Rivernotes

COMPILED BY TOM MOFFATT ~ TMOFFATT@ASF.CA CANADIAN BORDER OPENING TO AMERICANS There is good reason for U.S. Atlantic salmon anglers to want to cross the Canadian border this year. There…

COMPILED BY TOM MOFFATT ~ TMOFFATT@ASF.CA ATLANTIC SALMON INTO THE UNDERWORLD John Fillier saw firsthand the Atlantic salmon preparing for their upstream adventure through the underground salmon pool on their…

TOM MOFFATT ~ TMOFFATT@ASF.CA Jul 9, 2021 THE GOLDILOCKS STORM Accumulated rain July 8 to 11, 2021 will be between 1 in / 25 mm and 3 in / 75…

COMPILED BY TOM MOFFATT ~ TMOFFATT@ASF.CA Angler Marie-Josée St-Louis releases an Atlantic salmon June 25 on Rivière Ste-Anne. Photo Louis Windisch A TINY SAFETY PRIMER There is a resurgence of…

COMPILED BY TOM MOFFATT ~ TMOFFATT@ASF.CA CAN YOU GET TO THAT RIVER FROM HERE – WHEREVER HERE HAPPENS TO BE Margaree River last weekend. Largely out of reach to New…

COMPILED BY TOM MOFFATT ~ TMOFFATT@ASF.CA NOTES ON PHOTOGRAPHING ATLANTIC SALMON A beautiful memory of a wonderful Atlantic salmon on a Crown Reserve section of the Main Restigouche River. Released…

COMPILED BY TOM MOFFATT ~ TMOFFATT@ASF.CA ASF 2021 STATE OF THE ATLANTIC SALMON REPORT Atlantic salmon in a pool of a Gaspé river. Photo Nick Hawkins ASF released the 2021 State…

COMPILED BY TOM MOFFATT ~ TMOFFATT@ASF.CA The best day of the year for so many, even if the rain has settled in. June 1, 2021, opening day of Atlantic salmon…

COMPILED BY TOM MOFFATT ~ TMOFFATT@ASF.CA WILL NON-RESIDENT ANGLERS BE ON ATLANTIC SALMON RIVERS THIS YEAR? What is better than casting in early morning mist on a favourite river? Nathan…

COMPILED BY TOM MOFFATT ~ TMOFFATT@ASF.CA In 2020, Kastine Coleman prepares to release a nice Atlantic salmon. Photo courtesy of Kastine Coleman IN NEWFOUNDLAND, THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAIL…