23.8-30.8.2008

The beginning of week was very quiet but towards the end of the week fishing was good. Total catch of the week at our Gaula Flyfishing beat was 6 salmon and 1 seatrout that raised the season 2008 grand total to very good 322 fish, dividing into 304 salmon and 18 seatrout. In the beginning of the week the weather was sunny and warm and water level dropped below 20 cubics. Tuesday we had decent rain and water raised fast to 380 cubics and dropped back to 100 cubics per second until Saturday. The last part of week was cloudy and colder and fishing was good. Our Swedish guest Erik Stolth caught 8,4 kg and 5,8 kg salmon at Bruahölen, both with Red Tempeldog Fly. I caught myself 9,0 kg salmon at Stasjonshölen with Black Sheep, 5,5 kg salmon at Svingen with Green Butt, 3,9 kg salmon and 1,8 kg grilse at Stasjonshölen pool with Black Sheep and Pupujussi fly and 1,0 kg seatrout at Gyllsaga pool with Flomfluga. Water temperature was around 11 degrees.

16.8-23.8.2008

Fishing continued good on our Gaula Flyfishing beat. This week's total catch of our beat was 18 salmon. The small rise of water at the end of last week had encouraged good number of salmon to move and some fresh fish run straight from the sea as well. Tommi Paananen fished our beat first time ever and did extrelmely well, he caught 8.0 kg, 7.6 kg, 7.6 kg and 7.5 kg salmon. Three of them he took with Sunray Shadow. Also Anders Breinbjerg visited us the first time and did well and took 7,1 kg, 6.0 kg, 4.3 kg and 3.6 kg salmon. Our regular guest Michael Rosander caught 6.9 kg, 6.0 kg Salmon at Sanden and 2.9 kg salmon at Svingen pool. I had myself the best fishing day of season on Saturday when I caught and released 6.9 kg, 5.3 kg, 4.8 kg and 2.0 kg salmon. The weather of the week was varied, daytime temperatures around 15-20 degrees and night time around 10 degrees. Water level was low and varied between 20 and 30 cubics per second. Water temperature was about 13 degrees.

9.8-16.8.2008

Fishing continued good in varying conditions on our Gaula Flyfishing beat. This week's total catch of our beat was 21 fish divided into 17 salmon and 4 seatrout. Jari Koski did extremely well and caught 9,0 kg, 8,5 kg, 6,0 kg and 5,8 kg salmon, 3 of them at Bruahölen and one at Stasjonshölen pool. Our regular fisherman Petteri Juvakka did again well and caught 8,8 kg and 5,9 kg salmon at Svingen pool. Ilkka Neva landed 9,0 kg salmon and 1,9 kg grilse at Bruahölen pool and 1,0 kg seatrout at Stasjonshölen pool.

The weather of the week was mostly cloudy, daytime temperatures around 20 degrees and night time around 10 degrees. Water level was low and varied around 20 cubics in the beginning of the week. Thursday we had rain in whole Gaula valley and water level raised to 70 cubics and dropped to 50 cubics on Saturday. Water temperature was whole week about 13-14 degrees.

2.8-9.8.2008

Fishing was good despite low water conditions on our Gaula Flyfishing beat. This week's total catch of our beat was 26 salmon and 2 seatrout. The biggest salmon of the week weighing 8,3 kg was caught by a finnish fisherman Jarmo Miettinen at Svingen pool. Harri Dahlin did also very well and managed to catch a 6,5 kg and 6,0 kg at Stasjonshölen pool and 5,0 kg salmon at Bruahölen pool. Antti Manninen caught 3 grilse. Jari Rajaranta caught 4,5 kg salmon with Green Highlander at Svingen and 3,7 kg salmon at Stasjonshölen with Allys Shrimp. Jouni Heikkurinen caught 7,9 kg salmon and 1,5 kg grilse at Bruahölen pool, both with Green Butt fly.

The weather of the week was mostly cloudy, daytime temperatures around 20 degrees and night time around 10 degrees. Water level was low and varied between 16 and 30 cubics per second and water temperature was 15-16 degrees.

26.7-2.8.2008

Fishing was good despite difficult and challenging low and warm water conditions on our Gaula Flyfishing beat. This week's total catch of our beautiful and prolific beat was 25 salmon and 3 seatrout. The biggest salmon of the week weighing 10,2 kg was caught by a finnish fisherman Pertti Kariniemi at Bruahölen pool. He also caught a 6,5 kg salmon at the same pool. Mika Heikkinen did also very well and managed to catch a 8,8 kg salmon at Svingen pool with Black Sheep tube fly. He also caught 2,9 kg salmon and 1,2 kg grilse at the same pool and 4,8 kg salmon and 2,3 kg grilse at Sanden pool. Jorma Ahtonen caught 4 grilse; 2,2 and 2,0 kg at Svingen, 2,0 kg at Sanden ja 1,5 kg at Stasjonshölen. Toni Vahtola caught 4,0 kg salmon with Red Butt fly at Svingen and 1,8 kg grilse with Black Sheep tube fly at Gyllteigen pool.

The weather of the week was extremely warm and sunny, daytime temperatures around 30 degrees and night time around 15 degrees. Water level was very low and dropped slowly from 25 cubics til 15 cubics per second and water temperature was 18-19 degrees. Local thunderstorm on Thursday evening at upper river raised the water to 50 cubics Friday morning and then dropped fast back to 20 cubics per second on Saturday.

19-26.7.2008

Fishing continued to be excellent on our Gaula Flyfishing beat. This week's total catch of our beat was 43 salmon and 2 seatrout. The biggest salmon of the week weighing 11,0 kg was caught by a  danish fisherman Anton Dahl at Stasjonshölen pool. The fish took a Silver Sheep tube fly. He also caught 5,3 kg salmon and 2,2 kg and 2,0 kg grilse at the same pool. Finnish fisherman Juhani Collan caught total of 7 salmon, two biggest of them were 6,8 kg fish at Svingen and 5,3 kg at Bruahölen pool. Pekka Huhtela was able to catch 9 salmon and one seatrout, biggest two of his salmon weighed 4,7 and 4,3 kg. Mika Kumpulainen managed to catch some nice fish as well: a 9,1 and 8,3 and 4,0 kg salmon at Svingen pool and 2 grilse and one seatrout at different pools.

In the beginning of the week weather was mostly cloudy and the rest of the week was sunny and very warm. Water level dropped slowly from 70 cubics til 25 cubics per second and water temperature was between 11 and 15 degrees.

12-19.7.2008

Again excellent fishing week in good conditions on the Gaula river. This week's total catch of our Gaula Flyfishing beat was 52 salmon and one seatrout. The biggest salmon of the week weighing 10,2 kg was caught by a skillful swedish fisherman Lars Järvesjö at Bruahölen pool. He also caught 10,1 and 5,0 kg and 3,8 kg and 3,5 kg salmon and 1,3 kg grilse at Stasjonshölen pool, 4,5 kg salmon at Bruahölen pool and 2,5 kg seatrout at Sanden pool. Irishman Andrew Kelly caught and released 7,5 ja 2,0 kg salmon at Bruahölen and 4,3 and 2,0 kg fish at Stasjonshölen pool. Italian guest Marco Cipriani caught and released 8,7 kg salmon and 2 grilse at Sanden pool.

The weather of the week was mostly cloudy and there was some rain showers. Water level varied between 40 and 90 cubics per second and water temperature was between 11 and 15 degrees.

5-12.7.2008

Very good fishing week in good conditions on the Gaula river. This week's total catch of our Gaula Flyfishing beat was 39 salmon and 3 seatrout. The biggest salmon of the week weighing 10,9 kg was caught by finnish fisherman Joni Tiainen with Black and Silver coloured Dal tube fly at Svingen pool. He caught also 5,2 kg salmon and 1,5 kg grilse at Stasjonshölen pool and grilse at Sanden pool. Jarmo Näppi caught 8 salmon weighing 1,5-5,5 kg at several our pools. Sauli Liukkonen caught 3 salmon weighing 9,4 and 5,9 and 1,5 kg. Stefan Sieber caught 8,5 kg and 5,0 kg salmon at Sanden and also 5,0 kg at Svingen pool, congratulations for this nice and skilful fisherman from Switzerland. Nice to see that we have very good number of all sizes of salmon in our pools that predicts good fishing for the next seasons as well.

The weather in the beginning of the week was mostly cloudy and varied and changed to a sunny weather towards the end of the week. Water level raised in the beginning of the week to 120 cubics and dropped back to 30 cubics per second towards the end of the week and water temperature was about 14-15 degrees.

6.7.2008

Good fishing day at our Gaula Flyfishing beat, 10 salmon in one day. The fish were grilse and 2 SW fish weighing between 1,5 and 4,7 kg.

28.6-5.7.2008

Fly fishing continued good although somewhat slower than previous weeks in good conditions on the Gaula river. Total catch of our Gaula Flyfishing beat this week was 15 salmon and 1 seatrout. The biggest salmon of the week weighing 15,0 kg was caught by danish fisherman Niels Hougaard with Black Sheep fly at Sanden pool. He caught as well 14,1 and 11,5 kg salmon at the same pool, great catch for this skillful fisherman. Olov Olsson caught 6,9 kg salmon with Pathagorva fly at Gyllteigen pool. Teemu Rantanen caught 5,5 kg fish also at Gyllteigen pool. The weather in the beginning of the week was mostly cloudy, rainy and varied and changed to a sunny very warm weather towards the end of the week. Water level was in the beginning of the week 70 cubics and raised on tuesday night to 230 and dropped back to 60 cubics per second towards the end of the week and water temperature raised from 10 to 15 degrees.

21-28.6.2008

Fly fishing continued good with great conditions on the Gaula river. Total catch of our Gaula Flyfishing beat this week was 18 salmon. The biggest salmon of the week weighing 13,5 kg was caught by finnish fisherman Mikko Stenberg at our new Stasjonshölen pool. The fish took Pimp Butt tube fly. I caught myself a 12,3 kg salmon at Svingen with Black Sheep tube and Simon Jones caught 10,5 kg fish with Red Butt at Gyllteigen pool. Most of the fish caught this week were 3 sw salmon and weighed between 5 and 10 kg. The weather of the week was mostly cloudy, rainy and varied. Water level varied between 140 and 60 cubics per second and water temperature was around 9-11 degrees.

14-21.6.2008

Good fishing for big salmon in good conditions. This season seems to be very good year for big salmon at our Gaula Flyfishing beat. Total catch of the week was 20 big salmon. The biggest salmon of the week weighing 11,0 kg was caught by german fisherman Stefan Gross at Sanden pool. The fish took Green Highlander tube fly. Most of the fish caught this week were 3 sw salmon and weighed between 7 and 10 kg. The weather of the week was mostly cloudy, rainy and varied. Water level varied between 180 and 90 cubics per second and water temperature was around 9-10 degrees.

7-14.6.2008

Excellent fishing in good conditions. All our beats were well fishable and performed well. New beats Stasjonshölen and Metli proved to be nice to fish and both gave good nuber of salmon: 6 fish from Stasjonshölen and 4 from Metli. Total catch of the week was 22 salmon and one seatrout. The biggest salmon, 13.5 kg was caught by finnish fisherman Asko Saarinen at Gyllsaga pool. Most of the fish caught this week weighed between 8 and 11 kg. The weather of the week was mostly cloudy, rainy and cold, also an excellent fishing weather. Water level varied between 300 and 140 cubics per second and water temperature was around 9 degrees.

7.6.2008. 13,5 kg Salmon

Asko Saarinen caught so far the biggest salmon of our season, a monster of 13,5 kg from Gyllsaga pool with Greenlander tube fly. The salmon offered him a fight of a lifetime that took about 30 minutes and the fishermen had to follow the salmon to the next pool before he could beach it.

1-7.6.2008

Pekka Kuoksa caught our first salmon of the season from new Orkla Metli beat. This 5,1 kg fish took a Black Sheep tube fly. Thomas Joswig caught 6,5 kg salmon at the same Metli pool with Sunray Shadow. Thomas also lost a big one couple day earlier at the same pool. Couple big fish has been lost at our Bruahölen pool. The conditions on Gaula river have improved during the last days and the water level has dropped slowly to a moderate 220-180 cubics per second. The weather has been extremely warm and the daytime temperatures close to 30 degrees. The water temperature has rosen to moderate 12-13 degrees centigrade and also the water is very clear and has beautiful greenish tone.

1.6.2008

The fishing season has started with high water level in Gaula river in Norway. The last days of May were extremely warm, the air temperature has been over 25 degrees that caused a lot of melting water and river rose up to 450 cubics in second. During the first day the water dropped to 270 cubics and temperature raised from 6 degrees to 7 degrees.Today the weather has been cloudy. Day time max temperature has been just under 20 degrees and night time temperature around 10 degrees. During the first day of the season 23 salmon has been reported to Stören Natursenter catch statistics, biggest 14,6 kg. Most of these fish has been caught at lower river but also 3 salmon has been caught above Gaulfossen from middle river.

Jouni Rauha