Arctic char

The beautiful trout of the north

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Swedish Lapland

Jun 21. 2012

We follow Swedish Gunnar Westrin and his friend Palle Andersson on a nice and cozy fly-fishing trip to the northern part of Sweden.

Iceland, 5½ days

Feb 13. 2004

Rock, water, ice, fire Iceland is best known for its salmon fishing, but the island has some of the world's best brown trout fishing too... and arctic char... and sea trout. So GFF partner Martin Joergensen and his friend Asger Olesen had 5½ great days of fishing the summer of 2003.

Read their story here with pictures, patterns and a slide show

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Video Top 3 Flies for Arctic Char Sep 14. 2021 ...trout LOVE them, too!	Video Last Glide May 25. 2020 The Motherload Diaries Part Three. Enjoy!	Video Camp North Mar 8. 2020 Fly fishing for big arctic char in Greenland. Full version film from our adventure in Greenland this summer.
Video The Big Red Mar 4. 2020 Fly fishing for seriously big arctic char in the Swedish Lapland. This is a re-edit of Lapland Dreams 3. Please don't kill these beautiful animals.	Video Cowboy Fly Feb 20. 2020 Fishing for char in Greenland amazing - but they can be as tricky as any other place on the world, the "problem" is that you can see the fish, which makes the frustration even bigger...	Video The Foam Fly Feb 17. 2020 Fishing for char in Greenland is spectacular in every way. The scenery is fantastic, the fishing is amazing - and for some reason the chars react aggressive on skating foam-flies.
Video Iceland's Ice Age Brown Trout and Char Dec 18. 2019 You hear about the giant Brown Trout in the lakes of Iceland leftover from the Ice Age. It's just one of those trips I have always wanted to do.	Video Frozen Guides Apr 1. 2019 Part 1/3 of our "Lifecycles" - Series	Video Camp North Oct 5. 2017 Excellent clear water fishing for arctic char in Greenland
Video Bleikja Sep 23. 2017 In 2017 we visited Iceland and fished the Sog in Asgardur. The original plan was to target salmon, but then we came across a whole bunch of char carelessly sipping midges...	Video Lords of the North Mar 20. 2017 Some times you visit places and people that is captured in your heart forever, Ekaluk River is one of those places!	Video Into the Wild Feb 4. 2017 Finnmark, northern Norway, is one of the last untouched wilderness areas in the world. Lots of space, lots of fish and not a lot of people and roads. Paradise for a fly fisherman really.
Video Greenland Jan 14. 2017 Short Video Project for Solid Adventures. Drone and Timelaps: Stephan Dombaj Editing: Fly Fishing Nation 2nd Camera: Rickard Sjöberg	Video Northern Secrets Dec 26. 2016 Sometimes a random tip or a whispered story can lead one to some nice fish.	Video Wyrd Dec 20. 2016 Fly fishing in Iceland. Get a fly fishing experience far beyond the ordinary with Wyrd fly fishing.

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