Villaraigosa vacation - fly fishing in Iceland

Forget Las Vegas or the Grand Canyon, for his second vacation in three years, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa decided to go all out. He's fly fishing in Iceland with his son and some friends.

Fortunately for the media-savvy mayor, he was stopped in London on his way to Iceland Tuesday when L.A. was rattled by a magnitude 5.4 quake, and he was able to appear on CNN to speak about the temblor.

Not being an angler, I didn't know Iceland is a hot spot for fly fishing. But apparently the country has a four-month fly fishing season where folks can stand in glacial rivers to hook salmon, char and trout. It looks like quite a peaceful retreat and not a bad way for the mayor to spend a week away from the office.