Donal Hickey: The story of the mysterious salmon is as old as time

Salmon provide gymnastic displays until the end of the run in late November

Salmon jumping over the weir on the river Blackwater in Fermoy.

If you walk along a riverbank these days you just might be lucky to witness a wonderful spectacle. It’s all about something which starts life as a pea-sized egg and later heads off to the wild Atlantic.

In the ocean, it can travel for thousands of kilometres before eventually returning as a fully-grown fish to the exact place of its birth. Everyone loves to see wild salmon leaping over various obstacles such as waterfalls and weirs as they come back to spawn.