Tromso Norway Trip Report

[dpitt]

Thanks for reading and the comments

[Ham]

You most certainly could drop a Clouser on a full sink and catch fish. 
norway huh? I’ll think about it. 

[T.J. Clarke]

Thanks for the nice report.

[Quillback]

8 hours ago, Ham said:

You most certainly could drop a Clouser on a full sink and catch fish. 
norway huh? I’ll think about it. 

Sounds interesting, doesn't it?  Been poking around online, not a lot of info.  Might be one of the few places in the world you can fish for Atlantic salmon without having to hire a guide or pay to fish a "beat".  

[dpitt]

@Quillback I did not find much info either.  Did take a tour and found out they have lots of fish farms for Trout and Salmon and they are the leading export of trout apparently the US imports a lot of it.  The fish farms are in the Fjords with big circular nets that float on top and attached at the bottom. The water is brackish with salt water on the bottom and fresh on top. It's cool and gin clear everywhere.  Took a train through the mountains, the water was unbelievable, reminded me a lot of the pacific Northwest.  Train stopped at a high mountain rugged cabin and hotel catering to hikers/campers/bikers,  right by an alpine lake, asked one of the conductors about fishing, he said yes, it's good 4 months of the year.  Arctic char and Grayling are also prevalent.   I do think it could be a hidden treasure, just need to do some more digging.   I don't know if you know who Mike George is?   He is a master fly tyer in Kansas City, works at K and K fly shop in KC.  World renown for his deer hair creations. Was talking with him before we left for Norway.  Mustad Hooks are from Norway, and in the mid 2000's they had fly tying contests where anyone could enter. He entered and won like ten years in a row, so they invited him over.  They rolled out the red carpet and took fishing, he said it was great. No official guides, but took him to some places to fish, said it was great. However, could not really remember where. It's hard, the names of places are long   

Here's a link to Mike's site, it talks a little about the contest he won.

http://www.deerhairsculptures.com/

[BilletHead]

I've met Mike and watched him work. Fantastic.