First Time Fishing Suldalslågen

September 2022 - Mikael and buddy Håkan packed the car and went to south west of Norway. They met a big crystal-clear river with late running big fish - Suldalslågen. A great classic river where brits pioneered hundreds of years ago. Today sadly destroyed by the waterpower industry and genetically polluted by the hatchery.
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[@brionmccutcheon5611]

I watch your videos over and over and never get bored. Im an avid Salmon and Steelhead angler here in the states in the fall and winter months. You and Hakan always make the show more enjoyable to watch. Thanks for the entertainment Mikael.

[@rangerwhite5165]

Norway is so stunning, so unspoiled.

[@dirkvannieuwenhove]

What a beautiful river and surrounding landscape!

[@Salmon39-s7b]

Nice to see you guys behind the politics and the current global horror. Been fishing there in 2013 in September. Could not compare to our russian rivers, but to even Baltic basin rivers in Scandinavia. However the landscapes are simply incredible!

[@niklasandersson4049]

Ser underbart ut...

[@philippendlebury4518]

Nice one Mikael - that beard gets more impressive every time I log onto your video's. I really like the storage vest you were wearing - is this one you market or is it obtainable from another brand/supplier. Cheers Phil

[@frodinflies]

Hi Phil, Its an old William Joseph i had for years! dont think its possible to get other trhan used..

[@dloopify]

I have one for sale😀

[@jjames2162]

@Mikael - will you be receiving more reels for sale on Frodin Flies? Thank you, love the video series!!

[@frodinflies]

Hi James - yes reels on the way. Please put your self on our waiting list to secure delivery. just mail us on [e-mail]

[@TheTor_Detours]

20:45 - I think you have misunderstood the farmer; it is the farmed fish that should all be taken out, not necessarily the fish from the river’s hatchery - but, as you noticed - hatched fish can be identified by the cutaway fin in front of the tail. All wild females >75 cm shall be released.

[@frodinflies]

Please read the above - best! M

[@jessebourneau6426]

What do hatchery fish do to a river? I've been releasing hatchery steelhead here in BC, Canada. Best I can tell by the regulations, it's mandatory. Any enlightenment would be appreciated.

[@frodinflies]

for me all hatchery fish are genetic polution. why take a fish out of the river that would have spawn naturally - madness!

[@englishbob3603]

real friends rip the piss out of each other all day long 😂❤

[@milanbogdanovic6120]

How do you like your Patagonia men’s swift current expedition zip front waders? I’m looking to buy a new pair of bomb proof waders. Another great video as always!

[@frodinflies]

Hi & thanks! Ithink the swift current are the best I have ever had, but then I was also part of the design team so maybe not strange i like them 🙂

[@milanbogdanovic6120]

@@frodinflies Thank you.

[@wappietamtam6546]

Is this also a good river in summer time, and possible to obtain license?

[@frodinflies]

Its Ok in the summer and yes its possible to get on. Try Mo Laksegard

[@Damdochax]

Why don’t you use barbless hooks, instead of ripping the fishes mouth?

[@wappietamtam6546]

With barbless hooks you even more rip the fish his mouth, and than you lose them after all !

[@alanrobinson3549]

Hi Mikeal and Haken, It looks a great river and its sad what they have done to it with the Hydro. The Question i would like to ask you is. Was the fish you had to kill a hatchery fish or a farmed fish! I can understand killing a farmed fish but why kill a hatchery fish what is the reason for it! Would you have still killed it if the fish was a 40lbs ? What is the point having hatchery fish if you kill them? If the reason is diluting the gene pool and only that reason. Stop releasing them This is my reason in keeping them alive. Mother Nature has one simple rule survive or get eaten. If that fish managed to survive in the river, make it out to the sea and back its got all the right genes to pass on I think its earned the right to spawn. Mother Nature hates defects and weakness. Regards Alan Robinson

[@frodinflies]

Hi alan Yes we believe in mother nature! thats the reason hatcheries are a threat to wild. We dont support actions where you take wild fish from a river to produce hatched. and Yes we belive its a form of genetic polution. Every river got severl DNA codes taking fish out and belive its OK just because they come from the same river is making things way to simple! We belive it Wild so please use resurces to protect wild and not to make it Artifishal! ( Please se the Patagonia documentary with the same name - its good!

[@alanrobinson3549]

Thanks for your explanation! I'm a bit confused, why put hatchery fish in the river in the first place? Do you agree or disagree if a hatchery fish can survive in its life cycle and make it back to the river of origin its got the DND coding. We simple do not have enough wild salmon left, for wild reproduction, all we have left is a diminishing stock of wild salmon. I have fished for over 40 years and all the projects that have come and gone have done nothing in boosting the numbers of salmon. All the rivers in the UK are just about fish-less we have no hatchery's here because a few people say they do not work. Please tell me what does work? because the trend all over is less fish returning year on year its in free fall. Having re read your reply, hoping that letting the fish do it naturally in the wild will not work, its simple to late for that method, we have to meany people on this plant to let that happen. If we sit back hoping will be a big mistake, just take another look at the figures the run is getting weaker. Sorry for the rant I'm just a sad fisherman watching what i love so much died in front of me I feel so helpless. Regards Alan Robinson @@frodinflies

[@Marsbar2024]

​@alanrobinson3549 the hatchery in Suldal certainly works. Without it, the catches would be about half.

[@alanrobinson3549]

@@Marsbar2024 Hi and thanks for your comment. I just knew hatcheries work. Why is there so much negativity with hatcheries? WE need a plan and help the salmon get back to the numbers so they can do it them selves and that is a well run hatchery but its all to late here in the UK the salmon as gone. numbers are so low the run is getting weaker every year. Regards Alan

[@Marsbar2024]

I agree, but hatcheries have to be used in the right manner. I think it springs from the use of hatcheries in the US in the 70s and 80s which showed that those fish resulted in weaker trout more susceptible to illness and disease. Hatcheries such as Suldal and Årøy have been successful. I think we also have to look at improving the river conditions, removal of netting - especially in the estuaries, birds and the open pen fish farms.

[@matshogberg342]

Varför inte på svenska. Skulle bli bättre.

[@frodinflies]

Tyvärr kan vi inte göra det då 80% av vår publik inte är svenskspråkiga.

[@matshogberg342]

@@frodinflies ok

[@wankonyanko7582]

この高い透明度と晴天。相当難しい釣り場で、釣りにとっての悪条件であることが想像できます。魚が見えるけど釣れない！！何度も遭遇したことがあります。