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This week we’re turning our attention to first editions of Irish angling books.
 
The Ireland on the Fly Book Club is an important part of what we do here on the podcast and Muiris Huston, the medical contributor to the Irish times, is also a fly angler and fly fishing book collector and he joins us on the show to discuss the books everyone should have on their shelves.
 
If you are interested in collecting, here are some websites that Muiris recommends:
https://anglingauctions.com
www.mcgahernbooks.ca
www.groverarebooks.co.uk 
https://www.herewardbooks.co.uk/
 
And here is the RTE Archives story from 1968 about mayfly season on the Corrib that we were discussing:
https://www.rte.ie/archives/2023/0516/1383887-the-season-of-the-mayfly/
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He’s the Swedish salmon maestro who fished 250 days a season in his younger years, but he’s more than an expert salmon angler, he’s an ardent conservationist who says he will never stop fighting for the wild salmon.
 
Mikael Frödin joins us on the latest episode of The Last Salmon with revealing insights into the perilous state of the salmon which he believes could be gone within two decades if current fish farming practises are not stopped.
 
He also talks about his memorable days of 30lbs fish and the heartbreak of the biggest one that got away.
 
He’s the ultimate salmon angler who we can all learn from – from fly fishing on the water to saving the fish itself.
Image: Frodinflies.com
 
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 The Last Salmon is a new podcast hosted by renowned actor, Jim Murray, and award-winning producer, Daire Whelan, which offers hope and solutions to the tragic story that is unfolding for an iconic species in crisis - the wild Atlantic salmon.

It might be hard to believe, but mayfly season is starting soon and it’s expected on Lough Derg from around April 20th onwards. 
 
This week’s guest is Shane Creamer from the Garrykennedy Angling Club and he gives us some great and honest insights into fishing Derg during mayfly and the rest of the season.
And here's the link to the 2004 article on the thriving hatchery at Mountshannon that is discussed during the episode:https://www.independent.ie/regionals/wexford/new-ross-news/fishing-revival-on-lough-derg/27439705.html 
 
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We take a brief departure from all things Atlantic salmon to focus on their second home - the ocean.
 
Charles Clover is one of the pre-eminent environmental journalists of our time, author of the eye-opening and best-selling, ‘The End of the Line: How Overfishing Is Changing the World and What We Eat’ and most recently, ‘Rewilding the Sea: How to Save our Oceans’.
 
He is also co-founder of The Blue Marine Foundation, one of the leading global, marine conservation NGOs and he joins us to explain what’s happening out in the oceans and how the establishment of Marine Protected Areas around the world are helping preserve the oceans one area at a time.
 
#thelastsalmon #FighttosavetheWildSalmon  For regular updates follow the show on Instagram at Instagram.com/TheLastSalmon
 The Last Salmon is a new podcast hosted by renowned actor, Jim Murray, and award-winning producer, Daire Whelan, which offers hope and solutions to the tragic story that is unfolding for an iconic species in crisis - the wild Atlantic salmon.

This week we speak to Nicholas Grubb who grew up in south Tipperary beside the Suir and the Tar and he tells us about the incredible catches of fish that were to be had growing up.
 
It’s a throwback to another age and his great grandfather Samuel also had a reported 62lber which would have been an Irish record but it was never measured or verified at the time.
 
Nicholas also previously wrote an article for Salmon Watch Ireland discussing some of the reasons why he thinks salmon numbers have plummeted since the 1960s.
 
 
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Scotland.  It’s the traditional heart and home of fly fishing for salmon.  The Spey, Dee, Tay and Tweed are rivers synonymous the world over when it comes to salmon fishing.
 
But, long gone are the days when salmon catches were guaranteed and getting onto certain beats were next to impossible. 
 
In the midst of the Atlantic salmon crisis, Daire and Jim speak to Robert Mitchell and Colin Bull, two Scotsmen immersed in salmon throughout their lives.
 
Robert Mitchell, has been a salmon fishing ghillie on the River Spey for over thirty years.  He remembers the heyday and he also talks in stark terms about the fear that every ghillie has of there being no salmon left.
 
Colin Bull is Principal Investigator with the Missing Salmon Alliance and a specialist in salmon ecology at Stirling University and he says that with targeted conservation measures the salmon can be saved and we can and should be hopeful.
 
#thelastsalmon #FighttosavetheWildSalmon For regular updates follow the show on Instagram at Instagram.com/TheLastSalmon
 The Last Salmon is a new podcast hosted by renowned actor, Jim Murray, and award-winning producer, Daire Whelan, which offers hope and solutions to the tragic story that is unfolding for an iconic species in crisis - the wild Atlantic salmon.