rene Didßun fished the Beat A1. First, Rene landed a salmon weighing approx. 6.3 kg. Shortly afterwards, Henrik hooked a really good fish. After an exciting fight, Henrik landed a dream fish weighing approx. 16.2 kg.
Henrik with his large salmon of approx. 16,2 kg from the Beat A1.
After Henrik released his fish, he landed another salmon of approx. 3.4 kg a little bit later. Magnus Kalleklev caught the next grilse at the lodge pool. His fish weighed approx. 2.7 kg.
This grilse of approx. 2,7 was caught by Magnus at the Lodge Pool.
Henrik Mortensen landed two more fish of approx. 3.0 and 5.7 kg and his fellow fisherman Rene Didßun also landed 3 more salmon of approx. 3.7 kg, 5.5 kg and 7.0 kg. Tobias Cordes caught a female salmon of 99cm on a black Temple Dog Tube on Beat C2.
Tobias Cordes with his salmon of 99 cm from Beat C2.
Thies Reimers caught another salmon of approx. 8.7 kg on Beat B1 and Thomas Mahnke landed a nice salmon of approx. 8 kg on the same beat. All fish were carefully released.
Tobias Cordes fishing the Beat B1.
Despite the difficult backend of the season on the Gaula, a total of 5052 salmon with a total weight of 24,483.75 kg/ 53,987 lb were reported. Of these, 1593 were grilse up to 3 kg, 2371 medium-sized salmon between 3 and 7 kg and 1088 large salmon over 7 kg. The average weight of the 10 largest salmon is an impressive 19.49 kg or 42,98 lb.
We assume that the corona situation will be much better until the coming season and that normal travels to Norway will be possible again. If you are interested in fishing on the Gaula, please do not hesitate to contact us, we will put together a suitable offer for you.
