This is the largest river of the country with the greatest number of salmons and an abundance of sea trout and char.

The fishing area is named after the farm Hraun by the estuary. This farm is mainly remembered in the Icelandic history, because one of the Danish sheriffs was executed there. Nowadays the only arms carried about there are the fishing rods. The fishing season starts on April first. The distance from the capital is about 50 km. km.