26 SPORT IN NORWAY. 



bottom of Lyngen Fjord, a branch of the Namsen 

 Fjord, fishing can be had in the Oy river. 



From this place, which is about thirty miles from 

 the mouth of the Namsen, the traveller will meet a 

 small river, the BRAAGNA ELY, running through Bang- 

 dalen. It is a nice little river, and is perhaps capable 

 of affording occasional sport. 



The NAMSEN ELY, so noted for its splendid fishery, 

 rises in Nams Vand, 1,300 feet above the level of the 

 sea, and runs with many bends and turns in a south- 

 westerly, and subsequently in a westerly course. Its 

 length is about 120 miles. It can either be reached by 

 steamer from Throndhjem, or by the route of Stenkjser, 

 just named. 



As may be supposed, it is a very rapid stream, and 

 very liable to be flooded. Indeed, the water will rise 

 from twenty to twenty-four feet in an incredibly short 

 tune. At a distance of about forty-two miles from its 

 mouth is the magnificent Fiskum Foss, one of the most 

 majestic falls in the whole country, being 580 feet 

 broad, and 156 feet high. 



The fishing immediately below this is, beyond com- 

 pare, superb. 



The fishing in this river does not properly begin 

 before arriving at Vie, about twenty-five miles from the 

 mouth, the part below this being too deep to allow of 

 salmon taking a fly. The middle of June is the earliest 



