Fishing in Ammarnäs 2008

A beautiful brown trout is carefully released at Laiva. Photo: Staffan Widstrand

The Fishing Center and the diner at the Inn are a place for rendezvous and the obvious spot for departure for all fishermen coming to Ammarnäs.
Buy your fishing license, flies or any complementary addition needed.
Have a cup of coffee and talk some serious fishing with fishing colleagues before setting off for today’s adventure.
On arriving in Ammarnäs one of our guides is always there to provide updated information and tips on where to go fishing.
Besides fishing licenses we also administrate hunting permits at the Fishing Center.

The tenable fishing at Ammarnäs

The Fishing Center and the Fish Conservation Association of Ammarnäs are actively aiming at creating a tenable fishing. Together we all share a responsibility towards up growing generations of fishermen that they may enjoy the same quality of fishing as we do today.

To us this means that:

• chances of catching your trophy fish should be good.

• fish caught has a high average weight.

• all fishermen obey current rules, as minimum length, bag limit, prohibition to fish with worms in all streams and fly fishing waters.

• supervision of the fishing continually occurs both within the fish conservation area and on public waters.

• areas surrounding our waters are not polluted and that arranged halting places are kept in good condition. Only your footprints should reveal where you have been!

• there is relevant information about the fishing and experienced guides with knowledge of local conditions.

To keep this level entrepreneurs in the area have to meet with high standards. As do visiting fishermen!

Welcome to an exciting fishing in Ammarnäs!

Guides

We have a number of experienced guides who gladly will help you to really memorable experiences. It always pays off to hire a guide when coming to unknown waters.
The guide will show you where to find the fish and how to reach it, keeping you from spending valuable vacation time on looking for fish.

The Ammarnäs trout in Vindelälven

With an average weight of 3.7 kg in 2007 we can honestly state that we have among the best trout fishing possible to offer today. Fishing for brown trout knowing that you stand a good chance of setting a personal record is a good feeling.

Mountain fishing

If you want to reach the bare mountains and fish for really fine trout and char Ammarnäs is the right choice. We offer you first-rate waters with even finer fish within reasonable distance. Many waters can be visited during the day, which means you do not have to bring a complete hiking equipment to fish in the bare mountains. Fish and hike in daytime, live comfortably and cosy in your own cabin during the nights.

Fishing for grayling

Tjulån is classic grayling water beautifully situated between the lake Stortjulträsk and Ammarnäs. Vindelälven holds many big graylings and many fishermen who fish for the Ammarnäs trout also spend some time fishing for big graylings.

Adventure Fishing

Our Adventure Fisheries are almost to good to be in Sweden. We offer a number of different Adventure Fisheries in otherwise closed waters with superior fishing and perfect service.
Go by helicopter or ride Icelandic horses to waters that barely exist on the map.

The Canadian char

The lake Stortjulträsk holds Canadian char weighing many kilos. We have yet not marketed the fishing for Canadian char but since we have been getting more inquiries the last years we will make an effort to provide this high-quality and exciting fishing.
The Canadian chars rises close to the shore hunting smaller fish. Then you may see them plough through the water. By wading out in to the lake to a comfortable fishing distance you can fish for them where they plough forward along the shore. It is somewhat like fishing for Tarpon when you present the fly in front of the fish when it arrives. If the fish bite you have an exciting journey ahead of you since the char may weigh up to ten kilos and is determined to fight.
Occasional specimens are every year also caught in Tjulån and Vindelälven. Most of the time it is smaller fish between two and five kilos that take to our stream waters looking for food.
Contrary to most other specimens we want all Canadian char to be removed and put away. If you don’t want the fish the Fishing Centre will gladly take care of it.

The Norrland pikes

For them who so wish we arrange guided tours to pike waters offering genuine wilderness combined with pike fishing in both still and stream waters.

Winter fishing

Everybody should experience the snowmobile safari, deep into Sámi country, and fishing for the big monstrous Arctic chars hiding under the ice.
We also offer fishing for burbot when the first ice covers the waters in the autumn.