News 2006. Fly Fishing Catch Reports, Water Level, Water Temp

Gjerfloen Flyfishing, Norway. Updated information bout fishing conditions on the fly fishing zone, water level and water temperature in the Trysil river.

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The fly fishing guide and riverkeeper with a standarg grayling on the upper part of the fly zone

Statistis of reported catches 2006

2.710 fishes based on cath reports from the fishermen 2006 dispersed in lenght groups.

December

10th of December

Water flow 250 m3/s this morning, more than 4 times normal! Water temp 2 C degrees, airtemp - 2,5 C degrees. Absolutely no good fishingconditions, high, but clair water. 7 graylings were landed during a short fishing session, my fingers did not like the air temperature. See photo gallery.

November

27th of November

Water flow 265 m3/s this morning, more than 4 times normal! Water temp 2 C degrees. Absolutely no good fishing conditions, high and coloured water, but 4 graylings grabbed my nymphs in the middle of the day. See photo gallery.

26th of November

Last week we have had a lot of rain and the snow is beginning to disappear. The water level is very high at the moment, but tomorrow I'll try fly fishing again! Report is comming.

21st of November

6th to 18th of November I was participating in an INNOVATION NORWAY group, studying tourism at Queensland University, Brisbane Australia. Some of us "had to" go fishing one day. See pictures on the Photo gallery page.

October

28th of October

Water flow 140 m3/s. Water temp 4 C degrees. The water is still very high, but the fishing were OK. May be it was the nice and sunny weather...

22nd of October

Water flow up to 150 m3/s. Water temp 6 C degrees. The flow seems to have culminated now, but it will be no good fishing before the water has clared again.

21st of October

Water flow up to 110 m3/s. Water temp 6 C degrees. Because of rain the last three days the waterflow is going up and the fishing conditions are no good at the moment.

18th of October

Water flow down to 66 m3/s. Water temp 6 C degrees. Fishing conditions are OK. I landed 12 czech nymph graylings up to 35 cms in the middle of the day. Green, and red/orange.

16th of October

Water flow down to 70 m3/s. Water temp 7 C degrees. Fishing conditions are OK. I landed 6 czech nymph graylings up to 35 cms in less than one hour in the middle of the day. Pink, red and orange.

12th of October

Water flow 82 m3/s. Water temp 7 C degrees. No good fishing this week. From Friday warmer and nicer weather is predicted. I guess that the change in the weather and falling water level will stimulate the graylings to eat again this week end.

11th of October

Water flow 85 m3/s. Water temp 7 C degrees.

10th of October

Waterflow 85 m3/s. Water temp 8 C degrees.

3rd of October

The September statistics show that 929 fishes were landed (77 day licences were sold). 62 % of the catches were less than 30 cms. We have seen that since the middle of July the percentage of the fish less than 30 cms have been going up. High water temperature might be one of the reasons that the bigger ones have been hard to catch. So far this summer (pr 30th of September) 2.600 fishes are reported landed on Gjerfloen Flyfishing!

September statistics

September

29th of September

Water flow 66 m3/s. Water temp 13 C degrees. Fishing conditions are OK.

27th of September

Water flow 63 m3/s. Water temp 13 C degrees.

24th of September

Water flow down to 61 m3/s today. Water temp 13 C degrees. This week end 28 licences were sold and 322 graylings landed. Only short periods with real good fishing and nearly half of the catches were small fish less than 25 cms. The weather was most of the time warm and sunny. Dry fly worked well even if very few risings were seen. Biggest reported grayling: 45 cms. Thomas Kühnel, Sweden.

22nd of September

Water flow down to 65 m3/s today. Water temp 13 C degrees. The weather has not been perfect for fishing the last two days, too much wind and low air preasure. However, nymphs always work this time of the season and also dry fly fishing has paid off.

20th of September

Local rain showers yesterday brought the water flow up to 71 m3/s this morning. Water temp 13 C degrees.

18th of September

Water flow down to 68 m3/s this morning. Water temp 13 C degrees.

16th of September

Water flow down to 72 m3/s this morning. Water temp 14 C degrees. Fishing conditioms are OK and most of the river are wadeable.

15th of September

Water flow down to 74 m3/s this morning. Water temp 14 C degrees.

14th of September

Water flow down to 76 m3/s this morning. Water temp 13 C degrees.

13th of September

Water flow down to 80 m3/s this morning. Water temp 12 C degrees.

12th of September

Water flow down to 84 m3/s this morning. Water temp 12 C degrees. 20 students and 3 teachers from Älvdalen Naturbruksgymnasium Sweden visitet Gjerfloen Flyfishing 11th and 12th of September. They landed 322 fishes! Dry fly fishing in the afternoon were the best. See also the photo gallery page. Catches below.

11th of September

Waterflow down to 88 m3/s this morning. Watertemp 12 C degrees. Weather and fishing conditions are OK.

9th of September

Water flow down to 94 m3/s this morning. Water temp 12 C degrees. It is still high water, but it has clared and fishing conditions are beginning to be better. Team Mikael Brofeldt, Västerås Sweden, landed 34 graylings today.

7th of September

Water flow down to 108 m3/s this morning. Water temp 12 C degrees. The flow is still the double of normal for this time of the season. Only very little rain is expected the rest of this week. Fishing conditions this week end will not be perfect, but at the "highwater hot spots" the fishing will be OK.

5th of September

The waterflow culminated yesterday evening at 200 m3/s. This morning it is down again at 178 m3/s. Water temp 13 C degrees.

4th of September

More than 50 mms of rain yesterday brought the water flow up to 124 m3/s this morning. At 13.00 it was up to 177 m3/s. Water temp 13 C degrees. Fishermen's "bottle day" today.

3rd of September

Water flow 60 m3/s. Water temp 14 C degrees. Rain last night and today is bringing the water flow up again and the fishing will not be good before the flow has culminated. See also "The weather in Trysil".

2nd of September

Water flow 60 m3/s. Water temp 14 C degrees. Team Knut Stålhane, Statthelle Norway, landed 20 graylings between 08.30 and 10.30 this morning. Czech nymphing, dark olive green was the best today.

1st of September

Water flow 60 m3/s. Water temp 14 C degrees. Fishing conditions are good.

August

30th of August

Water flow 67 m3/s. Water temp 15 C degrees.

27th of August

Fishing journalist Bernd Kuleisa visiting Gjerfloen Flyfishing week 34. See pictures on the "Photo gallery" page. Water flow down to 64 m3/s. Water temp 16 C degrees.

24th of August

The water flow up to 72 m3/s. Water temp 16 C degrees.

23rd of August

The water flow up again to 67 m3/s yesterday, stable the last 12 hours. Water temp 16 C degrees.

21st of August

The water flow down to 58 m3/s this morning. Water temp 16 C degrees. OK fishing today, best catches: brown trout 44 cms and "fly pike" 71 cms.

19th of August

The water flow down to 65 m3/s this morning. Water temp 16 C degrees. Some graylings up to 42 cms landed before noon today.

17th of August

The water flow down to 85 m3/s this morning. Water temp 16 C degrees. The fishing conditions today are OK.

16th of August

Heavy rain the two previous days brought the water flow up to 93 m3/s this morning. Water temp 16 C degrees. The water is coloured brown and the fishing conditions are not good at the moment. The flood culminated in the middle of the day, level 50 cms higher than the 14th. Between 19.00 and 20.15 I landed 7 graylings up 41 cms. The water is still a little coloured and high, but I think the fishing tomorrow will be OK.

14th of August

Water flow 46 m3/s this evening. Water temp 17 C degrees. Fishing conditions are very good. Heavy rain today will bring the water flow up again tomorrow.

13th of August

Water flow 48 m3/s this evening. Water temp 18 C degrees. Fishing conditions are very good. See the figures from the July catch reports below, total 1038 fishes.

12th of August

Water flow 50 m3/s also this evening. Water temp 18 C degrees. Fishing conditions are very good. During one hour from 19.30 I landed 16 graylings. Czech nymphing. Green and pink as usual.

11th of August

Water flow 50 m3/s this afternoon. Water temp 17 C degrees. Fishing conditions are very good.

July

31th of July

Water flow 49 m3/s this afternoon. Water temp 19 C degrees.

29th of July

Heavy rain showers brought the water flow up to 50 m3/s this afternoon. Water temp 20 C degrees.

27th of July

Water flow 46 m3/s this morning. Water temp 20 C degrees. I landed 12 czech nymph graylings between 7 o'cock and half past 8 this morning. Biggest 39 cms.

26th of July

Water flow 46 m3/s this morning. Water temp 21 C degrees this evening. Most of the river is now wadable and the fishing conditions are very good! The high water temperature makes it hard to catch the big ones, but it is not impossible. See picture of Nick Perry's (Eng) nice czech nymph grayling on the photo gallery page.

25th of July

Water flow 47 m3/s this evening. Water temp 19 C degrees this morning. I landed 15 czech nymph graylings between 9 and 11 this morning. Biggest 40 and 42 cms. Green and pink. All caught between "Fossnakken" and "Gjerflokoia" from the east bank. Some of the smaller ones took the nymph when it had lifted up just under the surface. This phenomena indicates that dry fly also would have catched.

24th of July

Water flow 47 m3/s this evening. Water temp 20 C degrees. Two swedes on the fly zone today. No catch reports yet.

23rd of July

Water flow 50 m3/s this morning. Water temp 18 C degrees. The Belgium group, Team Patrick Daniëls, finished their fishing on Gjerfloen this morning. Since Tuesday evening (18th) they have landed 398 fishes! See their statistics below. Pictures on the photo gallery page.

22nd of July

Heavy rain showers yesterday afternoon brought the water flow up to 52 m3/s this morning. Water temp 17,5 C degrees. Quite good dry fly fishing this morning also. Patrick Daniëls had 26 graylings between 0900 and 1200 AM. Up to 39 cms, Klinkhammer also today.

21st of July

Water flow 48 m3/s this morning. Water temp 18 C degrees. Quite good dry fly fishing this morning. Patrick Daniëls had 13 graylings between 0900 and 1100 AM. Up to 37 cms, Klinkhammer. In the afternoon he landed a 43,5 cms brown trout. See the photo gallery page.

20th of July

The water flow stable, 50 m3/s this morning. Water temp 17 C degrees. Perfect water level. Team Patrick Daniëls (BE) have landed more than 50 graylings today. Biggest 44 cms. See the photo gallery page.

19th of July

The water flow down to 50 m3/s this morning. Water temp 16 C degrees. Perfect water level and quite good fishing weather today (08.00). Team Patrick Daniëls (BE, 6 fishermen) had quite good fishing before noon today. fishing this morning. More than 20 graylings were landed before noon, biggest 41 cms.

18th of July

The water flow down to 54 m3/s this morning. Water temp 17 C degrees. Cold wind from north and not so good fishing today. Perfect fishing conditions.

17th of July

The water flow down to 56 m3/s this morning. Water temp 18 C degrees. I had very good nymph fishing this afternoon. Biggest grayling 45 cms, brown trout 40 cms. Perfect fishing conditions.

16th of July

The first 15 days of July 115 licences (8 different nations) are sold.

01.07 - 15.07

According to catch reports 508 fishes are landed this period.

June

The number of landed fish in June was 521 (63 licences). The water flow down to 58 m3/s this morning. Nice weather again today. Two fishermen on the flyzone today. Fishing conditions are very good

15th of July

The water flow down to 59 m3/s this morning which is normal for this time of the summer. Nice weather again today. Before noon I guided 4 Russian fishermen who never had been flyfishing before. After 4 hours they had all caught their first flyfish! See pictures on the photo gallery page.

14th of July

The water flow down again 61 m3/s this morning which is normal for this time of the summer. Cold wind from north before noon today, made fishing very difficult. If this weather continues, I'll probabely not go fishing today. It is predicted warmer weather again tomorrow.

13th of July

The water flow down again 64 m3/s this morning which is normal for this time of the summer. Water temp 15 C degrees. I landed 9 czech nymph graylings this morning, 4 of them between 35 and 40 cms. Good fishing conditions!

12th of July

Rain last night brought the water flow up to 66 m3/s this morning which is normal for this time of the summer. Wate rtemp 16,5 C degrees. Fishermen from 6 different nations on Gjerfloen today. Raul Martin, Spain, landed 12 dryfly graylings before noon, and became the "Kingfisher". Later in the afternoon my czech nymphs were superior. See the photo gallery page. Good fishing conditions!

11th of July

Water flow 64 m3/s this morning. Water temp 16,5 C degrees this morning. Good fishing before noon today. See pictures on the photo gallery page.

10th of July

Heavy rain last night brought the water flow up to 64 m3/s this morning. Water temp 18 C degrees this afternoon. No catch reports today.

9th of July

Water flow 57 m3/s this morning. Water temp 18 C degrees. The Swedish women fishing club "Fjällorna" visited Gjerfloen Flyfishing this week end. See pictures on the photo gallery page. Lars Viberg (DK) and Jeroen van Deventer (NL) had very good dry fly fishing today. See picture and catch reports on the photo gallery page.

8th of July

Water flow 58 m3/s this morning (07.30). Water temp 19 C degrees. 15 licences booked on the fly zone today. The fishing before noon was not the best, but dry fly fishing between 4 and 6 PM gave some results. Strong wind in the evening made the fishing difficult.

7th of July

Water flow 60 m3/s this morning. Water temp down to 19 C degrees. 18 anglers on the fly zone today. The graylings were not in the eating mode before noon. Early in the afternoon we had some thunder and lightening, but from 5 PM the graylings woke up! Quite good czech nymph fishing till 9 o'clock PM. After that time the graylings preferred the nymphs served just under the surface.

6th of July

Water flow 65 m3/s also this morning. Water temp 20 C degrees. Perfect fishing and wading conditions. The predicted rain tonight will probabely bring the water temperature a little bit down agin. No fishing on the fly zone before noon today. High fishing activity again from this evening and the rest of the week.

5th of July

Water flow 65 m3/s at the power station this morning. 7 Danish fishermen on the fly zone today. They landed 30 graylings up to 40+ cms, mainly dry fly. Czech nymphs worked also today. I landed 11 graylings up to 40 cms between 4.30 and 6 PM this afternoon. Water temp 19 C degrees. The river is now perfect for fishing and wading.

4th of July

Water flow 67 m3/s at the power station this morning. 4 fishermen on the fly zone today. Czech nymphing gave me 12 graylings between 6 and 7 PM yesterday. 2 Swedes had good dry fly fishing both before and after noon. The graylings had a resting period in the middle of the day. Water temp 18 C, very good fishing conditions. Most of the river is now wadable.

3rd of July

Water flow 72 m3/s at the power station this morning. No fishermen on the fly zone today (Resting day for the graylings). Watertemp 18 C and very good fishing conditions. Most of the river is now wadable.

2nd of July

Water temp 18 C degrees also this evening. The water flow is going quite rapidly down at the moment and the fishing conditions on the lower part of the fly zone are beginning to be very good. A lot of sedges were observed this evening and from now on I think we shall have a good fishing period in the middle of the night between 11 PM and 1 AM.

1st of July

Water temp 18 C degrees this evening, up 2 degrees since yesterday. Yesterday (30th) was all times high again on Gjerfloen. About 150 graylings were landed. I haven't got all catch reports yet, but biggest grayling reported so far is 45 cms. Good nymph fishing before noon also today. During three hours Åke Norlén, Rettvik Sweden, landed 20 graylings upstream "Halvorsøya". 8 of them were 35 - 39 cms and 4 were 40+.

June

29th of June

A cold night and cold water from north brought the water temp down to 13 C degrees this morning. Today we have nice and warm weather and I think the water temp wil go up to 14 - 15 this evening. The waterlevel is stable and very close to normal for the time being.

28th of June

Water temp 15 C degrees. We have had a lot of rain yesterday and last night, but as the upper parts of the water system have had only a little rain fall, the water flow is very little influenced, 85 m3/s at the power station. Good nymph fishing this afternoon. Pictures on the photo gallery page. Nice weather is predicted the rest of the week. The Danica is still hatching. Fishing conditions are good.

27th of June

Water temp up to 15 C degrees again today. Water flow normal, 83 m3/s at the power station. Fishing conditions are good.

26th of June

A lot of different insects on the water this evening. Danica, "Daddy long legs", different heptagonias, baetis and sedges. Water level normal, 85 m3/s at Lutufallet power station also today. Rain showers yesterday and a cold night brought the water temp down to 14 C degrees today. Fishing conditions are good.

25th of June

I was fishing on the east bank of the fly zone between 8 and 11 PM this evening. Only a few risings vere observed, but the fishing was OK. 19 graylings were landed. 20 - 24 cms: 1. 25 - 29 cms 3. 30 - 34 cms: 5. 35 - 39 cms 8. +40 cms: 2. Biggest: 42 cms. A green/silverribbed czech nymph gave best results. Waterlevel normal, 85 m3/s at Lutufallet power station. Watertemp 15 C degrees. Fishing conditions are good.

23rd of June

The Danica hatched in large numbers on Gjerfloen this afternoon. Peter Slepicka was on the right place at the right time. See the photo gallery page. Water level normal. Water temp 15. C degrees. Good fishing conditions.

22nd of June

Robert and Mikael Brofeldt, Vesterås Sweden, landed 35 graylings and one brown trout up to 40 cms. 14 of them were +35 cms. I landed 7 graylings up to 40 cms during an hour between 5 and 6 PM. A gold head version of "Red Tag" was most successful to me. Water level normal, water temp down to 15 C degrees. Fishing conditions are good.

21st of June

"Beet" journalist Bertus Rozemeijr and his wife Moniek Prakken are on pike trail in the Hedmark region these days here.Though the pikes obviously were in a "no-eating-mode", we had a great time together today. See picture on the photo gallery page. Water temp 16 C degrees, normal water level. Fly fishing conditions are good.

19th of June

I landed 5 graylings around noon, one 40+, but very little risings were observed at that time. This morning it's raining for the first time since the 26th of May! This phenomena will most likely generate hatching and very good fishing later today.

18th of June

Egil Søgaard and Erlend Bonesvoll (Oslo) landed 37 graylings during the week end. 9 of them were +40 cms! Various dryflies, but ant imitations seemed to be the best. A short fishing trip Sunday evening gave me 5 graylings. 2 of them were +40 cms. Watertemp 16 C degrees. Water level normal. Fishing conditions are good.

16th of June

Egil Søgaard and Erlend Bonesvoll (Oslo) landed 9 graylings in the late afternoon. 4 of them were 40 cms! Various dry flies. Sulphurea, "gul forsslenda" turned up today. Watertemp 16 C degrees. Water level normal. Fishing conditions are good.

15th of June

A cold night brought the water temp down to 16 C degrees at noon today. Water level normal. Fishing conditions are good.

13th of June

Another very warm day again brought the water temp up to 17 C degrees at noon today. I expect high rising activity this evening!

12th of June

Another very warm day (31,5 C degrees this afternoon) brought the water temp up to 16 C degrees today. A lot of insects in the air and the graylings were rising frequently this evening.

11th of June

Another warm weather brought the watertemp up to 15 C degrees in the afternoon today. Water flow at the power station 115 m3/s. No fishermen on the fly zone today. Fishing conditions are good.

10th of June

Very warm weather today brought the water temp up to 14 C degrees in the afternoon. Thomas Slepicka, Karlskoga Sweden, landed 15 graylings on the fly zone today.

9th of June

The water level goes on sinking and is close to the average for this time of the summer. Water temp today has gone up to 12 C degrees. Rising graylings are observed in the afternoon. Fishing conditions are OK.

7th of June

The water level goes on sinking and the water flow is 128 m3/s today. This is close to the average for the time being. Water temp today has gone up to 11 C degrees. Hatching occurs (marginata). Fishing conditions are quite good.

3rd of June

The water level went on sinking also today. During less than two hours I landed 12 "fly graylings" in the afternoon (25 - 40 cms). Something were hatching (probabely marginata) and the graylings started to rise! Watertemp today 9 C degrees.

2nd of June

The water level goes on sinking. The air temp came up to more than 20 today and brought the water temp today up to 9 C degrees.

1st of June

Today I was out with my fly rod for the first time this season. Two graylings were landed in a short time. Czech nymphing. I guess we shall see the first rings on the water during this week end. Water temp today up to 8 C degrees.

May

31st of May

Cold weather but no rain since 26th. The water level is going rapidly down (10 cms pr day). No insects on the water and no risings observed. Water temp today also 7 C degrees.

28th of May

The waterlevel in the river is still high, but it is going rapidly down. I guess that we the 1st of June shall see that the level will be normal for that time of the season. Water temp today: 7 C degrees.

24th of May

Rainy and cold weather the last week. Water level 50 - 60 cms above normal. Water temp 6 C degrees. I guess there will be very few insects on the water before the 5th of June.

Article about Gjerfloen Flyfishing published in the British fishing magazine "Grayling" nr 1. 2006

The Journal of The Grayling Society "Grayling" nr 1. 2006.

In August last year I was invited by Rod Calbrade, the editior of "Grayling", to write an article about Gjerfloen Flyfishing for the magazin. Thanks Rod, for the invitation to contribute to your high class and exclusive magazine. It's a great honour to me. Learn more about The Grayling Society on this website www.graylingsociety.org