Aug 18, 2024
Fish with Björn/Mikael. Worth it. - Fished Holaa with Björn. Had rained a bunch and the river was a bit big - It was a “tough” day of fishing as the fish were being stubborn (5 rods, 5 fish landed). I wanted to catch an Arctic char, and Björn made it happen. Not huge fish on the Holaa, but an easy and fun river. The whole day went seamlessly and was very fun. An excellent service, and I cannot recommend enough asking for Bjôrn. Full disclosure: he may not look like your fly fishing poster child (face tattoos and all), but is the most genuine and friendly person I met in a country of very friendly people. And his fishing skills are remarkable. He will get you fish. Catch that Arctic char! Worth every penny.
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Aug 14, 2024
Go Fishing and Makael Are Well Worth Doing! - I fished twice with Mikael from Go Fishing. The first was on the Holaa River. It was pretty poor weather but we still managed to land some Artic Char. The second trip was the Highland Fishing Tour, which was nothing less than amazing. It was an all day experience and the scenery was superb! When it says 'highlands', it truly was. My wife came along to watch and enjoy the outdoors and it was worth the trip just for the awesome outdoors. We fished two lakes, one being a lake within a crater. I landed one within the crater lake but had one on that took me to my backing.... but got away. Mikael was a consummate professional- patient, knowledgeable, easy to converse with. Both my wife and I thoroughly enjoyed the experience and would do it again in a flash. I recommend Mikael to anyone.... you won't be disappointed.
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Aug 10, 2024
Private Fishing Tour with Go Iceland Fishing - Michael was an awesome guide...very friendly patient and was very great to my 10 year old son.... the fishing was a little slow but my son caught a large brown trout and it was beautiful day/amazing landscape.... I would highly recommend Michael and Go Fishing! was amazing time!
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Aug 7, 2024
Excellent and Professional Guiding Service! - We went with guide Mike on a full day guided trip on the River Holaa and Lake Thingvallavatn. Mike was a true professional and gave us a full day of fishing at the two locations. He provided us lunch of our choice and coffee at a local shop on the way to the river. He was very knowledgable about the fishing and a very nice person to talk to. He gave my wife lots of fly fishing instruction as she was more new to the fly fishing sport, which was very helpful and educational. We had success on the river and I was able to catch my first arctic char, checking off a bucket list fishing item. Mike took fantastic photos of the catches so I didn't have to worry about losing my phone or getting it wet. We highly recommend Mike and Go Fishing Iceland for any trips and will definitely use his services again the next time we are there.
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Aug 6, 2024
A highly memorable experience angling on the River Holaa in Iceland mid-July. - I had a super day angling on the River Holaa, mid-July 2024. Mike was a wonderful guide, providing all the gear I needed, so all I brought from Canada was some of my own flies -- which caught many of my fish in Iceland too! Mike picked me up at 7am at my hotel in Rekyavik, bought me lunch and refreshments to have as a shore-lunch mid-day, and dropped me back to the hotel. He let me fish my own techniques as a highly-experienced angler, and he capably landed all my fish -- none lost at the net. In total, I released 7 nice Wild Arctic Char and 2 nice big Wild Brown Trout. Mike said we had one of the most-successful days on the River for the season. Highly recommend the guides at Go Fishing Iceland!
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Jul 4, 2024
Once in a lifetime trophy trout - I cannot express what a fantastic experience I had fly fishing in Iceland. Stefan was an amazing guide and was very informative about Iceland and the area we were fishing. He helped me achieve one of the best fishing days of my life was not only an experienced fishing guide but a phenomenal photographer as well. The owner of the company, Mikael, was very responsive and helped me find the tour which suited me best. I highly recommend taking a fishing tour with gofishing.is to achieve your Iceland fishing dreams!
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Jul 1, 2024
You will not be disappointed with Mike and GoFishing - We had a wonderful time visiting and fly fishing with our guide, Mike. He was terrific. We fished three full days, going to a different location each day. Our favorite was the Highlands. A bit of a drive but well worth it. The vistas were spectacular. Caught our fair share of trout and char. Highly recommend Mike and GoFishing.
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Jun 29, 2024
Self-guided Fly Fishing Visit - Michael was very responsive and provided answers to all my questions sufficient to meet my goal of catching some wonderful, large Browns on the fly rod.
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Apr 26, 2024
Great guide Mike! - We had guide Mike for our day of fishing. Mike is a GREAT GUIDE AND PERSON. He was extremely accommodating and patient, and has a great sense of humor. He knows the waters we fished like the back of his hand. Mike was well prepared and ready with all of our equipment. We came early in the fishing season so it wasn’t optimal time but we managed to land 8 brown trout and missed several others in one day. I highly recommend this trip! Yes my non fishing daughter caught more fish than I did.
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Jun 5, 2024
Inexcusable and Very Disappointing - I am very disappointed. The experience fishing with this company was nothing like what I had envisioned. I expected I would fish a couple of rivers and maybe a couple of lakes. We fished one lake all day, one side of the lake was straight into the wind. The other side of the lake was calmer but very shallow with seaweed on every cast. I know we cant control the weather but a guide should have a couple of options of fishing locations especially for nearly $1,000.00!! What happened to the fishing beats that they are suppose to obtain? My understanding is lakes are very cheap to get a card.
The other issue was the gear, the first reel had a knot maybe 50 meters down the line that would catch the line and stop the cast, the replacement reel that my guide put on was not even half spooled with line, and the reel itself was junk. Also I fished two spoons and two very old spinners, the hooks could not have been duller.
I didn’t need to catch dozens of fish or even 1 fish to be satisfied, I just wanted to enjoy the experience, and feel as though I got my moneys worth. I would not go on this outing again if I was offered to go for free.
My guide was very personable and friendly but he could see I was getting seaweed on every cast, he should have had an alternate location for us to go fish. I would have enjoyed fishing the rivers or another lake just for a change in scenery.
I blame myself for not doing the proper research. I normally get guide recommendations from my fishing community, this trip was planned last minute. I will however be posting what I have written above on all the fishing blogs that I belong too, I hope I can save just one person from booking this outing.
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