News from Gjerfloen Flyfishing 2003

Updated information from Gjerfloen Flyfishing about fishermen, catches, insects, water-level, weather and other details of interest.

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News from Gjerfloen Flyfishing 2003

Fishing licences 2003

December 4 th. The graylings are still eating!

Report 4th of December. Normally we should have had a lot of snow and ice in this area in December. We have had temperatures down to 20 C degrees below zero earlier this Autumn, but now we have had a period of temperatures above zero. Even if the water is very cold (about 1 C degree) the graylings are eating a little. This phenomen makes life worth living for a fisherman!

November 16th. Flyfishing season is not yet over!

Report 16th of November. Since there has been no fishermen on Gjerfloen Flyfishing for more than a month, I went out with my fly rod today just to prove that it is possible to make the graylings take a fly even if there are some snowflakes in the air and the watertemp. is +2C degrees and the air temp. is +1C degree. In a couple of hours with czech nymphfishing method I landed 10 nice graylings up to 41 cm (all released of course). A nice fishing trip, but you do not wade out just dressed in a T-shirt this time of the year,... on the other hand, I can guaratee there are no mosquitoes disturbing... See the pictures below.

Report 15th of October. Waterflow 75 m3/s this morning. Fishing conditions are very good at the moment. We have had cold nights, but nice days the last week and this is predicted to continue for some more days. This means that we shall have good fishing in the afternoon the comming days when the sun has warmed up the air and water a little.

Report 7th of October. Waterflow down to 88 m3/s this morning. Fishing conditions are beginning to be quite good again and the graylings are in the eating mood!

Report 3rd of October. Waterflow 100 m3/s this morning. The water is still high, but clear and the graylings must have food. However, even if the fishing conditions at the moment not are optimal, it is possible to have quite nice fishing.

Report 30th of September. Waterflow 108 m3/s this morning. The water is still high, but test fishing today showed that the graylings are there and they are eating!

Report 27th of September. Waterflow 112 m3/s this morning. The flow is expected to incease a lot during the day as we have had 27 mm of rainfall since yesterday afternoon. Fishing conditions are very bad at the moment.

Report 25th of September. Waterflow very rapidly down again to 115 m3/s this morning. Fishing conditions this weekend are now depending on how much rain we get on friday.

Report 24th of September. 48 mm rainfall since Saturday has brought the waterflow up to 180 m3/s this morning. Conditions for flyfishing in the high and cloured water are therefore at the moment very bad. Some improve are expected towards the weekend.

Report 21st of September. Some rain last night brouhgt the waterflow up to 55 m3/s today. Good fishing this weekend and the waterlevel is perfect for wading.

Report 18th of September. Waterflow down to 52 m3/s this morning. Fantastic conditions for flyfishing on the downstream part of Gjerfloen.

Report 17th of September. Fantastic conditions for flyfishing on the downstream part of Gjerfloen at the moment. Waterflow down to 54 m3/s this morning. Czech nymphfishing method is superior, but in the afternoon it is possible to catch something also with dryfly.

Report 14th of September. Waterflow also 58 m3/s this morning. Very good fishing conditions, but no fishermen on the flyzone this week end. May be one of the reasons is that bird hunting season has started.

Jan O. Langvandsbråten from Hønefoss with a "Big Black" September 2003

Report 12th of September. Waterflow down to 58 m3/s this morning. Very good fishing conditions and the temperatures in air and water are perfect for the graylings.

Report 10th of September. Waterflow down to 62 m3/s this morning. Very good fishing conditions and fantastic grayling fishing in the Trysil river at the moment. Since the beginning of September we have had nice weather and and perfect waterlevel. This weekend we had the championship on Gjerfloen Flyfishing and aprox. 200 fishes were landed. Monday and Tuesday I've been fishing also and I must say: I've been fishing this river nearly 50 years, but very seldom had better fishing than just now! Let's hope that this weather continue for a long time. See pictures on the photogallery page.

Report 6th of September. Waterflow down to 65 m3/s this morning. Very good fishing conditions and and reports from fishermen tell that it's been good fishing all over the river today. On the slow parts it's even been good dryfly fishing. On the downstream part of Gjerfloen Flyzone Czech nymph fishing has given best result.

Report 4th of September. Waterflow down to 68 m3/s this morning. Fishing conditions are very good. I am really looking forward to see what the best flyfishers in Norway can do this week end!

Report 3rd of September. Waterflow down to 72 m3/s this morning. Nymph- and dryflyfishermen from Germany, Poland and Holland had good fishing on the fly zone also today. Perfect watertemp. and waterlevel near the normal are finally making the fishing conditions very good again. Predicted nice weather the comming days should generate optimal fishing!

Report 2nd of September. Waterflow down to 74 m3/s today. As a result of warmer weather today, we have had the best fishing on Gjerfloen Flyfishing for a long time. Before noon czech nymph fishing technique was superior. Later in the afternoon there were even good dry fly catches. See also the photogallery page.

Report 1st of September. Waterflow down to 76 m3/s this morning. 4 Swedish flyfishermen from Borås had some nice catches during the weekend.

Report 31st of August. Waterflow down to 77 m3/s this morning. Fishing conditions are beginning to be quite good again even if the water still is a little high for this time of the summer.

Report 30th of August. Waterflow down to 79 m3/s this morning. Mauro and José did not succeed too well the afternoon two days ago, but now we have got better temperature than we have had for a long time and yesterday evening I saw some risings again for the first time in two weeks.

Report 28th of August. Waterflow same as yesterday, 85 m3/s. Two fishermen on the flyzone today, Mauro from Italy and José from Peru. Catchreports tomorrow.

Report 27th of August. Waterflow down to 85 m3/s this morning. Even if the weatherforecast predict some rainshowers the comming days, I think we shall have a decreasing waterflow.

Report 25th of August. Waterflow down to 88 m3/s this morning. The flow is still 20 m3/s more than normal for the time being, but if we don't get more rain the conditions will improve every day. Anyway, the fish must have food!

Report 24th of August. Some rain kept the waterflow stable on 90 m3/s during the weekend. Gjerfloen Flyfishing have been full booked through the week end. Traditional flyfishing did not worked very well under the high water conditions, while those who practised czech nymphfishing had success. See pictures on the photgallery page

Report 22nd of August. Flow down to 90 m3/s this morning. The fly zone is full booked till Sunday 24th.

Report 21st of August. Stable waterflow on 93 m3/s the last couple of days. Watertemp 15 degrees C and clear water. Alltogether the fishing conditions are OK even if the water is higher than normal for this time of the summer.

Report 19th of August. Flow down to 93 m3/s this morning. The river is fishable and the graylings must have food now and then!

Report 18th of August. Waterflow down again to 98 m3/s this morning. This means that the river still is high for this time of the year, but it is absolutely fishable. Heavy nymphs are the best choice for the graylings at the moment.

Report 15th of August. The heavy rain we have had the last couple of days, more than 70 mm, has brought the flow up to 107 m3/s this morning. High and coloured water today is not good for flyfishing.

Report 14th of August. Waterflow up to 75 m3/s this morning generated by the heavy rain we had yesterday afternoon and during last night. The flow is expected to to increase also during the day. There will probabely be no good fishing before this evening or tomorrow when the waterlevel begins to go down again.

Report 13th of August. Heavy rainshowers Monday afternoon brought the waterflow up again yesterday, but it is now on it's way down agagin, 65 m3/s this morning. Still very good fishing conditions.

Report 11th of August. Waterflow down to 49 m3/s this morning. Superb fishing conditions on the downstream part of Gjerfloen Flyfishing zone.

Report 8th of August. Stable waterflow the last couple of days (52 m3/s) generates superb fishing conditions on Gjerfloen Flyfishing at the moment.

Report 6th of August. Colder nights have brought the watertemp. down and the low water (52 m3/s) makes the river wadeable on all the hotspots. The fishing conditions on the downstream parts of the fly zone are superbe! Predicted nice weather the comming also days indicates good fishing.

Report 30th of July. Waterflow down to 64 m3/s this morning. Perfect conditions for wading and fishing on the lower part of the fly zone.

Report 28th of July. Rainshowers the last two days have brought the flow up again to 70 m3/s. The watertemp is brought down from 22,5 C degrees a few days ago to 17 C. Alltogether fishing conditions are very good at the moment. No fishermen on the fly zone since Saturday.

Report 25th of July. Waterflow down to 67 m3/s this morning. Lowest so far this year and the flyzone is now wadeable on all the "hot spots" and fishing conditions on the lower part of the zone are very good.

Report 22nd of July. Because of holiday-time, waterflow figures from the power station have not been available for a few days, but today 73 m3/s is reported. This is normal for this time of the summer and the river is wadeable. We have at the moment very good fishing conditions on the lower part of Gjerfloen Flyfishing.

Report 15th of July. Waterflow down to 85 m3/s this morning which is not far from normal for the time being. Just a few more warm days now and we are there! Best time for fishing at the moment should be in the morning between 8 and 11, and between 11 and 1 at night.

Report 14th of July. Warm and nice weather since yesterday has brought the waterflow down again to 91 m3/s this morning. Watertemp. 16 C degrees. No fishermen on Gjerfloen since Saturday.

Report 11th of July. Waterflow down from 110 m3/s to 104 m3/s this morning. watertemp 16,5 C degrees. The nice and warm weather we had yesterday generated the best fishing day so far this season. The 11 fishermen on Gjerfloen Flyfishing were inspirated by a lot of rising especially between 23.00 and 01.00 in the night. However, it was a bit frustrating to see that the graylings ignored nearly everything that was served. Ant imitations did well, and a good number of +40's were landed.

Report 9th of July. More rain yesterday generated the flow up to 105 m3/s this morning. Six fishermen on Gjerfloen Flyfishing today have experienced that the graylings have been hard to catch because of the rising water. There will be 10 fishermen on the flyzone tomorrow and my guess is, with good weather prognoses in mind, that the graylings will be much more cooperative than today.

Report 8th of July. The rain yesterday rushed the waterflow up again to 95 m3/s this morning. Rainshowers today also, but from tomorrow and the rest of the week we are promised better weather. This might indicate we shall have good fishing the comming days.

Report 7th of July. Flow down to 89 m3/s this morning. The fishing yesterday evening and night did not become as good as expected. A northern breeze generated temperature fall and fog on the water, though there was a rush around 0900 pm. Two Swedes caught 24 graylings yesterday afternoon, the other 4 fishing yesterday will stay for the rest of the week and have not yet delivered catch reports.

Report 6th of July. Flow down to 91 m3/s this morning, lowest so far this year. Warmer weather is predicted the comming days, and my guess is that we from now on finally shall see the river from its better side! 6 fishermen on Gjerfloen today. Catch reports tomorrow.

Report 4th of July. Waterflow down to 103 m3/s this morning and we have had only a few rain showers this afternoon, which means waterlevel down to aproximately less than 100 m3/s tomorrow. The warm weather today generated more hatching then we have seen for some days now. Resting day for the graylings on Gjerfloen today as there were no fishermen there.

Report 3rd of July. The rain yesterday brought the waterflow up to 104 m3/s this morning but is this afternoon on its way down again. The Italians (Team Bologna) caught 30 graylings up to 40 cm this afternoon. Small midges size 18 was the best medicine today.

Report 2nd of July. Waterflow up again to 96 m3/s this morning. 5 Italians on the Fly Zone today. Under difficult conditions with rain and rising waterlevel, they landed 27 graylings up to 42 cm. We had rain last night and most of the day and the waterflow is increasing. Weatherforecast indicates rainy weather till Friday. I'm wondering what I should do to the Weather Gods to be awarded a longer period with real nice summer weather!

Report 1st of July. The waterlevel goes on sinking. The flow today down to 93 m3/s. Four Austrians dryflyfishing on the fly zone today caught 25 graylings, but none +40 today. Wind from north-east and airtemp. only 16 C degrees might be an apropriate explanation this time...... The Danicas are still there.

Report 30th of June. Waterflow down to 95 m3/s this morning, lowest so far this summer. Saturday and Sunday three Germans caught 25 fishes up to 42 cm on the flyzone. Not a remarkable high number, but under the unfavourable weather conditions it was not too bad. The Danica is still hatching.

Report 29th of June. 100 m3/s through the Power Station this morning. No catchreports from the weekend-fishermen yet. Some wind and not so nice weather make me believe that the flyfishing is not at its best today. The weatherforecast says we shall have north-east wind, cloudy weather with some rain showers and temperatures below normal the comming days. This is not the kind of weather flyfishermen are dreaming of! BUT...even if the weather is not the best, the fish must have some food.

Report 28th of June. Waterflow down again to the level we had on Tuesday (104 m3/s). Coditions on Gjerfloen Flyfishing are good. I am looking forward to seeing the catch reports from the fishermen visiting Gjerfloen this week end.

Report 27th of June. Waterflow down to 110 m3/s this morning. Danicas hatching in large numbers through out the day yesterday and this will go on for some days. Waterflow, weather and hatching could indicate that the comming days might be the weekend of the year!

Report 26th of June. Waterflow down again to 129 m3/s this morning. May be it is the sunshine that has generated hatching of the danica in large numbers at Plassen this morning. The waterlevel 25 cm above normal for the time being, did not prevent the graylings from chasing the "Green Drakes".

Report 25th of June. Even if the waterlevel has risen 15 - 20 cm at Plassen since yesterday, the graylings are showing their backfinns upstream the bridge at this moment (10.30). At Lutufallet Powerstation the flow went up to 142 m3/s this morning. We have had no rain today and the river is already falling rapidly down again.

Report 24th of June. Waterflow this morning up to 104 m3/s. Heavy rain last night and before noon today will surely increase the flow later today and tonight considerably. I therefoore guess that there will be no good conditions for flyfishing again till Thursday even if we are promised nice weather again from tomorrow. The Danica has been on the "catwalk", but so far in very small numbers. By the week end I guess we shall see more of them!

Report 23rd of June. Attension!!! The "Green Drake" (Danica) is observed!!!!! A few May Flies were seen yesterday in the southern part of the Trysil river as well as in center region. Waterflow down again to 103 m3/s this morning. Fishing conditions are good. Weatherforecast: Some rain tomorrow (tuesday), nice weather the rest of the week. Flyfishermen... you know what this mean... hatching of course...

Report 22nd of June. Heavy rainshowers caused an increase in the waterflow again the last two days. Today up again to 104 m3/s. Weatherforecast says not much rain the comming days, which indicates good fishing conditions next week. Yhe yellow one is still hatching and we are now waiting for "the green drake" (danica) to turn up in a few days.

Report 19th of June. Flow down to 97 m3/s today. The yellow one (gul forsslända) is hatching Plassen at the moment. The green drake (danica) is not yet seen here, but should turn up now in a few days. Fishing conditions are good.

Report 18th of June. Flow down to 100 m3/s today. Fishing conditions are good. Some good catches reported today and yesterday.

Report 17th of June. Flow today down to 103 m3/s, lowest so far this year, and quite normal for the time being. Even if the weather and fishing conditions are good, not many fishermen are seen.

Report 15th of June. Waterflow down again on 112 m3/s tooday. We had no rain this weekend and the the fishing became better than predicted on Friday, - you never know......

Report 13th of June. Yesterdays rain brought the flow up again to 129 m3/s this morning. Weather reports say rainshowers and wind from north on Saturday. Better weather on Sunday. This could indicate that conditions for flyfishing this week end won't be very good, but you NEVER know.......

Report 12th of June. The waterflow is today down again on 110 m3/s. The weather is cloudy, but warm and if this goes on it must be good conditions for flyfishing this week-end.

Report 11th of June. Yesterday the flow went up to 150 m3/s becase of the rain we had. Today it is down on 130 m3/s. By the comming week end conditions ought to be good again. We have had pleasant temperature and we can see some rising graylings today. From the weekend and the comming week is normally a period when the insects really wakes up.

Report 9th of June. Last nights rain generated an increase in the waterflow today, this morning up to 113 m3/s. Yesterday Ulf Olsson from Laxå reported good nymphfishing at Plassen. A number of graylings between 35 cm and 40 cm. He reported also a lost brown trout estimated to about 1,5 kg. Today the pikes at Plassen were in the chasing mood and I was in contact with several between 3 kg and 5 kg.

Report 8th of June. Waterflow down to 110 m3/s. As there were very few insects on the water yesterday, the flyfishermen did not succeed with dryflies an only a few graylings were landed. The yellow mayfly (gul forsslända) was observed yesterday. This one normally appear from 20th of June.

Report 7th of June. Waterflow down again, 112 m3/s today. 6 flyfishermen on Gjerfloen today. Reports will be presented tomorrow.

Report 6th of June. Because of the rainshowers yesterday the flow have had a minor increase today and is up again to 117 m3/s. This is not dramatic at all and with no more rain the flow will be down again tomorrow. The first flyfishermen appear at Gjerfloen Flyfishing tomorrow and then we'll see.....

Report 5th of June. Waterflow down to 114 m3/s. Rainshowers today might stop the waterflow decrease, but that we will see tomorrow morning. Fishingconditions at the upper part of Gjerfloen Flyfishing are good.

Report 4th of June. The water-level-rush-down continous. Today we have 117 m3/s which is down 9 m3/s since yesterday. The flow is under normal for this time of the year and this is of course good news from a flyfisher's point of wiew.

Report 3rd of June. The water level goes on sinking and the flow at the powerstation today is 126 m3/s. This is nearly exactly the same we had last year. The graylings are now very active and today we had for the first time this year, high "traffic" in the fish trap at Sagnfossen powerstation.

Report 2nd of June. Waterflow has gone down to 140 m3/s today and the graylings are rising. The predicted weather forecast should indicate nice flyfishing here the comming weekend.

Report 1st of June. A couple of days ago we could see the first graylings breaking the surface of the Trysil river at Plassen. This indicates that flyfishingseason finally is here again! The waterflow to day is 150 m3/s which is nearly the same we had last year. The weatherforecast says nice weather the days to come which means waterlevel down and watertemp. up = HATCHING! Flyfishermen, what are you waiting for??