Southern Norwegian Archipelago
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Southern Norwegian Archipelago
Norway 🇳🇴
World-class saltwater fly fishing in breathtaking surroundings
Often called the "Norwegian Riviera," this long and varied coastline offers incredible fly-fishing opportunities. With healthy wild fish stocks, few other anglers, and stunning natural beauty, it’s the perfect destination for saltwater fly fishing in idyllic settings.
Depending on the season, the crystal-clear waters of the Norwegian Riviera provide excellent sport. You can fish from the coast, a belly boat, a kayak, or a traditional boat. Thanks to the many islands, protected areas, and fjords, sheltered waters are always available if winds and waves are too strong.
Sea-Run Brown Trout
One of Scandinavia’s most prized sportfish for coastal fly anglers, the sea-run brown trout is a hard-fighting, spirited, and spectacular fish. As waters warm in late March after winter, these hungry trout become more active. They feed aggressively through summer, primarily at sunrise, sunset, or in low light. By autumn, they bulk up before winter, hunting shallow—often in the top 2 meters near shore. Stealth matters more than long casts here. A well-presented shrimp or baitfish fly along a beach or over a "leopard" bottom often attracts them, though getting a bite can be tricky!
Hard-Fighting Sea Bass
When summer brings warmer waters, sea bass, mackerel, and eager garfish become active. Sea bass can be elusive, but once found, they rarely refuse a well-presented fly—their strikes are explosive, and their fights thrilling. Mackerel and garfish, by contrast, are abundant along the coast, offering non-stop action when a shoal is nearby. These summer species respond well to tactics similar to those for sea trout, though bass particularly favor baitfish patterns.
A sea bass caught on the fly
Aggressive Pollack
Pollack are an underrated sportfish—aggressive, plentiful, and lightning-fast when hooked. In early summer, they stay deep due to cold water, requiring heavy flies and fast-sinking lines. As temperatures rise, they move into shallower depths.
Fly fishing for pollack in Norway
Stubborn Atlantic Cod
Last but not least, the Atlantic cod thrives in cold water, staying shallow in winter and retreating to deeper, cooler areas as spring warms the surface. They’re unfussy eaters, striking at anything resembling food. Don’t expect a high-speed fight—their resistance is more of a stubborn, heavy pull.
Cod might not be the first fish you think of catching on the fly. Maybe this photo will change your mind?
Species
While more species may be present, this page focuses on:
- Atlantic Cod
- Atlantic Halibut
- Atlantic Mackerel
- Brook Trout
- Garfish
- Haddock
- Pollack
- Sea Bass
- Sea Trout
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