There is no universal Icelandic fishing licence — rights are water-specific and rod numbers strictly controlled. Stóra-Laxá is a south-west big-fish salmon river, roughly 150 km of driving but easily reached from Reykjavík/Keflavík, with more than 90 km of water, four distinct beats and over 110 named pools spanning fast canyon runs, deep holding pools and broad meadow glides. Two lodges serve it: the upper lodge suits younger, mobile anglers fishing the more physical canyon water, the lower lodge suits easier terrain and the meadow beats. Access is a multi-day lodge package with assigned beats, not a day ticket. Terrain and mobility genuinely matter here — canyon beats and meadow beats are not the same recommendation — so confirm the current beat map, lodge assignment and rod numbers before relying on this.