leaper fish

leaper fish

The leaper fish is also known as the Atlantic Salmon. It is a type of salmon fish found in the Atlantic Ocean that is well known for jumping very high while swimming.
She comes in off the tide her flanks shimmering as she pushes upstream. Her only thought is to reach the waters of her birth where as a parr she fed on small aquatic life before evolving into the smolt stage & migrating to sea. Two summers later after a diet of krill & shrimp in the cold Greenland waters she returns to the river. It is here that we the fly fisher hope to delay her journey if all but for a fleeting few minutes. Flies are legion, from the garish creations of Victorian times to the modern hair wing of today. Truly the Queen of fish she wears her mantle well, Salar (the leaper)