A Nordic nirvana
May 06, 2020
4 minutes
In parts of Norway we find such ‘friends’ of the sportsman as the polar hare, ptarmigan, capercaillie, black grouse, hazel grouse and partridge. However, the species of game most likely to attract visiting sportsmen are the bear, elk, red deer and reindeer.
From the Swedish frontier in the south to the Finnish frontier in the north, the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) makes his way up nearly every river of fair size, besides those small waterways whenever its passage is not barred by insurmountable waterfalls at the mouth. There are something like 200 rivers that contain salmon.
Trout fishing is general and good. Norway, then, affords such excellent opportunities for varied sport as are
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