Tour de Fishspot revisited

The season is coming along in its own peculiar way and most of Fishspot country is prepped and ready for all kinds of fishy action. It's time to start planning and get going. 

The suggested "tour" we launched on Fishspot four years ago takes you through some of the finest fly fishing areas in Scandinavia – and it’s well worth revisiting. Use the route as inspiration to explore your own paths. Do your research. Check the weather forecast. Many great trips with rising trout and stunning scenery await you. Remix the tour.

If you’re starting from the Oslo area, Renaelva is a natural first stop before heading north to Sømåkvolvet and the trout-rich waters of Femund-Engerdal. The journey continues with a stop in Dalsbygda and the trout river Vangrøfta, before we head into Femundsmarka National Park in search of Arctic char. Next, we aim for strong hatches of the large mayfly Ephemera danica in Engeråa.

The second leg of the tour takes us to…

The sixth stage leads to the picturesque and clear river Grimsa, which originates in Rondane National Park. We then explore the legendary grayling fishing at Kvennan Fly Fishing.

After Kvennan, we return to Femund-Engerdal to follow in the footsteps of English fly fishing pioneers and visit classic spots like Isterfossen, Galtstrømmen, and Galthodet.

We end the tour where we began – in Rena – with large rising trout on the menu.

You can go your own way

You however, should do as you please and ignore the order of this tour. Especially this year, since spring and summer happened almost simultaneously from Oslo to Røros.  The 2025-season was several places before  before it formally started. Luckily the temps have been good for fish and wader clad life-forms.

Keep your eyes on the water and check back here for more tips and inspiration for finding the best fly fishing locations Norway has to offer. Enjoy your tour and enjoy our rivers, lakes and wilderness. 

Tight lines.

Stage 1 – Drifting Rena for a chance at greatness

The first stop on our fictional Tour de Fishspot. Feel free to take all or parts of it and remix it as you like. 

Stage ­2 – surrounded by lakes in Sømåkvolvet

Now we head north, from the big trout hunt in Rena onwards to Sømåkvolvet to relax a bit.

Stage ­3 – Vangrøfta, the jewel of Dalsbygda

The journey continues from Sømåkvolvet to this little gem of a trout stream in Dalsbygda, 650 meters over sea level.

Stage ­4 – the search for arctic char

Hoping for char weather we head off to the hills just as the first warmth settles

Stage ­5 – Classic currents on Engeråa

This stage should be timed with the hatching of Norways’ largest mayfly, Ephemera Danica. When they rise up from the riverbottom and pop out of their nymph shell, big trout and grayling enter the river from Engersjøen.

Stage ­6 – Gin clear waters of Grimsa

Once the majority of snow has melted in Rondane, it is time to visit the river Grimsa in Grimsdalen. A different life in a different time can be seen along the old cattle roads of the spectacular valley.

Stage ­7 – Kvennan Fly Fishing on a short line

When Glomma has dropped to normal summer levels the grayling party is ready to start at Kvennan Camping. If you get tired of catching grayling, the river is also home to some very large trout, is easy to wade, and is packed with variations.

Stage ­8 – Galtstrømmen, in the footsteps of Englishmen

Galtstrømmen lies between Galthåen and Galtsjøen, downstream of Isterfossen. This is one of the truly classic fishing spots in Engerdal, and a portion of both Norwegian and International fly fishing history.

Stage ­9 – Galthodet, the kingdom of big whitefish

We are still relaxing at Galtsjøen in Engerdal. Galthodet is only a short boat ride away from the last spot we fished, Galtstrømmen.

Stage ­10 – Intense dry fly action in Isterfossen

At the outlet of lake Isteren the warm summer nights bring hatches that work like a magnet on large fish that typically reside in the big lake.

Stage ­11 – Rena and the ridiculous hatch

The journey is soon over, but we saved some of the best for last. The wonderfully chaotic and intense caddis pupae madness of the Southern Rena river, sometime late July or early August.

Explosive ­and ­varied ­fishing ­in ­Hodalen

Us Norwegians tend to forget that there are other fish than just trout. Norway is a hotspot for pike, grayling and whitefish, and one destination where you can target all three of these species is Hodalssjøene.