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Iceland with its fascinating extremes and great runs of salmon is a dream destination for many anglers. Here’s where to start.

When an author asks you to provide content for a book, it's hard not to think "That's going to be one heck of a book!"

There are quite a few rivers around Iceland claiming the queen crown. But there is only one Prince. Meet the river Hofsá

The secret behind catching Scottish spring salmon!

Laxá í Aðaldal AKA Big Laxa is probably the most legendary salmon river in Iceland. Not only is the river big, but so are the salmon.

When you say King Salmon, most people will think about locations in the Pacific Northwest and the famously renowned salmon bonanzas - and rightly so. Only a select few will think about South American Patagonia!

The video starts out nicely sketching the contrast between work and fishing as many of us recognize it. Dennis the businessman getting up in the darkness at 6:30 and going to work, struggling to find space in the boot for his briefcase because of the fishing tackle stuffed in there. A gear mess on the back seat and flies on the dashboard. The mention of Norway in his boss' presentation ringing as Dennis dozes off and dreams of salmon fishing. He has to go "for some fresh air" and then scoots off to Norway where he meets up with his friends Henrik and Roar.

The DVD Rising Salar takes a different approach to doing a fishing video and we have talked the the three guys behind it.

When Danish angler Jesper Fohrmann was a child, he had the book The Atlantic Salmon by Lee Wulff on the shelf next to Batman and Donald Duck. Ever since then he dreamed of one day visiting the rivers that Lee Wulff fished.

Irish Lough Conn is a huge lake full of wild trout and a very decent number of salmon. Fishing in it is free, and can be fantastic. And the Kelly Kettle was born on its banks.

People in Alaska say there are two seasons, winter and the visiting season. Part two of Bob Kenly's story from Homer Spit, Alaska

Find yourself in the parking lot of a bar and restaurant surrounded by three hundred and sixty degrees of the prettiest country in the world.

The river Byske runs in the northern part of Sweden in a thick forest landscape. It is definitely one of the best salmon rivers in Sweden and the size and profile of the river is ideal for fly fishing.

This book was brought to my attention by GFF contributor Bob Kenly. I had noticed the movie by the same title (and based on the novel) because the web had been overflowing with trailers for it when it premiered in the beginning of 2012. I was honestly more annoyed by the trailers than intrigued, but when Bob recommended the book, I fired off an order.

Coming from the hands of one part of the pair behind the fabulous video Tâpam - Daniel Göz - this time teaming up with fellow countryman Anton Hamacher, we thought it would be suitable to contact the duo and inquire about the background and process of making the video Gaula - River of Silver & Gold.

A stunning and beautifully filmed portrait of the Norwegian salmon river Gaula.

A fascinating journey with the salmon passionate Sasha Savic visiting some of the world's most fantastic salmon rivers, telling a very personal story about salmon fishing and the preservation of Atlantic salmon.

Icelandic salmon guide Nils Jorgensen's annual report from 2010 was "The Year Of The Giants". An unbelievable season, which for me seemed like once in a lifetime with many monster salmon. Well, the madness continued from day one in 2011…

How a hunt for a salmon DVD led me around the world and then some in 8 minutes...

"Strike!"

The fascinating story of the introduction of salmonids into Argentina and the Patagonian waters told by local guide Heiko Schneider. Without the work done by people a century ago, Argentina would be a very different fishing destination... if any at all.

The Icelandic salmon river Vatnsdalsá river is famous for its large fish. Many anglers get a big surprise when they see the monsters showing themselves in this rather small river. But it is more than that. This was the first full catch & release river in Iceland and is a role model for other rivers.

The aim on this trip was to explore and flyfish several rivers in the Moosehead Lake area of northwest Maine, about 50 miles from Quebec. Moosehead Lake is 40 miles long and 20 miles across at its widest. Area rivers, several of which flow into or out of the lake, hold landlocked salmon, large brook trout, and mammoth smallmouth bass.

A fishing film in the form of a classic documentary - and a good one of the kind. A close to perfect mix of environmental consciousness and fishing action, but all too short.

This DVD is probably the prime example of the documentary trend that I mentioned in my article about the new breed of fly fishing videos.
Felt Soul Media, the company behind this title, were also behind the DVD The Hatch from back in 2005, which covered the salmon fly hatch in Colorado's Black Canyon and the influence of the high level of water usage by the surrounding communities and its threat on this natural phenomenon.

Well, BC is over and we've been home for a while now. And what a trip!

The first steps towards a two week BC trip in October

After a famly vacation to Turkey, Lithuanian Mindaugas Banelis decided it was high time to go fishing somewhere in the North. The target was salmon. He decided that the Kola Peninsula was the ideal place to travel to. So he set off.

Join Thomas Weiergang on a road-trip in Chile. The only thing to worry about, is when to fish again. When he planned the trip, he marked down some likely looking blue lines on the map, but nothing could prepare him for what he found.

The cover picture is from Laxa in Ađaldal on Iceland and does strike a note, which suits this book eloquently, being a journey in words and pictures to the world's best salmon waters. The book is a classical coffee table book, one of those books that you put out in the table to show that you are interested in fishing and nature. This is not meant in a derogative way, because the size and style of such books often make them pure seducers, which drag the reader into a dream world of distant beauty.

Well, it's a dirty job, you know, but some one has to do all that traveling.

Sitting there with the smell of Christmas in the nose and Christmas music in the ears, Martin has been thinking back on the year that passed, and wishes to say Merry Christmas to all the GFF readers with a small gallery from the year that passed.

I caught my first Atlantic salmon last week. And the second, and the third and probably also the 15th

Fishing on the Kola Peninsula is usually connected with everything but low price fishing. However, it is still possible to organize a trip for large, golden, Russian brown trout and pay no more than 500 Euros per person including everything.

We had anti-fish slime all over us

... for bright outrageous flies

These three DVD's on casting and salmon fishing are quite an odyssey through these subjects and at the same time a journey almost as far around the world as you can come. They are sold seperately, but will be reviewed as a set here. The price varies, but expect to pay about 40 US$ per DVD in the US and 40 Euros in Europe.

The subtitle for this book is "An illustrated natural history", and that is exactly what it is. Malcolm Greenhalgh's text is pure natural history with all the facts you ever wanted to know about the atlantic salmon plus a bit you didn't know you wanted to know. Rod Sutterby's illustrations are more than just illustrations. They are art and his beautiful paintings are what make this book special.
Sutterby's art is exquisite and his fishing pictures are amongst the best I've seen.

About a month ago, a friend and I fished NY's Salmon River and enjoyed a day of continuous action. The pool we were fishing was continuously being refreshed with fish as they moved upriver from the rapids below, their tails spraying water behind them as they swiftly through the currents. As they saying goes, it was a day of tight lines and screaming reels. We left more than satisfied, with sore arms and smiles on our faces.

It's time

An enchanting and entertaining book, which I cannot recommend enough

A whole book about a very special fishing technique for salmon and steelhead by one of the sport's most well known authors.

Modern Atlantic Salmon Flies by Paul Marriner should not be viewed as simply a book.

Although this book is riddled with errors it does convey the basic information that a beginning Atlantic salmon fisher would need.

I have tried the hitch with little success as of yet, but after reading this book over and over, I am still a believer

Although there are a couple rivers in New York with the name "Salmon River", only one has an international reputation. That is the Salmon River that flows into Lake Ontaria near Pulaski, a small town along the lake's eastern shore.

My salmon fishing is different from most everyone else's. At least, that's what I'm told. And since the literature around salmon fishing is based on "everyone else's" salmon fishing, I thought I'd tell you a little about mine. Optimally, my kindred spirits out there will read this and feel right at home.

This is some advice that Backwater Bob posted on the FLYFISH@ ListServer. It's good and sound advice for salmon fishers as well as anybody else that wants to C&R fish.