Mikael Frödin: the salmon angler we can all learn from

04/12/24 • 78 min

He’s the Swedish salmon maestro who fished 250 days a season in his younger years, but he’s more than an expert salmon angler, he’s an ardent conservationist who says he will never stop fighting for the wild salmon.

Mikael Frödin joins us on the latest episode of The Last Salmon with revealing insights into the perilous state of the salmon which he believes could be gone within two decades if current fish farming practises are not stopped.

He also talks about his memorable days of 30lbs fish and the heartbreak of the biggest one that got away.

He’s the ultimate salmon angler who we can all learn from – from fly fishing on the water to saving the fish itself.

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He also talks about his memorable days of 30lbs fish and the heartbreak of the biggest one that got away.

He’s the ultimate salmon angler who we can all learn from – from fly fishing on the water to saving the fish itself.

Image: Frodinflies.com

#thelastsalmon #FighttosavetheWildSalmon
For regular updates follow the show on Instagram at Instagram.com/TheLastSalmon

Previous Episode

Charles Clover: helping to save the oceans one area at a time

We take a brief departure from all things Atlantic salmon to focus on their second home - the ocean.

Charles Clover is one of the pre-eminent environmental journalists of our time, author of the eye-opening and best-selling, ‘The End of the Line: How Overfishing Is Changing the World and What We Eat’ and most recently, ‘Rewilding the Sea: How to Save our Oceans’.

He is also co-founder of The Blue Marine Foundation, one of the leading global, marine conservation NGOs and he joins us to explain what’s happening out in the oceans and how the establishment of Marine Protected Areas around the world are helping preserve the oceans one area at a time.

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Next Episode

'When you catch your first fish, the fish catches you' Patagonia's Yvon Chouinard on fly fishing, salmon & saving the planet

Yvon Chouinard, founder of Patagonia, wanted to live life and do things his own way. In his 80s now and having given Patagonia away to help save the planet, Yvon is more likely to be found near a river bank fly fishing and he joins us to talk about his love of the sport and what anglers need to do help the plight of the salmon and of the planet.

But he's also critical of anglers and their lack of action in helping to save the fish. 'Fishermen are not true advocates of fish,' he says. 'Surfers and kayakers are much more environmental.' Plus he saves his most stinging words for the fish farming industry describing them as 'evil', saying 'we're destroying the planet with industrial agriculture and now we're doing the same thing with aquaculture.'

And as for the three laws he would pass if he were President of the United States? Tune in to find out.

Yvon Chouinard is one of the greatest advocates and activists for environmental change, someone to help inspire fly anglers to act now before it's too late.

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The Last Salmon is a new podcast hosted by renowned actor, Jim Murray, and award-winning producer, Daire Whelan, which offers hope and solutions to the tragic story that is unfolding for an iconic species in crisis - the wild Atlantic salmon. Listen and follow on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts, and for regular updates, follow the show at Instagram.com/TheLastSalmon.