Summer trout 2013 – just back from a 2 week mountain/fishing trip. Going through “some” pictures that I will post later, safe to say: it was a good trip!
Fishing
Fornebu Winterfishing
Looking through some pictures from earlier this year: the winter was breaking and I took the bus out to Fornebu, just 30min from downtown Oslo to try out the Seatrout. Didn’t get anything on this trip, but a great day after a long winter!
My current setup for seatrout: Guideline LPXe #6, Vision #6/7 reel and Guideline Coastal Fast Intermediate #6
This is the first year I have targeted seatrout, will focus on tying for that the comming winter
A must-have for cold winter days:
The ice was still on the shore
Some very nice places to target seatrout in the Oslo fjord, when the spring comes there are a lot of flyfishers in this area
Nordmarka Trout Trip
Working in Oslo as a software developer one of the things that I really look forward to and enjoy is the trips I have in the forest 30min north of downtown Oslo. The trips are part getting out into the forest, part workout and of course: I always bring my rod. Some of the trips can be 6 hours where 5 hours is walking and 1 hour is fishing, other times it is 2hours walking, 5hours fishing and return. The important thing is to get out in the forest to relax and rewind.
This time I took a trip from the south-end of the forest towards a small lake I visit every year.
Some steep hills, but this particular path is not that much used, so you get to walk alone for much of the time in beautiful nature
First glimpse of the lake: dead-quiet on the surface, not a breath of wind. It is surrounded by trees that makes it particular difficult to get your line out, this is the time for technical casting. Sat down and listened to the nature: all I could hear was the steady rising and jumping of trout – the activity level was really high. I saw the classic head-tail rise of several large trout, but they were too far out to be able to get to. I did, however, see trout come up and jump 30cm off the water to target butterflies and insects just 2m from land where I was standing!
This is a place I target every year, the trout here is large, but is hard to get to (most is far out in the middle where you cannot get to). This time I landed only one trout on a dry pink-tag, but I will be back later this autumn and spend a night tenting close by.
Sneaky casting laying low in the grass is important – the trout took just 2 meters out.
Lysaker to Sørkedalen pt.2
Another trip to this river so very close to Oslo that it is a wonder why I haven’t visited it before! A 3 hours walking trip up/in the middle of the river and covering more ground. A fresh river (as in: not fished before) is very exiting: finding the spots where the trout is, coming around a bend in the river and seeing a beautiful section unfold where you just know that the trout is standing ready.
A well known view: the moment before fishing can start
The Sage TXL-F #1 has become my new favourite small-river rod
The vegetation in larger parts of the river makes waders a absolute must-have if you want to get the fly out there
The Aurivilli is so far the best bet in this river: I landed 5 20cm trout on this trip with sizes #12 and #18
Places like this makes the trip worth it
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.
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.
The 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
For 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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