Fishing-guide to Glomma/Rena
By: OT Ljøstad
Index
General
Book
CD-ROM
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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 Storsjø 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 «hot 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 Røros.
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 «hot
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 «hot 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 «print» 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, Åmot
Storøya, Koppangsøyene, Stor-Elvdal
Odden bridge, Sør-Trøndelag
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