But even after I held him in my hands the drama was not over. Even now when I’m writing about this experience I still feel the adrenaline in my body. It took another 30 minutes of fighting before I managed to see the biggest brown trout of my life. The important thing here at Thingvellir is to let the fish go as long as the fish wants, just be sure you have enough backing on your reel (200-300m should be enough). Basically the fly line just stopped and the “bus” started to pull. I made the first cast somewhere into the dark, took a few strips and felt the hit. As we were walking back to the car around the water, Cezary stopped me and said “Make one last cást right here please“. It was close to 3 a.m and I was supposed to be guiding the next afternoon shift. Well, it rang true, in a few hours I landed 8 fish between 75- 83 cm but nothing close to the magical border 90 cm (35.5 inches). I was surprised because my last trips to Thingvellir I was always advised to fish small trout streamers, but you know the saying “Big fly=Big fish“. Cezary was almost sure from the start I will manage to get my 90cm+ brown trout tonight! We fished pretty long fluorescent streamers from Cezary’s fly collection. The lodge where I’m guiding is just 30 minutes drive to the lake so after 22:00 I already made my first cast.

Our chef Sveni prepared me a nice sandwich to take away, I took some extra wool clothes and jumped in the car.

Biologists believe that it also holds the biggest brown trout on Earth! The prime time for the ice age chrome brown trout runs are during April and May, occasionally you can catch some nice fish there during the summer months and Thingvellir Lake is officially closed in September.Ĭezary picked me up at Kjos Lodge after my guiding session around 21:30.

The lake is one of the most mystical places in Iceland. The last two nights before my season was over I was invited to go fishing with my friend who is one of the most skilled guides at Thingvellir Lake.

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