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Goodbye Aunan Lodge! Hello Grindal Salmon Lodge!

When the salmon fishing season ended on Sep 1st 2020, Aunan Lodge said goodbye to our guests for the very last time. After 17 seasons, Vegard Heggem has decided to end the Aunan Lodge concept and his own role as a tourist host. Vegard is not...

Winterly update on Covid-19

With less than 2 months till June 1st, there are obviously many who wonder how the coming salmon fishing season will turn out. The measurements taken here in Norway to contain the virus are as of today of such a nature that it wouldn't be...

Statement on Covid-19

The measures taken to contain the corona virus has created a very demanding situation for many people's everyday life, both at home and at work. First and foremost I have great sympathy for those who have a profile of risking serious illness from the virus,...

2020 will be the last season for Aunan Lodge

Aunan Lodge was established in 2004, and the coming season will be the 17th in a row where we offer our guests a salmon fishing package complete with guiding, accommodation and full board. Since I moved back home from Liverpool in 2003 and took over...

The salmon season 2019 is over

A total of 96 salmon was caught at Aunan Lodge in 2019, which is below the two previous seasons and the 5 year average. 81 of the 96 fish (84%) were released.  A total of 3428 (unofficial) for the river is not particularly good either....

Extreme weather, but also moments of extreme joy

Two thirds of the season is now over, and we can conclude that the extreme weather is making its mark also this year. July started off unusually cold, with air temperatures down towards 2 centigrades, and the start of July actually turned out to be...

Big fish joy

The catch of the season so far is very much in line with recent years, but still, the first 3 1/2 weeks of the season have been unusual catch-wise here at Aunan. A total number of around 30 salmon by June 25th was reached in...

Enough water?

The average temperature in the county of Trøndelag is 1,5 centigrades warmer than in it was back in 1960. The effects on our salmon rivers are becoming more and more obvious. Climate change have caused more extreme weather; more torrential rain and more drought, and...

Aunan Lodge 2019

We have started taking bookings for the 2019 season, which will also be our 15th anniversary season.     https://youtu.be/Z5dKJAroWJc     Please contact us at vegard@aunan.no for availability and prices.       Our concept is described here:     https://aunan.no/en/our-concept/    ...