numbers of salmon returning has increased each year and now the fishing is reliable.
Besides gardening I have been tying salmon flies for many years. (What is a rose lover supposed to do the 6 months every year when the roses are not blooming here? They only bloom from May to end of October. I tie salmon flies like these:
I will let it dance in the currents and hope that a salmon comes up and takes it, and that I will have the luck and skill needed to carry a big silvery salmon like this one up to the cabin:
Now what has this got to do with gardening? Well I may get to use some of dill and citrus thyme from my garden, when eating one of these delicious fish. Smoked or steamed. And I just wanted to let my garden blog friends and readers know why I am not posting much these days, and why comments are not posted until I get home again. I have also gotten quite a few emails, that I will reply to when I get home next week.
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10 comments:
Hope you catch some really big ones. Have fun.
Good for you and have a wonderful time. The fish fly is a work of art.
Have a great fishing vacation! It's encouraging to hear about the return of the salmon to your rivers. There is a movement in my area to get the Pacific salmon back into our rivers, it's good to hear about a success. I've heard about tying flies but never seen them.
And of course salmon fit into a garden blog:
1)they are all about the cycles of nature.
2) not to mention their significance (in Celtic mythology) as the bringers of wisdom and the ability to hear the voices of nature.
3) not to mention fish meal.
Enjoy your salmon and your time on the water.
Oh! That looks like fun! I used to go fishing and tie flies with my dad. I think he would have preferred if I were a boy. ;) I was just checking out a new blog today, my headphones were plugged in and on and this creepy haunted music came on, from one of those damned players, and it scared the sh** out of me! I thought this old framhouse was haunted! I couldn't figure out where it was coming from immediately thought of your post! LOL!
I hope you get in some rest and relaxation at the cabin and have a great time fishing!
What a great thing to do with your time when you are not gardening. Those flies are pretty aren't they. I have a crafter's soul. LOL.
Yea salmon! Enjoy fishing ... pop over for yummy recipes (besides gardening, I cook and salmon is KING);)
Hej Niels! Hope you enjoy fishing! I really enjoyed reading your post about LO och GJ. I'm usually not disappointed with my LO but this year she doesn't look very nice. Lot of black spots...and I really need to do some pruning. Thanks for an instructive post!
Mmm! Fish with herbs, yum! I like fishing when I catch something, looks like you'll have quite a good time.
Tina: I did not catch some big ones this year, only a few smaller ones!
Anna and Eve: That fishing fly really is pretty! It takes great skill to make these beautiful creations, with hair and feathers.
Pomona Belvedere: the fishing this year was really great! Fishermen caught 40 percent more this year than last year, meaning that the population is getting bigger and bigger each year! Fish Farming is one of the greatest threat to wild Salmon, since sealice prey on small salmon when they migrate to salwater. Farmed Salmon have turned out to be the biggest disater for the enviroment, wildlife and areas depending on wild salmon. Farmed salmon is such a poor product that I would not use them as fish meal! I do not want to turn my garden into a toxic dumb. Interesting to hear about the Celtic mythology! I will write about Gladiolus accidentera one of these days.
Izyjo: Many women enjoy fishing too! And your father was lucky to get you, instead of a boy! Horrible about the music right! I sure wish bloggers would make their readers choose to click to hear music if that is what they want.
Joey: You have some of the greatest recipees I have seen! I will try out some them since they look so deliciously and I really like to cook too! Wild salmon really is a treat too!
Karin a: I really liked that article myself since it shows how flexible, these roses to various styles of pruning and training. LO is susceptible to BS and Powdery mildew too. It is one of the roses I choose to spray with a fungicide. Luckily only 1 out of 10 of the roses I grow needs spraying, since I hate that. Hope your LO will shape up!
Rosy: I sure like to catch something too! I look forward to having the salmon smoked and marinated, and broiled.
I did catch a sore throat and a runny nose too (Rhinovirus). So I have a slight fever and headache, but will work on some new posts, even though I only feel like lying down.
You are very kind Niels!
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