The Norwegian Environment Agency (Miljødirektoratet) has decided to close 33 of Norway’s most important salmon rivers overnight, from 23 June, initially until 4 July 2024. It disappoints thousands of sport fishermen from all over the world and causes damage in the tens of millions with this decision. The consequences for river owners, organisers, hobby
On 1 June 2024 at midnight, the eagerly awaited new season on the Gaula began with a water flow of just 95m³ per second and a water temperature of 7.3° C. These almost ideal conditions had enabled the fresh running salmon to ascend into the middle beats of the Gaula early on. The classic
The Organization of Norwegian River Owners (Norske Lakseelver) has described last season as “the worst ever” and is now calling on politicians to take the necessary measures. A total of 70,593 salmon were caught in Norway in 2023. That is 28 percent less than in the previous year. 18,826 of the salmon caught were
Dave and Ol fishing the Gaula in very early June 2023 and Tobi uses the camera as soon as a fish took the fly. This fish was the only salmon that decided to leave the Bridge Pool in 2023. See how it goes…
The season on the Gaula started on June 1, 2023 at 00:00 with "average conditions", after very large amounts of snow in the catchment area, had dampened expectations for the start of the season among salmon fishermen above the Gaulfossen. The water temperature on June 1 was 4.6 degrees and the water flow was 336m³/sec
Why does a "exclusive fishing on the Gaula" offer the best possible chances of catching Atlantic salmon? Almost all fly fishermen try their hand at a salmon river at some point. It's probably the fascination, the challenge outwit one of these majestic fish with a fly at least once in a lifetime. When preparing
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
Another season on the Gaula has ended and we can say that it was a very successful season at the Gaula and in particular on the NFC beats. Christian Tamcke with his salmon of 113 cm from Beat A1. A total of 6418 salmon with a total weight of
Fishing on the Gaula has been great over the past few weeks. We haven't seen such good fishing, with so many landed fish, on the NFC Beats for a long time. A total of 4.692 salmon with a total weight of 26.913 kg and an average weight of 5.7 kg have already been caught
Due to the low maximum daily temperatures, the water level dropped so much earlier than expected that the salmon were able to pass through the Gaulfossen in mid-June. David Roberts landed the first fish above the Fossen on Beat A1. His salmon was 91cm long and David gently released the fish after a quick
