Overall, fishing hasn’t been easy over the past few days, but still some nice fish have been landed on the NFC Beats on the Gaula. Due to the still very large amount of snow higher up in the mountains, we experience a rise in the water level every day in the early evening. How far the river rises depends on how high the daytime temperatures were and whether it had rained. Despite the strongly fluctuating water level, fishing on the NFC Beats on the lower Gaula was very good.
Peter Berik landed a beautiful fish of 110 cm and approx. 14 kg on Beat E2. After a quick photo, he carefully released the fish.
Peter with his salmon of 110 cm and approx. 14 kg from Beat E2.
Damien Torsney landed the next fish on Beat E2. A good fish had taken his fly in the middle part of the beat and after an exciting fight he was able to land a salmon of 105cm and approx. 12kg. Damien also carefully released his fish after a quick photo.
Damien with his 105cm salmon from the Beat E2.
Toni landed a 98cm, 9.5kg salmon on Beat E3 and Alexander Basikow landed a 98cm, 10kg salmon on Beat E2. Both fish were released.
Alexander Basikow with his salmon from Beat E2.
Roland Puff and Sami Lehtimäki landed the next two fish on Beat E2. Roland’s fish was 94 cm and weighed about 8 kg and Sami’s fish was 96 cm long and weighed about 8.7 kg. Both fish were carefully released.
Damien Torsney landed his second salmon of the week on Beat E2. This time the fish was 95 cm long and weighed about 9.0 kg.
Damien and his son Nic with Damien’s second fish of the week from Beat E2.
Jean Marie Freund was also able to land a nice salmon of 101 cm and approx. 10 kg on Beat E2. This was the first fish this season which took a banana fly.
Jean Marie with his 101 cm salmon from Beat E2.
Thies Reimers was also able to land his first fish of the season on Beat E2. His fish was 79 cm long and weighed about 5 kg.
Thies with his first fish of the season from Beat E2.
Alvaro Santillan also landed his first fish of the season on Beat E1. His fish was 90 cm long and weighed about 7.1 kg.
Bernard Bimboes also landed a nice 91cm salmon on Beat E2.
Bernard with his salmon of 91 cm from Beat E2.
Roar Kaald ended his week with a dream fish of 100 cm and around 11 kg from the Beat E2. This fish was also carefully released.
Roar with his salmon from Beat E2.
The new week started as successfully as the last one ended. As early as Monday morning, three more fish between 79 and 95 cm were registered in the catch book. We will present these fish to you in our next update.
In general we can say that there are now significantly more fish in the pools and the fishing is getting better every day at the moment. The water temperature is now around 9-10 degrees during the day, which makes fly fishing much more successful. We are curious how the fishing will develop in the coming days.
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 the Gaula this year, then you should contact us now to secure your rod.
If you are interested in fishing the Gaula this season, please contact us as soon as possible by e-mail: info@internationalflyfishersclub.com or phone 0049-172-4266036.
Attention: We are planning to continue the tradition of our successful salmon courses this season and we were able to win over the very experienced fly fisherman, former editor-in-chief of the FliegenFischen magazine, author of numerous articles and multiple book author Ingo Karwath, for this project. The courses will be launched in weeks 32 (7th – 14th August) and 33 (14th – 21st August 2022). The price per week for fishing and accommodation is NOK 14,500/ approx. € 1,420. In addition, the course fee of € 250 per participant applies. During the courses, the exclusive beats of the NFC can be fished in rotation with professional supervision.
