Sportfish

The guests plane arrived bang on time, after picking up the hire cars and grabbing a quick lunch we were soon heading for Winsnes farm. The journey is about an hour and a half but really goes quick as you can spend much of it looking at the Gaula.

After a brief introduction from Matt followed by dinner the team were soon making their first casts for Gaula salmon. In the team we have Ken, Joe, Jim, Dominic, Stuart and Mick – a great bunch of guys with a fair amount of fishing experience between them.

Joe with his 13 kilo Gaula beauty

The first sessions were blank but it was very heartening to see so many fish in the river, including some really big ones. I am guiding for Joe and Ken and we finally left the river around 1.00am for some rest ready to fish the famous Kroken pool early tomorrow morning.

After about an hours fishing Joe hooked an absolute corker and after a great fight I landed his first Gaula salmon for him. Estimated at 13 kilos the cock fish really was a cracker, bright silver and in superb condition. Joe returned the fish – as he does everything he catches. What a fantastic start!

Matt Hayes with a nice Glomma grayling

 I arrived slightly ahead of the rest of the group today, great to be back in this beautiful country. Matt was keen for me to see some of the excellent trout and grayling fishing that lies within easy striking distance of Winsnes before the rest of the party arrived. We headed off around mid morning – the drive is an experience in itself, up through the Gaula valley and through the pretty town of Roros.

The plan was to fish two rivers – first the lovely Vangrofta. This is a serious challenge for any trout angler, big wily fish that will only look at a perfectly presented fly. This is not a particularly big river and it flows through lush pasture land so is very fertile. After this we moved to the Glomma, a much bigger river and perhaps better known particularly for the quality of its grayling. Needless to say we had a great day and Matt came up trumps with an immense 50cm grayling caught around mid night on a mayfly spinner pattern of his own tying.

Matt and I want to run an experimental trout fishing trip to this area probably in September, Matt will guide a small group. Please contact email me if you would like to join us allan@sportfish.co.uk.