News 2007. 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

Statistics 2007

Daylicenses 2007

The fishing conditions the first three months were never really good, but nevertheless, June and August were "All Times High". While July was the best month last year with more than 1000 catches, it seems to be quite the oposite this year. August last year was a disaster, while the August figures this year are very high. It was mainly the first week and the last weekend which "did it".
In September we had good fishing conditions most of the time and this month was also "All Times High" concerning the number of fishermen and catches. Also this month dryfly turned out to be the best. Fishing conditions in October were good most of the time, but the fishing was not always easy.
Total catches 2006 were 2710. this year we have 3352, an increace of 24% compared with last year. Average catch fisherman/day 2007 is 6,3. Last year the cpd was 7,0.

Daylicenses statistics 2007. Origin of fishermen

Fishermen from 14 nations visited Gjerfloen Flyfishing 2007. Last year we had guests from 12 countries. The number of daylicences this year, 533, was "all times high" again, an increace of 38% compared with last year. As usual the majority of fishermen comes from Sweden, but this year fishermen from Italy came second on the statistics!

November

3rd of November

Water temp 1C degrees this morning and the water flow 46 m3/s. Good czech nymph fishing today. Peter Slepicka, Sweden, landed 13 graylings on the lower part of the flyzone.

1st of November

Water temp 3C degrees this morning and the water flow 50 m3/s. Czech nymph fishing conditions are very good.

October

27th of October

Water temp 3C degrees this morning and the water flow 41 m3/s. Fishing conditions are very good. Fishermen again on the river today. Czech nymphing worked very well on the slow streaming parts.

25th of October

Water temp 5C degrees this morning and the water flow 42 m3/s. Fishing conditions are very good. There has been no fishermen on the fly zone since the 13th of October.

23rd of October

5C degrees this morning and the water flow 43 m3/s. Fishing conditions are very good.

20th of October

Water temp 4C degrees this morning and the water flow down to 42 m3/s. Fishing conditions are very good.

17th of October

Water temp 5C degrees this morning and the water flow up to 51 m3/s. Fishing conditions are very good.

14th of October

Water temp 4C degrees this morning and the water flow down to 40 m3/s. Fishing conditions are very good. We had the first snow fall on Thursday the 12th and cold nights this week end. This might have had a negative influence on the fishing. It was tricky, but some of the fishermen did quite well under the difficult conditions. Peter Slepicka, Karlskoga, landed 7 graylings on Friday and 9 on Saturday. Niklas Karlsson, Bengtsfors, landed the biggest, 48 cms. This week the weather forecast says higher temperatures again so may be the next week end will be better.

10th of October

Water temp 4,5C degrees this morning and the water flow down to 42 m3/s. Fishing conditions are very good.

9th of October

Water temp 5C degrees and the water flow down to 44 m3/s. Fishing conditions are very good.

7th of October

Water temp 6 C degrees and the water flow down to 47 m3/s. Fishing conditions are very good.

5th of October

Water temp 6 C degrees and the waterflow down to 52 m3/s. Fishing conditions are OK.

4th of October

Water temp 6 C degrees and the water flow down to 54 m3/s. Fishing conditions are OK.

3rd of October

Water temp 7 C degrees and the water flow down to 55 m3/s. Fishing conditions are OK. Report 2nd of October. Water temp 7 C degrees. The flow culminated last night and was this morning down to 57 m3/s. Tomorrow the fishing conditions will be OK again.

1st of October

Water temp 7 C degrees. Rain the last two days has brought the water flow up to 58 m3/s this morning. Fishing conditions will not be good before the water begins to go down again.

September

28th of September

Water temp 7 C degrees and the water flow 46 m3/s this morning. Fishing conditions are very good!

27th of September

Water temp 7 C degrees and the water flow 48 m3/s this morning. Fishing conditions are very good!

25th of September

Water temp 8 C degrees and some rain yesterday and last night brought the water flow up to 45 m3/s this morning. Fishing conditions are very good!

24th of September

Water temp up to 8 C degrees and the water flow today is down to 44 m3/s. Higher air temperature brought the water temp up again today and I had very good fishing. During 4 hours I landed 25 graylings, the two biggest, 44 and 45 cms. Czech nymphs, all colours. I am sure dryfly also would have worked very well.

23rd of September

Water temp 7 C degrees and the water flow today is down to 45 m3/s. Fishing conditions are very good!

22nd of September

Water temp 7 C degrees and the water flow today is down to 46 m3/s. Very good dry fly fishing today!

20th of September

Water temp 6 C degrees and the water flow today is down to 50 m3/s. Fishing conditions are very good!

19th of September

Water temp 6 C degrees and the water flow today 53 m3/s. Fishing conditions are very good!

17th of September

Cold weather during the week end brought the water temp down to 7 C degrees and the water flow today up again to 50 m3/s. Under cold and windy conditions three Italians still caught quite well with dry dryflies.

13th of September

The water temp 10 C degrees and the water flow today down to 49 m3/s, the lowest so far this summer. Fishing conditions are very good!

12th of September

The water temp and water flow are stable. The same as yesterday.

11th of September

The water temp and waterflow are quite stable.The water temp 10 C degrees this morning and the water flow 53 m3/s. Students and teachers (24 persons) from Natubruksgymnasiet Âlvdalen, Sweden, visited Gjerfloen Flyfishing 10th and 11th. They landed alltogether 225 graylings. Fishing conditions are very good!

9th of September

The water temp and water flow are stable, the same as yesterday. I landed 10 "czech nymph" graylings between 10.00 and 11.30 this morning. Fishing conditions are very good!

8th of September

The water temp 10 C degrees this morning. The water flow today down to 52 m3/s, the lowest so far this summer. Fishing conditions are very good!

6th of September

The water temp 9 C degrees this morning. The water flow today down to 53 m3/s, the lowest so far this summer. Czech nymph fishing this morning was good! During some short sessions I landed 10 graylings, - pink and green.

5th of September

The water temp went up from 9 C degrees this morning till 11 C degrees in the afternoon. The water flow today down to 54 m3/s, the lowest so far this summer. Fishing conditions are very good!

3rd of September

Cold nights lately have brought the water temp down to 9 C degrees. The water flow today down to 55 m3/s, the lowest so far this summer. Fishing conditions are very good!

1st of September

Water temp 12 C degrees. The water flow today down to 57 m3/s. Fishing conditions are good! Team Clas Olsson, Sweden (4 persons) landed aprox 220 graylings on Thursday and Friday, 30 of them were +40 cms! 99% were caught on dry fly, mainly Klinkhammer and Superpuppa, different colours. Today, Saturday, "Team Frank Ihle", Norway, also had very good fishing. I have not yet received their catch reports.

August

30th of August

Water temp 11 C degrees. The water flow this morning down to 63 m3/s. Fishing conditions are good! Those who can present their flies rhe right way, will have nice fishing this week end.

29th of August

Water temp 12 C degrees. The water flow this morning down to 66 m3/s. Fishing conditions are quite good.

28th of August

Water temp 14 C degrees. The water flow this morning up to 68 m3/s. This rise in the waterfow is generated by strong wind from the north, pushing out water from the big lakes higher up in the water system. Fishing conditions are quite good.

27th of August

Water temp 14 C degrees. The water flow this morning down to 67 m3/s. Fishing conditions are quite good.

24th of August

Water temp 15 C degrees. The water flow this morning down to 76 m3/s.

23rd of August

Water temp 15 C degrees. The water flow this morning down to 78 m3/s.

22nd of August

Water temp 15 C degrees. The water flow this morning was 81 m3/s. The water is still high compared with normal for this time of the year, but the water is clare and fishing conditions are improving.

17th of August

Water temp 17 C degrees. The water flow culminated last night and was 104 m3/s this morning and it is now going down again. Fishing conditions are not good at the moment, but tomorrow it will be possible catch fish again (may be even this afternoon).

16th of August

Water temp 16 C degrees and the water flow up to 96 m3/s this morning and is increasing. Fishing at the moment is no good and will not be better till the flow begins to go down again.

14th of August

Water temp 17 C degrees this afternoon and the water flow up to 80 m3/s this morning. The fishing today has been very difficult and it does not seem to be better the next days as the weather forecast says more rain the rest of the week.

10th of August

Water temp 16 C degrees and rain showers the last two days brought the water flow up to 60 m3/s this morning.

8th of August

Water temp 16 C degrees and water flow down to 56 m3/s this morning. 5 Italians, 4 Swedes, 2 Irish and 1 Dane on the fly zone today. Good fishing today. I myself landed 5 "czech nymph" graylings during a few minutes in the morning. Later the Superpuppa was reported to be superior. 5 Italians landed 110 fishes during the day. The period 3rd - 8th of August they landed 614 fishes! Nymps in the morning and Superpuppa the rest of the day.

7th of August

Water temp 15 C degrees and water flow 59 m3/s. 5 Italians and 4 Swedes on the fly zone today.

6th of August

Water temp 15 C degrees and water flow 60 m3/s. The lowest water flow so far this summer. Fishing conditions are beginning to be the way I like it!

3rd of August

Water temp 14 C degrees. Water flow up to 68 m3/s again this morning. Quite good nymph fishing before noon and dryfly was the best after noon (as normal) 5 Italians landed 70 graylings! The day was quite international, with fishermen from Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Portugal, Sweden and Norway on the fly zone. See also the "Photo gallery" page.

2nd of August

Water temp 14 C degrees. Water flow down to 65 m3/s this morning.

1st of August

Water temp 14 C degrees. Water flow down to 68 m3/s this morning. Just a little rain predicted the comming days indicate that we shall have good fishing conditions the days ahead.

July

31st of July

Water temp 14 C degrees. Water flow up to 70 m3/s today. Only little rain yesterday and the water level will start to go down again today.

30th of July

Water temp 14 C degrees. Water flow was up again to 69 m3/s today. Czech nymphing between 8 and 11 before noon today gave me 20 graylings, all sizes, biggest 40 and 43 cms. Green and olive with some flash was the best choice today. Fishing in the afternoon between 7 and 9 gave very little.

29th of July

Water temp 14 C degrees this morning.Two days of rain have not influenced the water level very much and the water flow was down again to 64 m3/s this morning. Fishing with Jean Francois Albert between 8 and 10 before noon gave 10 graylings up to 40 cms. Czech nymphs, all colours.

28th of July

Water temp 16 C degrees and rain yesterday brought to the water flow up to 67 m3/s again this morning. Fishing conditions are very good! Czech nymphing between 15.30 and 16.30 this afternoon was quite good.

27th of July

Water temp 15 C degrees and wate rflow down to 65 m3/s this morning. Fishing conditions are very good! If you don't catch fish now, you need the guide!

26th of July

Water temp 16 C degrees and water flow down to 67 m3/s this morning. Best fishing proposal: Czech nymphing before noon and dry fly after noon. Fishing conditions are very good!

25th of July

24th of July

Water temp 15 C degrees. The water flow down to 70 m3/s, the lowest water level so far this year. Most of the river is now wadeable and fishing condiitions are the best till now this summer!

23rd of July

Water temp 15 C degrees. The water flow down to 73 m3/s, the lowest level so far this year and fishing condiitions are beginning to be really good! Erwin v. d. Veen (Holland) landed a 46 cms grayling on a big sedge today.

22nd of July

Water temp 14 C degrees. The water flow down to 78 m3/s. Today we had good fishing again for the first time this month I will say. Johan Klingberg (Sweden) landed 27 fishes today, 3 graylings and 1 brown trout were +40 cms. Biggest grayling 46 cms! Before noon different methods worked. Between 13.30 and 14.30 Johan had success with a Black Gnat size 18. See the "Photo gallery" page.

21st of July

Water temp 16 C degrees. The wate rflow down again to 81 m3/s. Finally the weather prognoses indicates that we shall have more normal weather and the waterflow will go down to a normal level. Warmer weather will also activate the insects. This means good fishing conditions!

20th of July

Water temp 15 C degrees. The water flow down again to 86 m3/s. I hooked 10 "czech nymph" graylings during a couple of hours in the middle of the day. Most of them preferred a rainbow coloured nymph with a blueish shining back.

19th of July

Water temp 14 C degrees. The water flow culminated last night and was this morning 92 m3/s. During a short fishing session before noon I hooked two "czech nynph" graylings between 35 and 40 cms so fishing is possible.

18th of July

Rain showers the last two days. Water temp 16 C degrees. Water flow up again to 89 m3/s this morning.The water is clare and fishing is absolutely possible, but now I really would like to have more sun and lower water!!

16th of July

Nice weather today brought the water temp up to 17 C degrees. Water flow up again to 83 m3/s this morning. Fishing conditions are still OK, but I would liked to have lower water now. All season the water has been a bit higher than normal and the fish is widely spread and food suply is also very good under these conditions.

15th of July

Water temp 15,5 C degrees. Water flow 80 m3/s this morning. Fishing conditions are OK. Before noon I landed 5 czech nymph graylings up to 40 cms during a short time. After noon a Norwegian group had nice dry fly fishing on the upper part of the fly zone (See the photo gallery page).

13th of July

Water temp 16 C degrees. Water flow 86 m3/s this morning. Fishing conditions are OK. The water level is still a bit higher than normal for this time of the year, but the water is clare and the fishing conditions are OK. The weather forecast says warmer weather and less rain the comming days.

11th of July

Water temp 16 C degrees. Water flow 92 m3/s this morning. Nymph fishing before noon was OK, but dry fly fishing gave nothing...

9th of July

Water temp 16 C degrees. Water flow down to 78 m3/s this morning. The water flow is the lowest so far this summer, and it is beginning to be wadable on most places, but the fishing is not so good at the moment. I guess that more sunshine and higher air pressure would make it better.

8th of July

Water temp 16 C degrees. Water flow down to 79 m3/s this morning. The fishing this week end has been not so good. Either dry flies or nymphs worked very well, however, czech nymphing on Saturday gave some fishes. A short period of rising activity in the middle of the night.

5th of July

Water temp 16 C degrees. Wate rflow up to 85 m3/s this morning. Yesterday we had rain most of the day and the flow went up a little again. The water is clare and fishing conditions are quite good. Today we have had only a few small showers and the flow will decrease again after noon.

4th of July

Water temp 16 C degrees and waterflow 81 m3/s. Rain showers made the fishing rather unpleasant for the fishermen, but some graylings rose for the Klinkhammer also today, even czech nymphing gave some contacts.

2nd of July

Water temp 16 C degrees and water flow 86 m3/s. The fishing was OK and dry fly was the best also today. The water flow now is the lowest so far this summer and the fishing conditions are beginning to be really good as the river now is more wadeable on wider areas.

June

30th of June

Water temp 16,5 C degrees and water flow 93 m3/s. The fishing was OK and dry fly was the best. There are still a few Danicas on the water. Fishing conditions are quite good.

29th of June

Water temp 16 C degrees and water flow 96 m3/s. Fishing the two previous days has not been so good. The fly zone was full booked today and the fishermen had a bit mixed experiences. However, team Corrado (6 persons), Italy, did very well and landed more than 100 graylings during the day, all sozes up to 43 cms. Nearly all was caught on dryfies size 10 and 12. A few Danicas were still observed hatching.

26th of June

Water temp 15 C degrees and water flow 107 m3/s. Czech nymphing before noon worked quite well. The afternoon and evening fishing was not so good. Rain showers yesterday brought the water flow a little bit up, but nicer weather is predicted and the water will go down again. I guess we shall have quite good fishing the rest of this week.

25th of June

Water temp 15 C degrees and water flow 103 m3/s. There are still a few Danica observed, but the "blow" is over and from now on the sedges will be more and more common on the water. I think Klinkhammer, E-12 and ants will be a good choice the rest of this week.

24th of June

Water temp 14 C degrees and water flow up to 102 m3/s. Two rainy days brought the water flow up again and today the fishing has not been so good. The weather forecast says warmer weather and no more rain the next days so I think the graylings will "wake up" again very soon.

22nd of June

Water temp 16 C degrees and water flow 95 m3/s. Lars Viberg (Denmark) landed 14 "dryfly" graylings during one and a half hours in the middle of the day. Fishing conditions are good.

21st of June

Water temp 15 C degrees and water flow 93 m3/s. Fishing conditions are good.

19th of June

Water temp 17 C degrees and water flow 98 m3/s. The Danaica goes on hatching, but there are also a lot of others on the water now. From 22.30 the sedges also are active. The fishing at the moment is very good.

17th of June

The First Danicas appeared here on Friday 15th Water temp 14 C degrees and water flow 105 m3/s. The change in the weather was good for the fishing. Team Isaksson (6 persons), Sweden, landed 75 graylings up to 46 cms this week end. Please see the photo gallery page.

14th of June

Cold weather and rain today brought the temperature down to more normal level, 15 C degrees, water flow 104 m3/s.

11th of June

Water temp: 18 C degrees, water flow 107 m3/s. Fishing conditions are beginning to be good. Colder weather from now on will bring the water temperature down to a normal level again.

9th of June

Water temp: 18 C degrees, water flow 116 m3/s. 9 fishermen from 4 different nations on the fly zone today. See pictures on the photo gallery page. The graylings are rising and the best times for fishing are before noon and evening. The Sulphurea (Gul forsslända) appeared today. In less than a week now we shall also see the E. Danica here!

8th of June

Water temp: 17 C degrees, water flow 125 m3/s. Today different insects were hatching on the flyzone area and the graylings were rising regularly. It seemed they were "picking" something just under the surface. The Sulphurea and the Danica are not obsrved here yet, but the Sulphurea (gul forsslända) might appear any day now.

5th of June

Water temp: 15 C degrees, water flow slowly down. Things are going fast now. The heat has generated hatching of insects that we normally see later. According to rumours the E. Vulgata has been observed hatching in the slow streaming parts of the river, two weeks earlier than normal.

4th of June

Water temp: 13 C degrees, water flow stable, 150 m3/s. Yesterday 4 Austrian flyfishermen caught 11 graylings, 3 of them were +40 cms and some just under 40 cms. Superpuppa (yellow body) worked best for them. The fish started to rise around noon. Today Lars Lövgren and Jan Djärf (Sweden) caught 18 graylings. The biggest ones were hooked on a big version of Leon Wulf.

May

28th of May

The first mayflies (Marginata) is hatching now and rising graylings are observed! Water temp 9 C degrees and water level a bit lower than normal. Flyfishing season is finally here.

18th of May

Water flow 170 m3/s this morning. Water temp 7 C degrees. The water level is at the moment aprox. 60 cms under normal for this time of the year. Most of the snow is melted and the water is already quite clare and I therefore expect an early flyfishing start this season. If we get some warm weather I think we shall see the first Mayflies (marginata) in the air and on the water in just a few days! The graylings are hungry now after a long winter and they will react immediately - the first rings on the water!

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