News 2012. 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 grayling on the upper part of the fly zone

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Statistics of reported catches 2012

We had high water this summer too, July and August was a disaster. June and September were also rainy, but the fishing was in periods very good and in June we also had periods of massive hatching. 33 % of the reported grayling were +35 cms.

6 graylings were between 45 and 49 cms. 6 graylings were between 45 and 49 cms. 6 graylings were between 45 and 49 cms. In the year 2000, when the fly zone was established, only 10 % of the graylings were +35 cms.

Statistics of day licenses 2012

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27.10. The water flow is down to 75 m3/s this morning. Water temp 3 C degrees. Fishing conditions are OK

26.10. The water flow is down to 76 m3/s this morning. Water temp 3 C degrees. Fishing conditions are OK

25.10. The water flow is down to 80 m3/s this morning. Water temp 4 C degrees. Fishing conditions are OK

24.10. The water flow is down to 83 m3/s this morning. Water temp 4 C degrees. Fishing conditions are OK

23.10. The water flow is down to 86 m3/s this morning. Water temp 4 C degrees. Fishing conditions are OK

22.10. The water flow is down again to 91 m3/s this morning. Water temp 5 C degrees.

21.10. Rain yesterday brought the water flow is up to 95 m3/s this morning. Water temp 5 C degrees.

20.10. The water flow is up to 92 m3/s this morning. Water temp 5 C degrees.

19.10. Rain yesterday brought the water flow is up to 90 m3/s this morning. Water temp 5 C degrees.

18.10. Rain yesterday brought the water flow is up to 84 m3/s this morning. Wate rtemp 5 C degrees.

17.10. Rain last night brought the water flow is up to 72 m3/s this morning. Water temp 5 C degrees.

16.10. The water flow is also 71 m3/s this morning, the lowest level so far this season. Water temp 5 C degrees. Fishing conditions are good.

15.10. The water flow is down to 71 m3/s this morning, the lowest level so far this season. Water temp 5 C degrees. Fishing conditions are good.

13.10. The water flow is down to 74 m3/s this morning. Water temp 5 C degrees. Fishing conditions are OK

12.10. The water flow is down to 75 m3/s this morning. Water temp 5 C degrees. Fishing conditions are OK

11.10. The water flow is down to 78 m3/s this morning. Water temp 6 C degrees. Fishing conditions are OK

10.10. The water flow is down to 80 m3/s this morning. Water temp 7 C degrees. Fishing conditions are OK

09.10. The water flow is down to 82 m3/s this morning. Water temp 7 C degrees. Fishing conditions are OK

08.10. The water flow is down to 83 m3/s this morning. Water temp 7 C degrees. Fishing conditions are OK. Some fishermen had good fishing last week end. Please, see the Photo gallery page.

07.10. The water flow is 85 m3/s this morning. Water temp 7 C degrees. Fishing conditions are OK.

06.10. The water flow is 91 m3/s this morning. Water temp 7 C degrees. I expect good fishing today. Nymphs before noon and dryfly in the afternoon.

05.10. The water flow is 99 m3/s this morning, down 4 m3 since yesterday evening. Water temp 8 C degrees

04.10. Rain yesterday brought the water flow up to 98 m3/s this morning. The flood will culminate this afternoon. This week end the flood will be down again to a acceptable level and the weather forcast is good. The fishing conditions will therefore be OK. Water temp 8 C degrees.

03.10. The water flow is down to 85 m3/s this morning, Water temp up to 8 C degrees.

02.10. The water flow is down to 87 m3/s this morning, Water temp 7 C degrees.

01.10. The water flow is down to 90 m3/s this morning, Water temp 7 C degrees.

September

Statistics of reported catches in September

According to the catch reports from the fishermen (103 daylicenses in September) 885 fishes are landed. Statistics above. The fishes I have tagged this month, are not included in this statistics.

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Tagging fish on Gjerfloen Flyfishing in September

During September I have fished and tagged 397 graylings and 2 brown trouts. Average catch was 8 fishes per hour. Average lenght: 32,9 cms. 5 graylings from the tagging project in September 2005 were recaught. All together 404 fishes were registerated. See statistics above. The tagging took place from Fossnakken and 2 kms downstream in the central part of the fly zone. The tagged graylings from 2005 were all recaught in the same area as they were tagged the first time. 4 of them (25 - 28 cms in 2005) had grown from 10 to 12 cms. One had grown from 38 to 41 cms during the same period. This shows that a +40 cms grayling is at least 10 years! I also have a feeling that on this part of the river, not all graylings reach the lenght of 40 cms even if they could be 15 years old. This summer we registrated a grayling tagged in 2001 (27 cms) now was 35 cms! This grayling must be at least 14 years old. Another recatch this summer from 2001 (25 cms) had grown to 45 cms. They were both recaught in the same area as they were tagged 11 years ago. Studies have shown that grayling in this river can reach the age of 20 years.

29.09. The last grayling, 36 cms, tagged in this project, ID 125500

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30.09. The water flow is 96 m3/s this morning. The flow culminated yesterday evening and is now going down again. Water temp 7 C degrees.

29.09. The water flow is 88 m3/s this morning, Rain last night will bring the flow up again today. Water temp 7 C degrees.

28.09. The water flow is 90 m3/s this morning, The flow culminated yesterday evening and is now going down again. The fishing conditions this week end seems to be OK. Water temp 7 C degrees.

27.09. Rain yesterday brought the water flow up to 89 m3/s this morning. The waterflow will culminate this evening. Water temp 7 C degrees.

26.09. The water flow down is to 79 m3/s this morning. Water temp 7 C degrees. Fishing conditions are good.

25.09. The water flow down is to 80 m3/s this morning. Water temp 7 C degrees. Fishing conditions are good.

Last week end, Saturday and Sunday, Norwegian Cup Flyfishing was arranged in this area. 24 competitors participated to qualify for next years World Championship flyfishing. One of the two sections were located on the central part of Gjerfloen Flyfishing on the east bank. Each competitor was fishing 4,5 hours on this section. See the statistics of their catches on this section below

24.09. The wate rflow down is to 83 m3/s this morning. Water temp 7 C degrees. Fishing conditions are good.

Last week a group of flyfishermen from the Czech Republick visited Gjerfloen Flyfishing. Please, see pictures on the Photo gallery page. They landed 325 graylings during their stay. 3 graylings were +45 cms. Average catch, man per day: 8,5 fishes. Statistics below.

23.09. The water flow down is to 85 m3/s this morning. Water temp 7 C degrees. Fishing conditions are OK. Yesterday we had cold wind from the north, but nevertheless, there were good catches with dry fly and nymphs. On parts of the fly zone there is a flyfishing competition going on this week end. Statistics from this competition will come.

22.09. The water flow down is to 88 m3/s this morning. Water temp 7 C degrees. Fishing conditions are beginning to be good again. The Czech group had nice fishing also yesterday afternoon

21.09. The water flow down is to 93 m3/s this morning. Water temp 7 C degrees. Fishing conditions are beginning to be good again. The Czech group had nice fishing yesterday. Graylings up to 45 cms.

20.09. The water flow down is to 100 m3/s this morning. Water temp 8 C degrees.

19.09. The water flow down is again to 109 m3/s this morning. Water temp 9 C degrees.

18.09. Heavy rain yesterday before noon brought the water flow up to 115 m3/s this morning. The water flow culminated last night and is now going down again. Water temp 9 C degrees

17.09. The water flow is down to 74 m3/s this morning. Water temp 9 C degrees. 7 fishermen from the Czech Republick had good fishing with nymph and dry fly yesterday. Pavel Vrana landed 20 graylings, all sizes. Rain this morning will unfortunately bring the flow up again during the day.

16.09. The water flow down again to 83 m3/s this morning. Water temp 9 C degrees. Good dry fly fishing yeaterday afternoon. Nice weather today and I perdict good fishing also today.

15.09. Rain yesterday brought the water flow up to 93 m3/s this morning. The water flow culminated last night and is now going down again. Water temp 9 C degrees

14.09. The water flow is down to 74 m3/s this morning. Wate rtemp 9 C degrees. Fishing conditions are beginning to be good! Good catches this week.

13.09. The water flow is down to 77 m3/s this morning. Water temp 9 C degrees. Fishing conditions are beginning to be good! Good cathces this week.

12.09. The water flow is up to 78 m3/s this morning. Water temp 9 C degrees. Fishing conditions are beginning to be good!

11.09. The water flow is down to 75 m3/s this morning. Water temp 10 C degrees. Fishing conditions are beginning to be good!

10.09. The water flow is down to 78 m3/s this morning. Water temp 10 C degrees.

09.09. The water flow is down to 82 m3/s this morning. Water temp 10 C degrees.

08.09. The water flow is down to 86 m3/s this morning. Water temp 10 C degrees. Nice weather and good conditions for dry fly before noon today. Roger Öst, Sweden, landed 14 graylings with dry fly.

07.09. The water flow is down to 91 m3/s this morning. Water temp 10 C degrees. Nice weather and good conditions for dry fly fishing today.

06.09. The water flow is down to 96 m3/s this morning, the lowest water level so far this summer! Water temp 10 C degrees. Airtemp: Minus 2 C degrees at 6 am this morning. The sun is shining and today will be a nice day for dry fly fishing.

05.09. The water flow is down to 100 m3/s this morning. Water temp 12 C degrees

04.09. The water flow is down to 106 m3/s this morning. Water temp 12 C degrees

03.09. The water flow is down to 112 m3/s this morning. Water temp 12 C degrees

02.09. The water flow is down to 119 m3/s this morning. Water temp 12 C degrees

01.09. The water flow is down to 126 m3/s this morning. Water temp 12 C degrees

Statistics of catches in August below. The low figures in August are caused by high water, difficult fishing conditions and very few fishingmen (32 daylicenses)

31.08. The water flow is down to 134 m3/s this morning. Water temp 12 C degrees

30.08. The water flow is down to 145 m3/s this morning. Water temp 12 C degrees

29.08. The water flow is 148 m3/s also this morning. Water temp 12 C degrees

28.08. The water flow is down to 150m3/s this morning. Water temp 12 C degrees

27.08. The water flow is up to 158 m3/s this morning. Water temp 13 C degrees

26.08. The water flow is rapidly down to 155 m3/s this morning. Water temp 14 C degrees

25.08. The water flow is down to 165 m3/s this morning. Water temp 14 C degrees. Matthias Bergmann, Germany, flyfishing for the first time yesterday (please, see the "photo gallery" page). Today he landed 15 graylings!

24.08. The water flow is down to 170 m3/s this morning. Water temp 14 C degrees

23.08. The water flow is down to 173 m3/s this morning. Water temp 14 C degrees

22.08. More rain brought the water flow is up again to 175 m3/s this morning. The water level is nearly one meter higher than normal for this time of the summer. the weather forecast says more rain so the waterlevel will stay high the rest of this month. Water temp 15 C degrees.

20.08. The water flow is up to 115 m3/s this morning. Water temp 15 C degrees

19.08. The water flow is down to 112 m3/s this morning. Water temp 15 C degrees. During 2 hours of fishing I landed 18 graylings yesterday. Czech nymphs. Biggest grayling 45 cms.

18.08. The water flow is down to 114 m3/s this morning. Water temp 15 C degrees

17.08. The water flow is down to 120 m3/s this morning. Water temp 15 C degrees. Fransesco Galvan, Italy, landed 23 graylings with two goldhead nymphs on the leader.

16.08. The water flow is down to 127 m3/s this morning. Water temp 15 C degrees

15.08. The water flow is down to 135 m3/s this morning. Water temp 14 C degrees

13.08. The water flow is down to 147 m3/s this morning. Water temp 14 C degrees

12.08. The water flow is down to 158 m3/s this morning. Water temp 14 C degrees

11.08. The water flow is down again to 170 m3/s this morning. Water temp 13 C degrees.

09.08. Rain up north in the river system brought the water flow up to up to maximum yesterday. The flow is now going down again, but still 228 m3/s this morning. The water level is about 1,30 metres above normal for this time of the year. Wate rtemp 14 C degrees. The fishing conditions are bad. I guess we need two weeks with only a little rain before the river has normal flow again.

07.08. More rain up north in the river system brought the water flow up to 199 m3/s this morning. Water temp 14 C degrees. The fishing conditions are bad.

06.08. More rain up north in the river system brought the water flow up to 196 m3/s this morning. Water temp 14 C degrees. The water is clear, but the fishing conditions are difficult.

05.08. More rain the last 2 days brought the water flow up again to 170 m3/s this morning. Water temp 14 C degrees

02.08. Water flow down to 134 m3/s this morning. Water temp 14 C degrees.

01.08. Water flow down to 150 m3/s this morning. Water temp 15 C degrees. Yesterday afternoon between 18.00 and 19.30 I landed 9 czech nymph graylings on the upper part of the flyzone.

July

Statistics of July catches below. Compared with June, the fishing in July was a disaster. Rain and high water made the fishing conditions very difficult. Very few fishermen (42 daylicenses) were tempted to try flyfishing in this area this month.

31.07. Water flow down to 170 m3/s this morning. Water temp 16 C degrees.

30.07. The flood culminated yestrday afternoon and the flow is 217 m3/s this morning. The water is clare and a few spots are fishable.

29.07. Heavy rain in the north yesterday brought the water level up 90 cms the last 24 hours. Fishing conditions are bad at the moment.

28.07. Heavy in the north of Trysil yesterday morning brought the water flow rapidly up again yesterday. The flow culminated last night and was this morning 145 m3/s. Under the difficult conditions yesterday Michael Schmidt, Germany, landed 7 graylings, all between 30 and 40 cms.

27.07. Water flow down to 126 m3/s this morning. Water temp 16 C degrees.

26.07. Water flow down to 131 m3/s this morning. Water temp 15 C degrees.

25.07. Water flow down to 135 m3/s this morning. Water temp 15 C degrees. Still high water compared with the normal for this time of the season, but in June we had very good fishing on this water level.

24.07. Water flow down to 139 m3/s this morning. Water temp 15 C degrees

23.07. Water flow down to 140 m3/s this morning. Water temp 15 C degrees

22.07. Water flow down to 145 m3/s this morning. Water temp 15 C degrees

20.07. Water flow down to 173 m3/s this morning. Water temp 14 C degrees

19.07. Water flow down to 170 m3/s this morning. Water temp 14 C degrees. Still high water, but many places are wadable. Mads Høstrup and Thomas Hansen, Denmark, had good fishing in the beginning of the week when the water was higher than now. The weather forecast for the next 10 days looks quite good.

18.07. Water flow 175 m3/s this morning. Water temp 14 C degrees

17.07. I have just returned from one week salmon and seatrout fishing. Please see the photo gallery page.

13.07. Water flow 170 m3/s this morning. Water temp 15 C degrees

06.07. Water flow down to 97 m3/s this morning. Water temp 15 C degrees. Many places are now wadable. At the moment the period between 10.00 and 01.00 at night is a good period for fishing.

05.07. Water flow down to 100 m3/s this morning. Water temp up to 15 C degrees. The danicas and sedges are dominating. Many places are now wadable.

04.07. Water flow down to 105 m3/s this morning. Water temp up to 14 C degrees. The danicas are still going on and the sedges are comming more and more. 2 Danish fishermen on the fly zone today.

03.07. Water flow down to 110 m3/s this morning. Water temp up to 13 C degrees. The danicas are going on. 2 Danish fishermen on the flyzone today.

02.07. Water flow 114 m3/s Watertemp the same as yesterday. Weather and water temp are good. 1 fisherman on the fly zone so far today.

01.07. Water flow 119 m3/s. Water temp 12 C degrees this morning. Weather and water temp are good. 2 fishermen on the fly zone today.

June

Statistics of reported catches June 2012

On Gjerfloen Flyfishing June 2012 has been the best month ever. The water has been high, but we have had periods with massive hatchings and the weather and watertemperature has been mostly OK. The number of landed fish is high and the sizes are also better than ever before. Of the reported +40 cms graylings, 9 are between 45 and 50 cms! Catches per day are average 4,6

Day licences statistics 2011. Origin of fishermen

As usual the majority of fishermen comes from Sweden

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30.06. Waterflow 123 m3/s. Wate rtemp 12 C degrees this morning. Weather and water temp are good. 7 fishermen on the fly zone today. The number of Danicas on the water is increasing. The graylings are rising here and there all the time. Team Magnus Böhm, Sweden, landed 155 graylings 28 - 30.06. Please see the photo gallery page.

29.06. Water flow 128 m3/s. Water temp 13 C degrees this morning. Weather and water temp are good. 9 fishermen on the fly zone today.

28.06. Water flow 132 m3/s. Water temp 13 C degrees today. Weather and water temp are good. 9 fishermen on the fly zone today. Hajir Rozbahni, Iran (living in Norway), was flyfishing for the first time ever. During the 3 hours I guided him, he landed 14 graylings (goldhead/quill). A new fly fisherman is born! Please see the photo gallerey page.

27.06. Water flow 136 m3/s. Water temp 13 C degrees this morning. Weather and water temp are good. 8 fishermen on the fly zone today. In spite of cold wind from the north, team Ottosson reported good catces also yesterday. Graylings up to 45 cms. The first DANICA observed on the upper part of ther flyzone today!

26.06. Water flow 140 m3/s. Watertemp 13 C degrees this morning. Weather and water temp are good. 5 fishermen on the fly zone today. Still no Danica observed on the upper part of the fly zone. 3 Dutch flyfishermen landed 27 graylings on the lower part of the fly zone yesterday afternoon. The Swedish group, team Lennart Ottosson, could report landed graylings up to 50 cms yesterday!

25.06. Water flow 144 m3/s. Water temp 13 C degrees this morning. Weather and water temp are perfect. 8 fishermen on the fly zone today. 3 Dutch fishermen landed 25 graylings yesterday afternoon. The DANICA started Sunday on the lower part of the fly zone where the warmer water from the sid eriver comes in.

24.06. Water flow 147 m3/s. Water temp 13 C degrees. Weather and water temp are perfect. 8 fishermen on the fly zone today. We are still waiting for the DANICA

23.06. Water flow 150 m3/s. Water temp 13 C degrees. Weather and water temp are perfect. 5 fishermen on the fly zone today.

22.06. Water flow 153 m3/s. Water temp 13 C degrees. 10 fishermen on the fly zone today. Catch reports come later.

21.06. Water flow 157 m3/s. Water temp 13 C degrees. Mikael and Stefan Nord, Sweden, landed 36 graylings on the lower part of the fly zone yesterday afternoon, most of them between 35 and 40 cms. From Sunday till Tuesday Robert Isaksson, Sweden, landed 44 graylings. 11 of them were +40 cms, the biggest 46 cms! The heptagenia sulphurea is still dominant, but now we are waiting for the DANICA!

20.06. Water flow a little bit up since the 18th 161 m3/s. Water temp 12 C degrees. Massive hatching and periods with intensive rising periods continue. The heptagenia sulphurea is at the moment dominant. We are now waiting for the Danica, "The Green Drake".

18.06. Water flow 160 m3/s. Water temp 11 C degrees. Massive hatching and periods with intensive rising. The heptagenia sulphurea have just started! We are expecting the Danica, "The Green Drake", in this area during the week end.

17.06. Water flow 156 m3/s, water temp 10 C degrees. Tommy Auoja and Sven Fältin, IBM fishing club Sweden, landed 43 graylings during the week end. Massive hatching and periods with intensive rising

15.06. Water flow 154 m3/s, watertemp 10 C degrees. Massive hatching and periods with intensive rising

14.06. Water flow 157 m3/s, water temp 10 C degrees. Massive hatching and periods with intensive rising

11.06. Water flow 138 m3/s, water temp 9 C degrees.

10.06. Water flow 137 m3/s at the power station. Wate rtemp 9 C degrees. Svein Nitsche, Edd Hillstad and Lars Haugen, Kuehne & Nagel fishing club Norway, landed 52 graylings during the week end,

February & March

Project "Vänerlaxens fria gång"

The Swedish and Norwegian Departments of envoronment are now cooperating on the issue "Vänerlaxens fria gång". The goal is to save this very rare and unique relict salmon from extermination. There are documents from the 11th century indicating that up to 200 000 kgs were caught every year at that time in this river system. At the moment Swedish and Norwegian experts are doing a lot of investigations to find the best methods for success. External experts from the USA and Canada are also involved. Please find more about this project on this link "Vänerlaxens fria gång"

The pictures below are shots from the eggs planting the 20th - 22nd of February and the inspections in March

Preparing pebbles for planting of salmon eggs in the Trysil river

Pebbles for eggs planting

Making hole in the ice with chain saw for eggs planting

Preparing for eggs planting

Boxes with salmon eggs ready to be planted

Eggs planting

Eggs planting

Everything OK

The Norwegian project leader, Tore Qvenild intervued by the Norwegian TV

The Swedish and Norwegian project leaders, Mikael Hedenskog and Tore Qvenild

The project staff, Swedish and Norwegian journalists, TV and politicians showing great interest for the divers work with salmon eggs

The first Vänern salmon had already hatched!

Controll of the eggs planting at Halvorsøya the 13th of March

Checking eggs boxes at Halvorsøya

Jon Gunnar Dokk (NINA, Lillehammer) with an eggs box

Eggs box. Very few eggs are dead (the white ones)

Controll of the eggs planting at Laksøya the 29th of March

Jon Gunnar Dokk and Snorre Grønnæss are checking eggs

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Statistics of reported catches 2011

Daylicences 2011.

Oct/Nov* Fishing with friends. Average 7 fishes per hour!

2011 has been a difficult summer for the fishermen. The waterlevel was 40 to 100 cms over the normal more or less all the time and in short periods even much higher. This phenomena made the access to fishingspots difficult and the fishing very challenging. We had difficult fishing conditions also in 2010, but this season has been even worse. Compare with statistics on the "News 2010" page. Let's hope we'll have a "normal" summer again 2012! Best fishing was from the middle of October and November, but there were no tourists here in that period of time. However, I had good fishing with friends that period. See statistics above "Oct/Nov*"

Daylicences statistics 2011. Origin of fishermen.

Fishermen from 10 nations visited Gjerfloen Flyfishing this summer. Sweden is on the top as usual. Norway is up this year. Compare with statistics on the "News 2010" page.