Fly Fishing on the Faroe Islands

The Faroe Islands can, essentially, be imagined as a mountain range whose peaks protrude up out of the sea. That’s how steep and dramatic the Faroese landscape is, in places dropping down 882 metres into the sea. As a rule, the rivers are only small rivulets which dry up after periods without rain. After heavy rain, in contrast, impressive waterfalls form all over the place. Here’s a nugget of information which always impresses in conversation: although the Faroe Islands are volcanic in origin, they have the glaciers to thank for the way they look today. These glaciers formed and moved over the Faroe Islands in the Quaternary period, leaving magnificent basins for small lakes in the process. Thanks be to God!