Tjulån

The start of Tjulån fairly situated at lake Tjulsträsk. The suspension bridge in the background. Photo: Mikael Båth

Introduction

The fishing section of Tjulån is about four km and offers high quality fishing for grayling by a water rich in variations. There are plenty of cavities, rapids and slow waters.

The landscape varies from lovely birch forest of mountain character by lake Tjulträsk to more of a forest of the lowlands down towards Ammarnäs.
There is a very fine fireplace up at lake Tjulträsk which works well as a base camp when fishing the upper parts of the stream. Here you also find the suspension bridge which makes it particularly easy to cross to the other side of the stream.

To reach the middle parts of the stream you park your car by the road barrier at Karsbäcken.

If you park at the trail Kungsleden’s car park you can hike along the whole southern part of the stream. On this side of the stream you find several windbreaks and fireplaces.

The stream Tjulån at the heart of Ammarnäs. The picture is taken from the bridge you cross when arriving at Ammarnäs.
Photo: Leif Milling

Guiding

Tjulån is very varied and you can use a number of techniques to reach the fish. With a guide your chances of succeeding by this water increase considerably since you do not have to look for the right spots and you may instead spend time fishing where the fish are.

Season

The season stretches from the end of July until the end of September.
Standard flies for grayling in stream waters like Klinkhåmer Special, Elk Hair Caddis and Special Pupa work very well in this area. Small Jassids or similar flies must be in your fly box when fishing for grayling at Tjulån.
Don’t forget to add some big flies to the box if you should sight a Canadian char or an Ammarnäs trout by the stream.

Fishing licenses

You fish with the license for Ammarnäs FCA up to the suspension bridge from where you need the State’s mountain fishing license for the last section up to lake Tjulträsk. The State’s section is short but sometimes fishing there is very good why it could be wise to buy this license as well when fishing the upper part of Tjulån.

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Way description

The trail Kungsleden’s car park, the car park at lake Tjulträsk and the road barrier at Karsbäcken. You can also hike the whole way if you live at the Youth Hostel and feel like leaving your car for a day.

Map

The stream Tjulån runs from lake Tjulträsk to lake Gautsträsk, at the centre of Ammarnäs.