Rivernotes May 29, 2025

Editor’s Note Believe it or not, it’s the end of May. By all accounts, throughout the entire Atlantic region, it has been a cold and rainy spring, which is good.…

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Rivernotes June 5, 2025

Editor’s Note “We’ve had two 34-pounders,” Chris Sinclair said, while looking over the shelves in the 12 by 16 exposed wood building of Jack’s Fly Shop in Bathurst, NB. “The…

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Rivernotes April 17th, 2025

Editor’s Note Some of our rivers are roaring so loudly this time of year that you can barely hear the person beside you speaking. Many of the iconic rocks and…

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Rivernotes October 24th, 2024

Editor’s Note It’s the second-to-last edition of Rivernotes for this season. Many anglers have now put away their rods and moved on to other autumn activities. But salmon fishing is…

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Rivernotes October 31st, 2024

Editor’s Note October 31st is the last day of salmon angling in Nova Scotia, and marks the full end of the season in Eastern North America. It’s been a pleasure…

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Rivernotes October 3rd, 2024

Editor’s Note This week Rivernotes is coming to you from the Gaspé peninsula, where I’m in the field with cinematographer Nick Hawkins to create footage of wild salmon. Nick’s work…

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Rivernotes October 10th, 2024

Editor’s Note The salmon angling season has now wrapped up in Quebec as well as Newfoundland and Labrador. There are a few days left on most New Brunswick rivers, and…

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Rivernotes October 17th, 2024

Editor’s Note We’ve reached the last days of the 2024 Atlantic salmon angling season. Fishing has closed in Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador, and on most New Brunswick rivers. Anglers in…

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Rivernotes September 20th, 2024

Editor’s Note I was in the Bonaventure area over the weekend, working with the team from Hooké on some material for the exciting ASFxHooké collaboration. Angling was slow, but a…

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Rivernotes August 22, 2024

Editor’s Note The dog days of summer persist and angling, quite predictably, has been slow throughout the southern range of salmon country. However, in the north, particularly northern Quebec and…

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