The Atlantic Assignment

We went to Iceland to do a story for the Atlantic Salmon Journal. David was writing the piece and I was taking the photos. The Spring 2026 Issue of ASJ, with that piece, has just been released and it’s an honor to contribute to the magazine. (The Atlantic Salmon Federation does a lot of great work protecting salmon and could use all of the support they can get.) Since the magazine is out I wanted to share my photos from the trip.

With help from the gods, I did catch a fish and became part of the piece's narrative, which is fun and flattering. It was my first time using a two-handed rod and my first adventure on assignment in Icelandic Salmon country.

Iceland is an incredible place to visit and I would recommend it to anyone, whether you like fishing or not. Just stunningly beautiful, nice people, good food and so much to do. We fished at two rivers, the remote Breiddalsá and then on to the more well-known East Ranga. We drove a lot, saw a variety of water, and on one sunny, warm day, when the fishing was suspended due to cloudy waters from glacial melt, I managed to play 12 holes of golf outside of Reykjavik.

Since only a few of the many photos I took were used in the story, I have been waiting to share these with everyone. I used a Leica M10R, a Sony 6700 and a DJI drone for everything you see here. If you want to read David’s piece, find a copy of the Spring 2026 ASJ.

One last thing to leave with you. Only eight days in Iceland and I left a changed man. Who knew what one fish could do?

This is my favorite photo from the trip.

Our pal Marco feeling the thrill of a salmon.

Marco and one of his salmon. He brings a bottle of champagne on every trip to share. He knows how to live life.

Before we headed east we stopped to buy the special Icelandic salmon flies at the fly shop Veiðihornið.

Sandholt is a good stop for good bread in town.