Iceland 1930

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Identifikator:: 1830571079

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-221162

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Iceland 1930

Edition:: 2. ed.

Place of publication:: Reykjavík

Publisher:: Ríkisprentsmiđjan Gutenberg

Year of publication:: 1930

Scope:: 193 S.; Tab., Kt., Taf.

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Document type:: Monograph

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Title:: Iceland for tourists

Collection:: Economics Books

175 Grimsi is one of the previously mentioned tributaries to the Western Huiti. It does not, indeed, rank with the two others, viz. the Thverd and NorBurd; nevertheless it affords fairly good sport. At all these three rivers there are good bungalows and there has been no netting there for many years. The Western Hvyits drains glaciers and is netted pretty efficiently at some places, but this does not affect its tributaries as much as might be expected. About 10 kilometres away from the village Borgarnes, and falling into the firth Borgarfjor8ur, is the river Langd, a well known salmon river with a good bungalow. Farther on, in the same district, there are some other rivers where rod fishing might be successful, if the nets were bought off, as has already been proved in the case of one of them, viz. the Haffjar8ara. Laxs i Délum, falling into Hvammsfiordur. This river has a good reputation as being well stocked with salmon and the proprietor keeps a good hotel for anglers. The rvivers falling into Hiinaflsi. Some of these are good-sized rivers and used to be well stocked with salmon, but having been net- ted very much of late, they cannot be recommended at present. Lax3 draining Mpvatn, has already been noted as one of the very best salmon rivers in Iceland. On the east and south-east coasts of Iceland there are hardly any salmon rivers worth mentioning, except, perhaps, the river Hofs4, with ane or two of its tributaries, falling into Vopnafjsrdur. The Southern Hviti is to a great extent fed by glaciers, and also netted a good deal, so it is hardly any good for rod fishing. It re- ceives four big tributaries: the Sog, which is the outlet of the great lake Thingvallavatn, the Briard, the greater Laxd and the lesser Lax, but although salmon is fished in all these rivers, chiefly in the month of August, none of them can really be recommended as good salmon rivers. TROUT AND CHAR Of the many rivers and streams in Iceland where trout and char may be caught, the river Sog, previously mentioned, and the upper oart of the Lax4 draining Mpvatn, are considered to be the best. There are hundreds of lakes all over the island, and a great many of them are very good for fishing. The Thingvallavatn which is by far the largest of them, having an area of about 100 square kilo-

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