Fly fishing’s history grows with each passing day as new species and the techniques to catch them evolve. It is indisputable that its history lies in the pursuit of wild brown trout and Atlantic salmon in the UK. Consequently, no matter where you are from, where you began your fly fishing career or on what species, the desire to understand and catch an Atlantic salmon is always intriguing.
Fly fishing on the Yokanga River in Russia for some of the world’s largest Atlantic salmon. The river is situated on the north-eastern coast of the Kola Peninsula.
Salmon & Trout Conservation welcomes the new Environment Agency byelaws which will close down the killing of Atlantic salmon in drift nets and coastal T&J nets on the north east coast of England, which follows lobbying from several fisheries NGOs over many years.
Chasing Atlantic salmon at Yokanga Lodge in the Kola Peninsula. Yokanga Lodge – Kola Peninsula from The Fly Shop on Vimeo.
Grey Seals as Atlantic Salmon Predators. There is a sense of unease among Atlantic salmon conservationists on exactly what role Grey Seals are playing in the mortality at sea. In the past decade satellite tags that provide clues of temperature and location have shown the important seal predator list has lengthened. We now realize that […]
With Theo van de Poll and Mario Sanz, I am staying in Mayo and Donegal (Ireland) this week to try for sea running brown trout along the coast there. We are guided by Markus Müller and Christin Breuker in the first few days, by Michael Patton in the second part of the week. Text […]
Cash to be used to discover why salmon numbers are dwindling. Proceeds raised from sale of limited edition Cascapedia reels. A limited edition fishing reel, the first of which was presented to HRH The Prince of Wales, has helped raise more than £70,000 for the conservation of the Atlantic Salmon. Hardy Alnwick produced a limited […]
As part of the Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) Research Seminar Series, Dr Kyle Young, a Research Associate from the University of Zurich, was recently invited to Ireland to give a presentation on his novel approach to enhance wild Atlantic salmon production in river systems. This concept proposes the translocation of wild fry from abundant to […]
Osgur Grieve reports from the Erriff Fishery (19th to the 26th of July 2017): We have had a great week here on the Erriff in the second half of July, with 40 salmon landed and more hooked and lost. Some of these catches included visiting angler Steve Mann (from the UK) who caught a nice 4lbs wild grilse […]
Atlantic Steelhead from Rio Santa Cruz, Argentina from Solid Adventures on Vimeo. Check out this short video from the only known Atlantic Steelhead fishery on the planet!