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Lysaker to Sørkedalen

In Oslo there are some small rivers where you can go out a couple of hours after work, just to get away from it all and wander next to the stream and get away from it all. One such stretch that I haven’t tried out before is between Lysaker and Sørkedalen, this year one of my plans is to explore the river system from sea all the way up to its origin. The river starts around lysaker where the first 1.5km you can catch Salmon and seatrout (a bit later in the season), then there is the river up to Bogstadvannet before sørkedalselva goes further up into the forest surronding Oslo.

The plan is now to explore small stretches up and down this river during the summer when I have 2-3hours after work when it just isn’t time to go on any longer trips.

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You can get to the river from many locations: buss, metro, train (or a good combination of them), the vegetation makes it preferable to bring some waders since you won’t be able to reach much if you go here without. There is mainly small brown trout, but there are larger ones, especially in and around Bogstadvannet.

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OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThe vegetation and small river makes a short, light-weight rod a good solution. Next to the river there is a track for walking and running but luckily not too much people out on a tuesday afternoon, so it was a good getaway from the city

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAFor this river I bring my Sage TXL-F 7.10 #1 with a Sage Click I: the combination is great for presentation and bringing in these small trout.

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Oslo Dryfly in June

Saturday was a great day for heading out into the forest around Oslo: 17-18 degrees and the forecast said sun. The forest is very accessible, but for those lakes a bit in you really need a bike to be able to cover some ground in a single day, so about 20km in and I set up on a new lake that I haven’t fished before. First of was the river going into the lake: some small brown trout in the river aggressively going on my flies.

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAStanding on top of the last little waterfall before the lake, this was my first stop and I could see the trout rising out there: I didn’t stay too long here.

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERATurn around and river was filled with small trout, good fun, but was too small to keep.

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAI packed up and headed for a place I had spotted on the map before leaving: a small headland that reached a bit into the lake. As I approached the lake I could see the trout rising steadily and within 2 minutes I got my personal best on dryfly in the forest surrounding Oslo: 400gram of beautiful trout that landed easily in my net. The position I had made it easy to cast on rising trout, so it was a great day with a fair bit of trouts landed and a couple of larger ones that just didn’t want to hook properly. Most took on a CDC & Deer hair dry, but also on mayfly and emerger.

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERABeautiful trout:

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThe day was a good mix of sun, summer-rain, a bit of wind and periods of dead-still water. Not too much hatching going on, but some mayflies and midges was observed on the water.

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThe 4 trout I did take home ended up as night-snack, fried up with lots of butter and served with potatoes and a beer.

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