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Laxá í Aðaldal

Type
Tailwater, Northeastern Region, Iceland
Season
May–Sep (salmon)
Where the season comes from

Veiðitími á laxi er heimilaður (samkvæmt 17. gr laga nr 61. um lax- og silungsveiði frá 2006) í allt að 105 daga á tímabilinu 20. maí til 30. september.

Our translation: Salmon fishing is permitted (under Art. 17 of Act no. 61/2006 on salmon and trout fishing) for up to 105 days within the period 20 May to 30 September.

Set for Iceland as a whole, not this water by name. Each river's own dates, within this legal window, are set by its fishing association.

Exceptions on the page:

  • Fiskistofu er heimilt er að framlengja, með undanþágu, þann tíma í allt að 120 daga og allt til 31. október ár hvert, að fenginni umsögn Veiðimálastofnunar. Þessi heimild miðast við ár þar sem veiði byggist fyrst og fremst á stofnum sem viðhaldið er með sleppingum gönguseiða.
    Our translation: Fiskistofa may, by exemption, extend that period to up to 120 days and up to 31 October each year, after an opinion from the Institute of Freshwater Fisheries. This applies to rivers whose fishing rests mainly on stocks maintained by smolt releases (the 2024 MFRI report names Ytri-Rangá and Eystri-Rangá as smolt-release rivers, but no page gives their dates).
  • Lax skal vera friðaður fyrir allri veiði í a.m.k 84 stundir í viku hverri.
    Our translation: Salmon must be protected from all fishing for at least 84 hours every week.

Lax- og silungsveiðin 2014 (VMST/15022)
Veiðimálastofnun (now Hafrannsóknastofnun), with Fiskistofa · checked 2026-11-04. Dates change each season: confirm them there.

Live gauges
None listed
Listed by
2 authoritative lists
Guides
None listed
Shops
1 nearby

Today on Laxá í Aðaldal

No live reading
Why there is no reading

No provider we read publishes a machine-readable feed on this water. We show no number rather than a guessed one.

Regulations & lists Guides & shops

The Laxá flowing between grassy banks near Skútustaðir with low hills beyond
Photo credit

The Laxá below Mývatn at Skútustaðir, North Iceland. Photo: Hansueli Krapf, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

More about Laxá í Aðaldal

The Laxá í Aðaldal is a tailwater river in the Northeastern Region of Iceland. The Environment Agency of Iceland (Umhverfisstofnun) lists it in the Mývatn og Laxá protected area. Landssamband veiðifélaga lists it in the river associations' catch statistics (veiðitölur). This page covers the Laxá from Mývatn through Laxárdalur to Aðaldalur and the sea at Skjálfandi; the map point is at the Mývatn outlet. Also called Big Laxá and Laxá í Mývatnssveit.

Where to fish

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Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish. Most waters here need a rod licence or permit and often a beat booking or club ticket; the listing pages under Regulations say which.

Nothing on this page grants or implies access.

Restrooms near Laxá í Aðaldal

Restrooms near Laxá í Aðaldal

Restrooms within 2 miles of Laxá í Aðaldal in a straight line, nearest first, with what anglers found when they went. The map says a restroom is there, not whether it is clean or open today.

No restroom mapped within 2 mi yet — add one you know.

Campgrounds, fishing access sites and boat ramps often have one that isn't on the map yet.

Restroom locations and map details: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License, read Oct 24, 2026. Ratings, answers and photos are members' own; who shared them is never shown, and every photo is reviewed before it appears. Visits older than 18 months no longer count. Distances are straight-line miles, not driving. Nothing here grants access to private land. Community guidelines.

More water near Laxá í Aðaldal (6)

Sources OpenStreetMap via Nominatim (position)Overture Maps places (guide map points)

Where the map point comes from

Position: the OpenStreetMap feature “Mývatn” (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), found with Nominatim; a point on or near the named feature, approximate.

We hold no access map for Northeastern Region yet.

The map shows shops and guides nearby that publish a street address on their own website. Everyone else is in the lists below.

Regulations and official lists

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Each line is an official list that names this water. Those pages are the authority on seasons, licences, limits and closures for each beat or reach; read them before you go.

Guides and shops near Laxá í Aðaldal

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Listings are unclaimed: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.

Guides

No guide within 60 km yet.

All Northeastern Region guides

1 shop nearby

  • Akureyrarbær, Northeastern Region

    Fluguveiði.is

    • Fishing retailer
    • Unclaimed

All Northeastern Region shops

How these are chosen

Guides whose own website names this water come first, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Shops whose website names this water first, then fly shops within 100 km when the shop's website gives its location.

Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories.

Species

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The species the agency lists here; presence varies by reach and season.

Á Norðurlandi eystra veiddust 3.832 laxar og mestur fjöldi veiddra laxa var í Laxá í Aðaldal með 826 laxa … Tíu hæstu veiðisvæði fyrir urriða voru í Veiðivötnum alls 11.468 urriðar, Laxá í Mývatnssveit og Laxárdal 4.713, Fremri-Laxá á Ásum 4.208, Vatnsdalsá og Giljá 1.824, Laxá í Aðaldal 1.603 Our translation: In North-East Iceland 3,832 salmon were caught, and the most salmon were caught in Laxá í Aðaldal with 826 salmon … The ten highest fishing areas for brown trout were Veiðivötn with 11,468 brown trout, Laxá í Mývatnssveit and Laxárdal 4,713, Fremri-Laxá á Ásum 4,208, Vatnsdalsá and Giljá 1,824, Laxá í Aðaldal 1,603

Listed as: laxa, urriða.

Listed by the agency

  • Atlantic salmon
  • Brown trout

Fish these in the US

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Matched on the fish the agencies list for both waters first, then the same water type, an official designation or flagship listing on both, and a similar mapped size where USGS hydrography covers both.

At most two waters per country. A shared fish is a listing, not a promise: presence varies by reach and season.

Like the Laxá í Aðaldal? Same fish, US waters.

  • Anglers wading and fishing from the grassy bank and from drift boats on the wide lower Salmon River in autumnSteelhead / salmon water
    Photo credit

    Anglers on the lower Salmon River near Port Ontario, New York, in October. Photo: Bill Blevins, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

    Salmon River

    New York

    Same fish: brown trout & Atlantic salmon · also a tailwater

  • Wyman Lake on the Kennebec River framed by autumn foliage near Moscow, MaineCatch and release
    Photo credit

    Wyman Lake on the Kennebec River near Moscow, Maine (the impoundment above the Solon tailwater). Photo: Paul VanDerWerf, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

    Kennebec River

    Maine

    Same fish: brown trout & Atlantic salmon · also a tailwater

  • The South Platte River curving past a gravel bar under green trees in Waterton CanyonGold Medal Water
    Photo credit

    The South Platte River in Waterton Canyon, southwest of Denver. Photo: mark byzewski, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

    South Platte River

    Colorado

    Same fish: brown trout · also a tailwater

  • The White River near Flippin, calm water reflecting green wooded hillsTailwater trout fishery
    Photo credit

    The White River near Flippin, Arkansas. Photo: James Powers (Jpowersok), CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons

    White River

    Arkansas

    Same fish: brown trout · also a tailwater

  • The lower Deschutes River winding through a deep, dry basalt canyon above MaupinFeatured sport-fishing water
    Photo credit

    The lower Deschutes River canyon above Maupin, Oregon. Photo: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

    Deschutes River

    Oregon

    Same fish: brown trout · also a tailwater

  • The North Platte River winding in a wide loop through a green valley near Glendo, WyomingBlue Ribbon
    Photo credit

    The North Platte River at Glendo, Wyoming (below Glendo Reservoir, not the Grey Reef or Miracle Mile reaches). Photo: Tony Webster, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

    North Platte River

    Wyoming

    Same fish: brown trout · also a tailwater

Gear checklist

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A steelhead and salmon fly-fishing checklist: a switch or spey rod (or 9′6″ single-hand) in 7–8 weight, Skagit lines and sink tips, swing flies, studded boots and cold-weather layers, with estimated prices and where to buy.

Steelhead & salmon

11′–13′6″ two-hand rod, 7–8 weight, Skagit head + sink tips · Steelhead and Pacific salmon

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Videos for this water (5)

Watch: reading a trout stream

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Seams, shelves and soft water, shown on real rivers.

Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.

  • How I Learned to Read Water (Fly Fishing)Embedded from YouTube · Mad River Outfitters · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • How To Read The Water with Tom RosenbauerEmbedded from YouTube · The New Fly Fisher · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • Reading the Water to Successfully Locate TroutEmbedded from YouTube · Orvis Guide to Fly Fishing · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube

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Watch: nymphing basics

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Indicator rigs, depth and detecting the take.

Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.

  • 90° Nymph RigEmbedded from YouTube · Huge Fly Fisherman · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • Casting with an Indicator & Better Nymphing TechniquesEmbedded from YouTube · The New Fly Fisher · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube

Not sponsored All videos on nymphing

Fish Tales

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Sources for this page

Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.

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A water page organises discovery. It does not assert public access, legal access, current fish presence, guide availability or fishing conditions.

Live readings come from the named provider when the page is shown, under the licence shown on each card. Designations, species and the flagship note link to the agency or body that publishes them; this page copies only the list wording and the species names. Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories. Position: the OpenStreetMap feature “Mývatn” (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), found with Nominatim; a point on or near the named feature, approximate. Water type is our own classification.