The Chinook salmon, which is the largest and most popular of the Great Lakes species were introduced into the system in the 1870’s. Coho, Sockeye, and Pink salmon as well as two different strains of Atlantic salmon were also introduced into the system in the years following. Chinook which is also called the King salmon is the largest and does very well living its entire… Read More »Great Lakes Salmon
We wished there was an easy solution to how to present a fly to a salmon but there isn’t. It depends on the species of salmon, area of water – saltwater, bays, or rivers, and often the river itself. There’s one thing that salmon generally don’t like and that’s the downstream wet fly swing. It doesn’t matter what fly you have on, salmon just don’t… Read More »Fly Fishing For Salmon – Fly Presentation
The Atlantic Salmon (salmo salar) means “salmon the leaper”. They are anadromous fish. That simply means they migrate up freshwater rivers from the sea to spawn. The salmon spawn in the Fall in the same rivers they were born in. It’s usually late October or November when the actually spawning takes place. After they enter the rivers to spawn, they don’t eat. Their body chemistry… Read More »Fly Fishing For Atlantic Salmon – Their Life