2.5km Both Banks - 6 Rod Limit
With the 2025 season behind us and new rules for the river, it’s a time of change on Gaula and it’s appropriate that we have taken this opportunity to freshen-up our fishery.
After more than a decade of wonderful memories, we no longer have control of the river from the “bottle pool” up to the junction with the Fora river. It’s great water and ordinarily it would be a bitter loss but the addition of new water on our lower boundary has changed the game for us.
Our fishery now begins at Kroken, our home pool and extends below our former lower limit to take in the new pool, Håvåhølen. There is just over 2.5 km of continuous double bank to work with and it gives us six beats in total. It’s a very beautiful fishery, set away from the road and with perfect atmosphere.
How the Rotation Works
Our rod limit is 6 but we can stretch to 8 for a party of anglers.
With 6 rods and 6 beats (I will update the beat maps found elsewhere in the site), we have both sides of the river and the beats are spread across both sides. Most pools are best fished from one bank but there are exceptions.
Our new pool, Håvåhølen AKA “The Hover Pool,” is located on the far side of the river (looking from Winsnes Lodge) and includes accommodation in the form of a small cabin that would suit a pair of angling friends.
Throughout the season we have a policy of resting pools before guests fish them. In June and July, we close the river twice in 24 hours for 4 hours at a time. These resting periods are from 2.00am-6.00am and from 1400pm-1800pm. In addition to the gaps between anglers in the rotation, this additional resting period allows pools to really settle down.
In August, we drop the resting periods and allow the hours of darkness to take over in the resting regime but we maintain the gaps in the rotation so that pools still get rested between visits.
The result is a system where less rod hours are required to catch the fish because the angling pressure, which is relentless pretty much everywhere else on Gaula, is reduced.
Our rotation periods are four hours, meaning that anglers fish 4 pools in 24 hours. Fishing is in pairs wherever possible.
The Beats
On average our beats are around 400-500m long and provide plenty of fishing for two anglers.
Beat 1 – Kroken
Beat 2 – Left bank from top of Lillestrøm to the bottom of Rohølen
Beat 3 – Right bank starting with Lillestrøm island and extending below the tunnel to the bottom of Rohølen
Beat 4 – Oksøy
Beat 5 – Kjellfloa
Beat 6 – Håvåhølen (“Hover Pool”)
