Fishing Friends – With the MSA US winter fund raising season behind us – and thanks to many of you it was a great success – we turn our thoughts to salmon fishing.  Some of the world’s earliest fresh run Atlantic salmon fishing is in the UK, and the northern and eastern coasts of Scotland in particular.  I got an e-mail recently from Michael Wigan of the Helmsdale – he spoke at our MSA, …Read More →

Fishing Friends: For a number of years in the early 2000s I fished the River Dee in Scotland.  The Dee is one of Scotland’s three big rivers and has the distinction of King Charle’s Balmoral Estate being the headwaters beat.  Fishing was quite good at that time there was almost a euphoria about the fishing.  It was very hard to book a rod on any of the better beats. In recent years the Dee, …Read More →

Fishing Friends – we weren’t far from capacity at the Portland Country Club, as supporters of Miramichi salmon conservation met to raise funds for the MSA.  In addition to fund-raising activities, attendees both in person and virtual listened to Sir Michael Wigan, owner of the Borrobol Estate on the Helmsdale River in Scotland, talk about the successful management of salmon on their river.  Those in attendance were interested to learn how the Helmsdale River, …Read More →

Fishing Friends – here’s a report on the MSA US online auction.  We’ve never had a better auction selection than this year, but there are 18 excellent items that have yet to achieve even the minimum bid.  Let’s take a look at each of them. 2 nights for 2 on Doctor’s Island  – Only a couple of hundred feet from the mainland shore, Doctor’s Island is the stuff of legends.  Marilyn Monroe and Joe, …Read More →