Thanks to Scott Burns for the following report from a mid-September trip to the Restigouche river in pursuit of Atlantic Salmon:

Hi Theaux. Returned last week from a trip to northern New Brunswick, where I caught the salmon in the photo (and several others) on the Islander reel you sold me a while back. The river was up nicely after rain from the late stages of Hurricane Earl, and the fish really turned on. The salmon season comes to a close on the river I fished next week – nice way to end things for the year! It is worth noting that salmon numbers in much of Atlantic Canada are slowly rising as a result of the closure of most of the mixed stock commercial fisheries and a significant increase in catch and release by anglers in the region. Hope the trend continues. The Atlantic Salmon Federation deserves much of the credit.

Anglers please note the lucky shop t-shirt that Scott is wearing- thanks for riding for the brand Scott!