Newfoundland might be a couple of thousand miles from Ireland but the Irish influence is a strong one in the most eastern part of Canada in terms of people, culture, language and fly fishing.

Jamie Pike is a Newfoundlander of Irish descent who is a passionate salmon angler and professional fly tyer and he visited these shores for the first time to tie at the recent Irish Fly Fair.

We caught up with Jamie to find out more about fly fishing in Newfoundland and why we need to try bombers and the riffled hitch more on Irish waters.

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