Göran Andersson's Salmon School

If your salmon season consists of a week on the Alta chaperoned by two boatmen and another week harling on the Namsen or the Tay, you don't need Göran Andersson's Salmon School. If, however, you aspire to landing big salmon, salmon over 30 pounds, even over 40 pounds, wading and unassisted by ghillies, Göran's school is designed for you.

Göran Andersson has landed over 5,000 15+ pound Atlantic salmon, wading and unassisted. He is the inventor of the underhand cast, a technique that uses custom balanced heads and shooting lines to allow the fly fisher to effectively fish rivers that do not provide enough room for a traditional spey cast.

 He designed the first large arbor reel and the Loop rods and lines that facilitate his technique. 

Göran Anderson's Salmon School will teach you:

• To cast underhand and overhead elegantly and effortlessly.
• Where to fish for salmon in the river.
• How to control fly movement and fly depth in the water column.
• How to select and design fly patterns for different situations.
• How to select and construct shooting heads and running lines customized
  for your physique, your abilities and the rivers you fish.
• How to fight and land fish, and how to release them safely.

Göran will share with you the knowledge and techniques that took him over 50 years of hard work and scrupulous investigation to develop, techniques copycat instructors try to teach but do not really understand themselves, much less master.  The objective of the school is to give you flexibility and freedom to catch difficult salmon under difficult conditions and in places most people don't think can be fished with a fly rod. The challenges and rewards of catching big fish under these conditions make fishing for salmon from the boat or along vast knee-depth shingle seem tepid and dull.

The Salmon School opens 20 June 2010 on the Verdal River located 70 km north of the airport in Trondheim, Norway, less than 50 km from the Swedish border.

Charming and comfortable lodging are provided on Haga Farm and Östnes Farm. 

Haga Farm has a fully equipped kitchen with cooler and freezer, with 3 bedrooms each with 2 single beds and bathroom.  The farmhouse is about 300 meters from the river and there is also an open cabin and picnic area and charcoal grill by the river.  Haga offers 3 km of fishing and requires underhand fishing as the trees come down to the river.  Because the water is only 2 km upstream of tidewater salmon often swim into the beat, back to tidewater and then back upriver into the beat offering the angler repeated challenge and recreation.

Östnes Farm is located about 15 km from the sea.  It accommodates different styles of casting, and does not require underhand casting exclusively. The Östnes Farm offers a two bedroom cabin with bathroom, 2 beds in each bedroom. It is situated very near the Vuku Bridge so you can easily access both sides of the river. Make you own breakfast and lunch; dinner is included in the price and served in the main farmhouse, about 200 m from the cabin.

There is a grocery store and gas station about 200 meters from the cabins.

Haga: 2 School Weeks

Length: 7 days

Teaching 4 hours per day, max 6 persons, no meals

Price: 10 900 Nok

Östnes: 2 School Weeks

Length: 7 days

Teaching 4 hours per day, max 6 persons, including dinner,  

Price: 14 940 Nok

If you'd like to extend your stay and your fishing we can probably accommodate you if you reply early.

For booking and more information contact

Göran Andersson

Telephone +46 241 23190

cell phone + 46 70 654 68 16

e-mail: gwander@looptackle.se

Göran looks forward to lavishing upon you his hard earned knowledge and experience, and to saving you many years in your quest to become an expert salmon angler.

Equipment to Bring

Rods and Lines

Two-handed rods 11.5 to 15 feet Even though the water may be high and cold we will probably fish floating heads using Göran's special techniques.  Feel free to bring slow sink or sinking heads if you desire. Göran can provide Loop heads and running lines or show you how to reconstruct your own lines to fish more effectively.

Leaders

Bring long stout new tapered nylon leaders, 15-20 feet, 20+ pound strength for floating lines and short leaders for sinking lines.

Salmon Flies

Bring big tube flies - gold, orange, red, brown and black - with sparkle, and doubles in sizes 4 through 6.  June offers big water and big fish so offer them big flies.

Waders and Wading Staff

Bring chest waders with felt or felt and studs. Bring a wading staff if you'd like but you probably won't need it as both beats offer tractable wading.