Guests at the lodge can expect:
- A warm welcome - of course!
- Comfortable rooms – both with and without private bathroom.
- Fantastic food - Winsnes is famous for its mix of traditional Norwegian and international cuisine. In addition to our own guests, we also provide the catering for several other lodges in the area.
- Freedom to come and go when you please!
- Advice from top fisherman Matt Hayes and from our fishing guides.
- Salmon Fishing on some of the best water on Gaula but also for trout, grayling and char on rivers and mountain lakes.
- Activities such as horse riding, river boarding, mountain tours, horseback riding and fishing tours combined. For ladies – aromatherapy, massage, mountain tours, shopping tours.
- Casting Tuition if you want it
- Guiding service - essential to any salmon angler, especially if you are visiting the river for the first time.
The Fishing Lodge: Winsnes Facilities
The Lodge
Winsnes is a traditional family farmhouse. It is a large house dating back to the nineteenth century with several of the buildings going back to the eighteenth century. The farm incorporates several other buildings including the summer house, barns and stable block. The buildings are laid out in a rectangle leaving a pleasant central area with wooden benches and tables to relax in. We also have a tackle and drying room and freezers.
Guests are welcome to come and go as they please. Breakfast is normally served between eight and nine-thirty in the morning with dinner at six. Meals can be arranged outside these times to suit the fishing plans of our guests. Car parking is right next to the farm. Winsnes is located approximately two hundred and fifty yards (metres) from the river. Meals can be served at the river by arrangement.
Atmosphere
The atmosphere is very laid back – we encourage our guests to come and go as they please. Fishing talk is encouraged and guests who want to chill out and talk fishing can do so either in the dining room, lounge or outside in the courtyard.
Rooms
Rooms are simple, comfortable, very clean and tastefully furnished. With seven rooms in total, five have private bathrooms.
All are single or twin/double occupancy.
Food
Winsnes is home to the Nature kitchen. Guests can expect wholesome, healthy food and plenty of it. Anne-Bjorg is our chief chef. Meals include some traditional Norwegian specialities such as reindeer, moose and, of course, fresh salmon! We also offer our guests a few British touches such as genuine British tea and marmite! Guests with special dietary requirements should inform us in advance.
Other Activities
These can be arranged for fishing and non-fishing guests and include – mountain tours, grayling, char and trout fishing, horseback riding, horseback riding and fishing, river boarding. Female partners will find Winsnes very relaxing place with additional activities including massage, aromatherapy, mountain tours and shopping excursions.
More information about our other activities here
Casting Tuition and other help for anglers
All of our guides can assist with casting tuition and with preparation of equipment such as cutting back shooting heads, choice of flies etc., We also offer the opportunity for special casting courses with Jan Erik Granbo. Jan Erik is an acknowledged expert on Gaula and a qualified casting instructor. He is one of the world’s leading experts on the underhand style of casting pioneered in Scandinavia. Lessons and tuition packages with Jan Erik can be arranged by special appointment.
More information about guided fishing and casting courses here
Group Trips
Winsnes specialises in group trips. We can accommodate up to seven anglers in single rooms or up to fourteen with twin occupancy. Groups can take advantage of special packages that include one week’s salmon fishing along with a special casting course with Jan Erik Granbo.
The Package
The Winsnes package includes accommodation, full or half-board meals, fishing on the Gaula and light guiding. Also included are rod licence, disinfection of equipment (a legal requirement in Norway to prevent the spread of the parasite, Gyrodactilus Salaris) and a contribution to the netting buy-out on the Trondheim fjord.
Dedicated guiding is also available at extra cost. Regulars can opt to fish without a dedicated guide if they wish but our package for newcomers includes a guide who will fish with you for eight hours per day.
Car hire, meet and greet at the airport, flights and casting tuition are available by arrangement at extra cost.
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