Iceland...July 2018

I was looking through some of my older fishing trips and came across these pics from a trip to Iceland...my wife and I were thinking about a return trip next year.

 

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No shortage of water in this country...

 

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I left 5 days earlier than my wife, got a guide with a 4x4 and headed to a rustic cabin in the uplands...Arnarvatnsheidi. Having spent over 4 decades in Hawaii, I've eaten and love dried fish...so I tried some of the local dried cod which is almost always consumed with beer. This dried cod was as hard as a piece of timber...Icelanders must have the most robust jaw muscles in the world...

 

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the best flake salt in the world...I still have one box left in the pantry

 

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Lake in front of our cabin...I didn't see another person the 5 days I was up there...

 

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The browns are big here...my guide holding one of my new friends...

 

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Even though it was July, the uplands were in the low 40's most of the time. Nothing like being hooked up in view of glaciers..

 

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We grilled up some Icelandic hotdogs...basically bacon wrapped dogs sitting on top of potato salad. My guide said the best ones were at gas stations everywhere...and to quote him..."they ain't shit"...

 

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My guide gave me a head net the first day, which I never knew why, since it was windy almost every day...then the wind died...

 

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I've been a few places around the world...Iceland may be one of the most beautiful places on the planet

 

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Iceland gets most of its electricity and hot water from geothermal...outflow streams like this are common. You can see people laying in the 103 degree water in bends of the streams drinking beer in the 40ish degree weather...

 

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Blue Lagoon...they say the silica rich water has restorative powers, which must be true; after a couple beers, I felt great (wait, that was yesterday)...

 

[MT_Flyfisher]

Wonderful trip, and equally great report. Thanks.

 

[Zak]

Thanks for these great photos!