Casting Shadows in the North: Fly Fishing Through Leif Erikson’s Water
- The Fly Box LLC
- Oct 9, 2025
- 3 min read
Today is Leif Erikson Day, celebrating the legendary Norse explorer who reached North America nearly 500 years before Columbus. He was the son of Erik the Red, born in Iceland around 970 CE, and he grew up surrounded by cold rivers full of trout, Arctic char, and salmon. His life was built around the sea, and every settlement he touched, Norway, Iceland, Greenland, and Vinland, was tied to fishing.
