Big Laxá: Part Two :: By Jeff Bright

From the United Kingdom and the rest of northern Europe, or from eastern North America, getting to Iceland is a quick jaunt. Coming from the Pacific Northwest, it’s a bit more of a trek, but surprisingly not the lengthy journey I had imagined.





As I was settling in for the late afternoon Iceland Air flight from Seattle to Keflavík, I had it in mind I would use the 11 hours or so in the air to sleep. It’d be almost 7:00 a.m. when we arrived and I’d be fishing that very afternoon. I would need the rest…. When the flying time was announced as a mere seven hours I was shocked, and honestly a little disappointed. I knew I’d be a walking zombie when we finally made it to the river and into waders.

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