Henry Gilbey - The World of Fishing

All Photo Essays

• Africa

  • Gabon - Iguela
  • Mozambique - Benguerra
  • Namibia - shark fishing
  • South Africa - Part 1
  • South Africa yellowfish
  • Uganda - Nile perch
  • Zambia - Tigerfish

• Europe

  • Bass fishing - 1 : Ireland
  • Bass fishing - 2 : Hard lures
  • Bass fishing - 3 : Plastics
  • Ireland - Clare
  • Ireland - Kerry
  • Ireland - south
  • Ireland - south west
  • Norway - coalfish on the fly
  • Norway - cod and coalfish
  • Wild trout - fly fishing

• Rest of the world

  • Bahamas - Inagua
  • Iceland - trout fishing
  • India - Mahseer fishing
  • Seychelles - Part 1
  • Seychelles - Part 2
  • Seychelles - Part 3
  • Seychelles - Part 4
  • Seychelles - Part 5

• South and Central America

  • Agentina golden dorado - 1
  • Argentina golden dorado - 2
  • Bolivia pacu
  • Venezuela - Los Roques

• USA and Canada

  • British Columbia - Part 1
  • British Columbia - Part 2
  • Canada - Gaspe
  • Florida Keys - Part 1
  • Florida Keys - Part 2
  • Montana - Bighorn river

• Fishing Tackle

  • Rigging the MegaBass XLayer
  • Rigging the Xorus Rolling Shad
  • Waders for bass fishing

Iceland - some of the best brown trout fishing on earth (not just salmon !!)

18 September 2009

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  The stunning Laxa I Adaldal river in the north of Iceland happens to be one of the top big salmon rivers in Iceland. But the river has a secret that very few English fly fishermen know about – it is one of the finest wild brown trout rivers there is, plain and simple. I am still in a state of shock !!

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  English fly guys are going to love this demanding, technical fishing. You can be fishing deep glides, shallow runs and lonely pools, all in one day. Here the guys are having to wade pretty deep to reach the mass of rising browns out in the middle of the river. Chest waders are mandatory.

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  Here’s Pete McLeod of Aardvark McLeod putting in a powerful cast on his new Hardy Angel 2TE 5 weight fly rod and a floating line. I expected to see the trout go off a bit in the middle of the day, but they kept on feeding hard. The trout fishing is absolute world class.

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  Big trout run hard !! You might find this hard to believe, but wild brown over 13lbs have been taken from the Laxa I Adaldal river, and fish over 5lbs are taken very regularly. Most of the locals are off concentrating on the salmon fishing, so the trout fishing is usually left alone for visitors.

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  If there is a prettier or more impressive fish in the world than a truly wild brown trout then I have yet to see it. What a magnificent creation, this 5lb plus brown literally smashed a dry fly presented by Pete McLeod. Iceland is soon going to become known as one of the world’s great trout fishing destinations.

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  Trout fishing like this is less than a day away from the UK, and the season runs through June, July and August for trout and salmon, with huge sea trout being available sometimes into October. Iceland’s fishing is hugely well managed and organised, with a vast number of rivers on offer for the visiting fisherman.

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  The trout fishing in Iceland is a mixture of casting to rising fish, nymphing and sight fishing, and there are insane numbers of trout in some of the Icelandic rivers. If you are into your trout fishing and fancy a proper crack at truly wild fish, I implore you to get yourself out there. I have heard of guys catching well over twenty big trout in a day.