Make the dream come true
Visit Kengis Bruk and enjoy the relaxed atmosphere, good times at the wild Torne river and the chance to catch a big baltic salmon.
KENGIS BRUK FISHING
Why go to Kengis Bruk?
To get the chance to catch the fish off your lifetime. It’s not easy, but every year we catch baltic salmon in the sizes that most salmon fishermen dream of.
Private water
Lodge next to the river
Kengis feeling
Fishing 24hrs a day
Ghillie service
Kristian with our 128cm record fish from 2015.
Kengis Bruk north side
Public fishing at Kengis Bruk north bank
KENGIS CONCEPT
When you visit Kengis Bruk our main focus is that the you feel the Kengis feeling and spend as much by the river as you want.
After arrival and a welcome by our lodge manager, we will do a proper welcome and info and then a walk by the river.
You can fish 24hrs a day if you want.
You prepare your own food in our big kitchen, so. the group can plan the week like they want to.
Everyday our lodge manager will check with you several times per day to make sure that you are having a good time and answer all the questions that might will pop up.
CHASE THE FEELING
Top 3 fish from Kengis Bruk
128cm
A magical June day in 2015 Kristian Stridsmann landed this big baltic salmon. A day he never will forget.
122cm
Our Finnish friend Jari landed this monster crocodile in the late season of 2016. A fish to remember.
120cm
On his birthday in 2019 Ted Logardt landed this beauty. A birthday present to remember.
Fishing zones at Kengis Bruk
Zone 1
The first zone is located above the Kengis Bruk rapids. It offers a long stretch with several different structures.
Zone 1 is specially good in august when many fish spawn here.
Biggest fish from zone 1:
A 122cm male fish from 2016.
Zone 2 & Island pool
Our most famous zone or pool must be Boat pool. This is where Kristian in 2015 landed the biggest Baltic salmon from Kenigs Bruk so far, a 128cm dream fish.
This zone is divided in two main pools. Boat pool and island pool.
Biggest fish from zone 2 & Island pool:
128 cm fresh fish from 2015
Zone 3 & Erkkinskuoppa
Is our incoming zone. When the fish are running this is the first place to get in contact with them. First stretch at zone 3 is Savikuoppa.
At the end of Savikuoppa we have Erkkinskuoppa. This is a pool where you are fishing over a ridge going from lower to deeper water.
Biggest fish from zone 3, Savikuoppa:
120 cm fresh fish from 2019
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Lodge season
1/6 - 31/8
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Private water
3 km private fishing water
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Average size
15 - 18 Lb / 6,8 - 8,1 kg
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Catch rate
2021
75 landed - Many lost
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Number of rods
Maximum 6 rods pr. week
Possibility for junior rods -
Fishing zones & pools
3 fishing zones with several good pools / striking points.
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Lodge manager & ghillie service
Lodge manager & ghillie service all week
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Shelters & fireplace
Each zone has shelter and fireplace with firewood provided from the lodge
BIG SMILES & BALTIC SALMON
The nerdy info
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The Baltic salmon
The baltic salmon can be tricky time to time. There is many fish in the river and it can feel impossible to hook them, but remember it is a big river, you need to be lucky, work hard and have the fly in the water.
Kengis is 180km from the sea and some of the fish continues for another 2-300km to spawn. So they are in a hurry.
But when you hook them they are strong fighters and they have a lot of water to swim in, so remember to check your backing before arrival.
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Waterflow
The good thing about Kengis Bruk is that you can always find water to fish.
It is such a big river that i will never be too low to find running water.
In the early season we cross fingers for higher water to make the fish stop and in the late season low water sometimes makes the fish stop and at Kengis in higher numbers.
We have been catching fish in 1000m3 and down to under 100m3.
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Fish counter
80 km downstream from Kengis Bruk there is a fish counter that counts how many fish that are crossing. It is a good indication for us to know if the fish are moving in the river, but remember.
1: Some fish stop before Kengis
2: The river splits in two (Torne & Munio) before Kengis
We don’t know exactly how many fish crossing Kengis.
3: The counter can seem slow, but with the right conditions is does not matter at Kengis. The fish will be there.
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Striking points
At Kengis we don’t have pools like you know from many other places.
We have three zones. One above the falls and two below.
Each zone has several good striking points (what you might know as a pool from other places)
The striking points indicates where the fish usually strike the fly, but you can catch fish all over the zones.
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Weather changes
It seems like the Kengis salmon likes a change in the weather.
Sometimes if it has been sunny and it starts to rain, the fish gets active and the other way around.
Rain will not affect the water level since it is such a big river. Sometimes when we have a lot of rain in the mountains we see a rise in the water level at Kengis.
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Kengis feeling
It can be hard to describe and we would say that you need to experience it, but it is all about feeling welcome, included and being at a place where you can forget about the time and focus only on the fishing.
We do our absolutely best to create the best surroundings for our guests so they can focus 100% on the fishing.