The Norwegian River Owners’ Association, Norske Lakseelver, has just published its annual report, confirming our feeling that the Gaula was the most productive river in Norway last season. With a total catch of 6.420 salmon, the Gaula is ahead of the Orkla (6.242) and the Namsen (5.180). Overall, it was a fairly good season in Norway with more than 102,000 salmon landed, but the annual result was just below the 10-year average of 105,850 salmon landed.
Andreas Grass with his beautiful salmon of 113 cm from Beat A1.
Especially the region around the Trondheim Fjord fished well above average in the past season. On the one hand, this was because of the good conditions. Due to the large snow reserves in the mountains and a very cold and wet summer, conditions on the Gaula were very good for most of the season. In addition, the high catch result could also be related to the very strict quotas of recent years.
Arve Nilsen with his salmon of 107 cm from Beat A1.
Last season the Gaula was the most productive river and was 46.1% above the 10-year average with 6,420 reported fish, proving once again that our river is one of the best salmon rivers in Europe and the world.
This successful season will put the Gaula even more in the focus of the salmon fishermen next year and due to the situation in Russia, many travelers, who usually would travel to Russia, will reorient themselves in the coming years and visit the promising Norwegian rivers.
It is therefore important that you contact us now, if you would like to fish on the Gaula next year. Rods are very limited and prime time is pretty much fully booked. The earlier weeks in June and the weeks in August will also start to fill up.
So if you want one of the last rods on the NFC beats on the Gaula, then you should hurry. Simply send us an e-mail, possibly with your desired date, to info@internationalflyfishersclub.com, or contact us by phone on 0049 (0) 40 589 23 02.
