The Vefsna river is known as the Giant of Nordland, and with its emerald colour, its running from the Swedish border to the Vefsn fjord at Mosjøen town – all in all there are 160 km of anadrome waters. The English brought the art of fly fishing to our area during the establishment of the The North of Europe Land & Mining Co., Ltd. in 1865. The English ladies enjoyed fly fishing as well – and this was probably a surprise to the locals at the time.

 

Fishing areas

1- Lower Vefsna

The lower beats of the Vefsna is downstream Laksfors. Here you will find beats on both the west and east bank, starting with beat 1 in the centre of Mosjøen, ending with beat 12 in Laksfors. This distance is 33 km to drive, and covers legendary trophy stretches like Forsjordio, Fallan, Kvalfors and Ner-Laksfors amongst many others. The river is mostly recommended fished with double hand rod due to the range, but there are always places to reach with a single hand rod as well – depending on the possibility for wading due to the waterlevel.

 

 

2- Upper Vefsna

The Vefsna between Laksfors and Trofors is the Upper Vefsna. The beats 15, east and west, also beat 16, part 1-5 is included in this area. Here you will find beautiful, various beats from more quiet flowing water to more narrow areas with faster current. Many of these beats are easily waded. There is a good population of coarse brown trout and grayling as well as the seatrout and salmon.

 

3- Austervefsna

The Austervefsna flows from Hattfjelldal to Trofors and is a breathtaking beautiful experience. Many of the beats has produced nice numbers of catches in the latest seasons after opening of all barriers for the anadrome fish. Austervefsna is more narrow and has wilder nature with mountains that crash into the currents in some parts. There are also islands that creates smaller more easily accsessable waters. Other rivers confluence with Austervefsna and creates exiting places for fishing.

 

 

 

4- Susna

The Susna is the hidden gem in our region. Flowing from Kroken to Hattfjelldal, it is a true paradise for river canoeing. However, after the opening of the barriers the salmon now has come back to this area for the first time since the 1980s. Susendal is a beautiful walley in the mountains – and with the clear turquoise waters of the Susna, it is a true adventure. Brown trout population is also good in this river, and some parts are a dry fly and nymph paradise. The river varies from more quiet flow, to fishy-fishy currents and waterfalls and pools.

 

 

 

5- Svenningdalselva

This river was traditionally a brown trout domain, but since the barriers now are open – the salmon and seatrout is back also in places that we would not expect. Svenningdalselva has a more dark character and has many exiting areas yet to be explored now in the new era. It runs from Svenningvatnet to Trofors and traditionally the waterlevels and flow are lower than the Vefsna and Austervefsna