Fishing-guide to Glomma/Rena
By: OT Lj°stad
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OT. Ljostad, Elgveien 30, N-2400 Elverum, Norway.
I am working on a fishing guide for the Glomma and the Rena River: The GLOMMA-
GUIDE. The guide covers the Glomma River north of Elverum (Elverum to the Aursunden
Lake) and the Rena River (The Storsj° Lake to where the Rena River enters the Glomma
River). Totally about 300 km of varied and interesting rivers, with good populations of trout,
grayling, pike, white-fish, etc. The GLOMMA-GUIDE will be published as a book and as an
interactive CD-ROM. Both the book and CD-ROM can be used separately, but I will strongly
recommend both: You can take the book with you to the river, and looking at all the pictures
and other information on the CD-ROM on your home computor. This will give you a deeper
understanding about the rivers, making it easier for you to find your own ½hot spots╗. If
everything goes as planned, the book and the CD-ROM will be published in late 1996.
The book will be published in a format suitable for use at the river. The GLOMMA-GUIDE
consist of two parts, introduction (in English and Norwegian) and many VERY detailed maps.
On the maps you will find information like:
- Water velocity.
- Where it is possible to wade.
- Where you will find the deepest pools and water depth at other parts of the river.
- Dangerous parts of the river. This is valuable information for canoeists.
- Potentially good fishing areas like pools, riffles, etc.
- Where it is possible to find larvae of a tiny stone fly, the Grindalsflue, used for
the very popular ice-fishing in April.
- Access to the river.
- Where it is possible to launch a boat.
- Where you can hire a boat or a fishing guide.
- Where you can buy a fishing license.
- Fishing regulations.
- Hotels/motels/cabins for hire.
- Cultural and natural points of interest.
- Post offices/grocery stores/gas stations.
- Maps of the biggest cities: Elverum, Rena, Tynset and R°ros.
This will be a fishing guide for ALL kinds of sport-fishing - lure, worm, fly and ice-
fishing. A good fishing area varies wether you are fishing with a spoon or a dry fly, and at what
time of the year you are fishing. Therefore you will not find X on the maps indicating the ½hot
spots╗.
In the written introduction you will find:
- Practical information for you as a foreigner.
- Information about fishing in the area from January to December. Lures, worm,
fly and ice-fishing.
- Insects and other fish food.
- The fish species living in the area.
- What is a ½hot spot╗ for you as a sport fisher.
There will be few pictures in the book. All the pictures will be on the CD-ROM.
The reason for the GLOMMA-GUIDE to be published as a CD-ROM is that this is the
only practical way to ½print╗ maybe as many as 1 000 pictures. No other fishing guide in the
world gives so much practical, useful river-information as the GLOMMA-GUIDE. The CD-
ROM will help you to plan your trip on beforehand. The information on the CD-ROM will be
given in German, English, Norwegian or Swedish.
In addition to all the information given in the book, you will also find:
- 500 very detailed aerial photographs. Many of the pictures are so detailed that it
is possible to see small stones on the river bottom!
- Pictures taken from the shore for each 2,5 - 3 km of river.
- Pictures of all the natural and cultural points of interest in the area.
- Pictures of all hotels/motels/cabins for hire.
Please contact me if you have some views of the contents of this guide. What kind of
information would YOU like to find in a fishing guide of a Norwegian river?
You can also contact me if you want to be informed when the GLOMMA-GUIDE are
published.
Flyfishing greetings OT. Ljostad
Here follows some air-photos
Please notice that these pictures ares scanned by and old handscanner.
Pictures in the CD-ROM will be of much better quality.
From Deset in Rena, ┼mot
Stor°ya, Koppangs°yene, Stor-Elvdal
Odden bridge, S°r-Tr°ndelag
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Copyright ⌐ 1996 Finn Fonnaas