Included in it will be an index of every fly we've published for the past 20 years. It lists the name of the fly, the issue it can be found in, and the page it's on. So, for those who have collected the magazine over the years, this will be a great source of information. Back issues are still available for SOME years. These figures are estimates, of course, but are based on information from the fishermen themselves.
More detailed study is forthcoming.
Another revelation, again based on surveys, is that thousands of salmon are being taken by illegal means and sold around the Island. When identification tags were required for farmed salmon this was significantly lower. Anyone caught with untagged salmon before was easily identified as having poached them or bought them from poachers. We are proud to see our rivers rebounding from once dismal migrations and it was happy news indeed that more rivers could have record runs. We are hoping that the end of this season will once again indicate recovery is continuing.