Congratulations on your first Salmon of the season. These videos are so entertaining Davie. Appreciate the time and effort that goes into making these. Keep them up please.
I don't know about 'feeding' but they certainly take trout flies freely when they want. I've fished rivers for trout and been polluted with salmon on #16/#14' flies (dry & wet) on 4 wt gear and 4lb line. Interesting to do...I've landed up to 10lb on light gear. Takes some time, and there are points you wonder if it's as well to pull for a break when they sit on the bottom like a dug by the fire! I don't like the idea of that, so try my best to bring them to hand for unhooking. More often than not I can, or the wee flee eventually comes away (that tends to be more a light wire hook bending though) A wee flee generally hooks very well - they have no leverage around a bigger 'salmon size' hook to work it free. Is it better to pull for a break and leave a salmon with a length of cast/and or a flee in its jaws, or is playing salmon carefully for a long time to avoid that and maybe stressing it unduly the wrong thing to do? That's a judgement call I can't make for anyone but myself. I say I've been 'polluted wi salmon', because after spending up to 20 minutes stalking a cracking nebbing "trout" and devising the one-shot cast needed - watching a salmon strip your line away, and buggering about for another twenty minutes invents new sweary words. Whether they have retained their instinct as parr/smolts to rise to wee flies and are doing it 'automatically', or they are actually feeding I don't know. Studies suggests they lose their ability to process and digest 'food' in rivers, so it's probably the former. Does it happen often? Right place right time - for me it only occured after a few decades trout fishing. Maybe I was just older and could afford to travel to and fish rivers that salmon often run in. Would I recommend it? Not really, it is annoying after the novelty wears off, but in saying that, the experience is definitely memorable - a springer/ trout double hookup I'll remember all my days! 😁👍
Not a bad morning Davie! Some skill getting that salmon in & back safely. Thanks for sharing. You've obviously tied some magic flies there ( & you've taught me how to tie a few over the years via RUclips). . Hope you have a couple more days before the season ends.
One of my favourite videos, Davie. Thank you. Incredible scenery...the 'wee wall' and an insider's view of a wonderful river. Thanks..and cheers on the Salmon! Woohoo!!👍👏👏
Some lovely fish caught davie, and really well played, and safely returned, brilliant. Really enjoyed this it's got me itching to get out 🎣. I might need to try this nymphing, I fish the river earn, catch plenty sea trout swinging for salmon, but this nymphing looks deadly and enjoyable, wouldn't have a clue where to start and what flies to try tie up. 🙈
Well done Dave 👍🎣great wee buzz landing a Salmon on a light set up, I've had a few take my small nymphs when euro nymphing the last few seasons on a 3 weight rod, for some reason the Salmon guys don't seem to approve 🤔😉😉
Hi @G78.79, I was using a Cadence rod 9ft 4# which I have used for the last couple of years to fish mostly dry fly but it's also very good for fishing wets and nymphs and you can catch the odd salmon as well.....Have a look at the range as they have a few that you can pick from and if you know Steve Munn as he is the gentleman that was behind them as he will keep you right...I'm glad you enjoyed the video.. www.cadencefishing.co.uk/product-category/fly-fishing/single-handed-rods/ All the very best Davie
nice grilse to end with Davie , take the big rod and the wee rod , catch nout on the big rod , just take the wee one n get the salmo sods law . great fun and yea a tricky workout on the light gear , great fun though !!
What a day you had Davie, great watching you play that fish on the light tackle, fantastic skill and you were so calm. Thanks for sharing, great to see Murray
Well done Davie you have been trying all year to try get a Salmon on your salmon rod and to film it but there you go with your 5# Weight rod and 5lb nylon and on a nymph 👏 👏 Well done mate
Really nice video, and what a nice salmon. Gave me actually the idea to tie some larger nymphs on a #6 hook, for salmon. Could also be useful at lw conditions, when the fisheries are slow perhaps? 🤔 greetings from Norway
Hi @philippendlebury4518, No it's a concrete base with a metal hood on top, it's to stop the pool from getting netted by poachers, it should be further in the pool and below the water..It does look like horns like you would see on a sheep.. All the very best Davie
Hi Philip, The rod, line and reel that I was using are from Cadence so I have attached a link to the setup for you to see..They give you the line with the rod which is unusual for a company to do this.www.cadencefishing.co.uk/product/cadence-cf20-csm-9ft-fly-rods-cf20-sm-9ft-4/#fly-reel I'm glad you enjoy the videos.. All the very best Davie
Hi Davey, greetings from Dublin - may I ask do you think the fist fish at 12 mins in might have been a seatrout? There seemed to be definite blue sheen which made me wonder perhaps a sea trout in the system for a week or two
While watching you casting along the top of the water break isaw the line go tight and I struck before you and the wife said what's wrong isaid nothing I just caught a fish ?? Good fishing there looking at your cast is the dry fly on a dropper or tied to the hook????
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Outstanding skill Davie fighting that salmon on the lighter setup hats off to you bud.All the very best big man 👍🏻🏴👍🏻🏴👍🏻🏴
What a display of patience and skill to land that salmon on your trout leader. Well played, Davie!
Thanks for taking me along again davie ❤ fishing with you 😊
Great ad for Cadence fly rods. Salmon on a 4 wt. But I love that upper section. Perfect for the CDC Bloa. I smiled a lot. Thanks for having us along.
Excellent day! Lots of fish; nice way to bookend the first and last large fish of the day. Thanks for sharing Davie. 😃
I don't know who got more tired...you or the trout...good job Davie, great trout, patience has its reward....a hug
Wow! what a morning. Well done in landing that Salmon.
Great achievement Davie landing the Salmon. Its amazing what Salmon will take.
Brilliant morning's fishing so entertaining. Well done Davie. 👍
I’m not too sure who was more surprised, you or me? A few nice trout, sea trout & a SALMON!!!! Well done!!! Congrats!!!
And now at 8am, after my night shift, we watch the greatest video to fall asleep to. ASMR chilled fishing
*chefs kiss*
"My God, I've hooked a salmon!" 😅😂 Very well played on that light rigging, Davie! Thanks for sharing! 👍👍
A superb day of fishing and got that beautiful Salmon at last. Well done and thank you again!
Brilliant stuff Davie! Some people turn the nose up at a coloured Salmon! So what if it’s a Kipper! Well done! 👍🏻😁🎣
That first strike made me jump out of my seat.😮Lovely,lovely brown.Salar!
To catch that on the video was fantastic, you deserve it, for all your efforts, loved it thank you.
Lovely River the River Doon …great job playing that Salmon mate …awesome work 👍👍
Congratulations on your first Salmon of the season. These videos are so entertaining Davie. Appreciate the time and effort that goes into making these. Keep them up please.
That blows any theory they salmon don't feed when they enter the river, when they are taking tiny wee nymphs!! Brilliant Davie on light tackle 👌 👏
I don't know about 'feeding' but they certainly take trout flies freely when they want. I've fished rivers for trout and been polluted with salmon on #16/#14' flies (dry & wet) on 4 wt gear and 4lb line. Interesting to do...I've landed up to 10lb on light gear.
Takes some time, and there are points you wonder if it's as well to pull for a break when they sit on the bottom like a dug by the fire! I don't like the idea of that, so try my best to bring them to hand for unhooking.
More often than not I can, or the wee flee eventually comes away (that tends to be more a light wire hook bending though)
A wee flee generally hooks very well - they have no leverage around a bigger 'salmon size' hook to work it free.
Is it better to pull for a break and leave a salmon with a length of cast/and or a flee in its jaws, or is playing salmon carefully for a long time to avoid that and maybe stressing it unduly the wrong thing to do? That's a judgement call I can't make for anyone but myself.
I say I've been 'polluted wi salmon', because after spending up to 20 minutes stalking a cracking nebbing "trout" and devising the one-shot cast needed - watching a salmon strip your line away, and buggering about for another twenty minutes invents new sweary words.
Whether they have retained their instinct as parr/smolts to rise to wee flies and are doing it 'automatically', or they are actually feeding I don't know. Studies suggests they lose their ability to process and digest 'food' in rivers, so it's probably the former.
Does it happen often? Right place right time - for me it only occured after a few decades trout fishing. Maybe I was just older and could afford to travel to and fish rivers that salmon often run in.
Would I recommend it? Not really, it is annoying after the novelty wears off, but in saying that, the experience is definitely memorable - a springer/ trout double hookup I'll remember all my days!
😁👍
Not a bad morning Davie! Some skill getting that salmon in & back safely. Thanks for sharing. You've obviously tied some magic flies there ( & you've taught me how to tie a few over the years via RUclips). . Hope you have a couple more days before the season ends.
Great fishing Davie,well played,great video,really enjoy watching them,but have to mention the salmon,well done,all the best 🎣
What a workout on the nymph! Beautiful Salmon Davie.
Topper wee film 🎥. Keep them coming.
Love watching your videos.what a great mornings fishing and to catch a salmon wow.
One of my favourite videos, Davie. Thank you. Incredible scenery...the 'wee wall' and an insider's view of a wonderful river. Thanks..and cheers on the Salmon! Woohoo!!👍👏👏
Such an unexpected end to a mornings fishing. Great video and great advertisement for the river.
I enjoyed watching that Dave, da iawn.
I'd call that a very good day on the river, then for good measure, you hooked and landed a salmon on a wee troot flea! 😀
Great video! Several nice browns and a salmon for a bonus! Super evening!
Great video
Brilliant video Davie so look forward to your video's every week .
Absolutely beautiful river to fish. Good job landing that salmon.
Great video Davie. Looks a bonnie wee river. And we’ll played with the salmon 🎣😎👏
now thats a great fishing session ! well done Davie
Amazing video!! So calm and collected, I would have been shaking in my boots!
Agreed
Well done! Davie that was nice fish on a light leader 👍
And love the way you handled the salmon on returning to water - not dead weight under the heart as a lot of anglers when taking a pic.
Looked like a nice day with some really nice water to fish . Added bonus, you caught fish :-)
Well played 🎣 watch all your videos . This makes it all the better .
Wow, that was nail biting stuff. So cool you managed to land that salmon. Great video. The first trout was a belter!🤙🙂🏴
mastery and technique of reeling in a salmon on a trout rig, mastery, not one of them would already have wet panties, great video 👌
Much skill shown to land that fella, well done! A lovely video to watch to while away the time til next season starts 😊
Sono un pescatore a mosca guardo sempre le mosche che costruisce complimenti o inparato molto grazie😊
Sono molto. Contento che sia stato apprezzato avanti cosi
Great morning’s fishing Davie well done playing that fish on the wee trout rod
davie you did have a great morning that was one of your best outings yet i love it larry pauley n.c. u.s.a. have a great day
Wonderful 😮 thanks Davie superb👌
Very nice fish for the day.
Some lovely fish caught davie, and really well played, and safely returned, brilliant. Really enjoyed this it's got me itching to get out 🎣. I might need to try this nymphing, I fish the river earn, catch plenty sea trout swinging for salmon, but this nymphing looks deadly and enjoyable, wouldn't have a clue where to start and what flies to try tie up. 🙈
Well done Dave 👍🎣great wee buzz landing a Salmon on a light set up, I've had a few take my small nymphs when euro nymphing the last few seasons on a 3 weight rod, for some reason the Salmon guys don't seem to approve 🤔😉😉
Well done Davie, neither wunner yer erm wis gowpin ma heid wis nippin jist watchin the yin ye rummlt early on wis a good fish even l felt the pull !
Cracking session,great watching it 👌
Well done, what a session !
Wel done, Superb fishing 👍🏻👍🏻
Well done Davie, excellent bit of fishing
Nice Salmon on the fly. 👍🏾
right i will need to tie this nymph now
Outstanding!
Fantastic Davie lovely river what rod setup are you using thinking of buying a new rod for next season thanks from Ireland
Hi @G78.79,
I was using a Cadence rod 9ft 4# which I have used for the last couple of years to fish mostly dry fly but it's also very good for fishing wets and nymphs and you can catch the odd salmon as well.....Have a look at the range as they have a few that you can pick from and if you know Steve Munn as he is the gentleman that was behind them as he will keep you right...I'm glad you enjoyed the video..
www.cadencefishing.co.uk/product-category/fly-fishing/single-handed-rods/
All the very best Davie
@@DavieMcPhail Thanks Davie yes I fish on one of the rivers Stevie Munn fishes on for dallagan thanks again for great video 👍
Congratulations on a great catch. Your the man. 😊
A morning to remember.
nice grilse to end with Davie , take the big rod and the wee rod , catch nout on the big rod , just take the wee one n get the salmo sods law . great fun and yea a tricky workout on the light gear , great fun though !!
What a morning 👍
Nice one Davie ! 😉
Superb
great vidio
🤘🏻🤘🏻🖤🖤👍🏻👍🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻beautiful fish ... nice .....all the best from 🇨🇭
Thanks for sharing.
Super job 👍
What a day you had Davie, great watching you play that fish on the light tackle, fantastic skill and you were so calm. Thanks for sharing, great to see
Murray
Incredible
Well done Davie you have been trying all year to try get a Salmon on your salmon rod and to film it but there you go with your 5# Weight rod and 5lb nylon and on a nymph 👏 👏 Well done mate
Really nice video, and what a nice salmon. Gave me actually the idea to tie some larger nymphs on a #6 hook, for salmon. Could also be useful at lw conditions, when the fisheries are slow perhaps? 🤔 greetings from Norway
well done
Hi Davie. At 9.58 is that a dead sheep in the water? Nice video - not just a master fly tyer - well done!
Hi @philippendlebury4518,
No it's a concrete base with a metal hood on top, it's to stop the pool from getting netted by poachers, it should be further in the pool and below the water..It does look like horns like you would see on a sheep..
All the very best Davie
Hi Davie, love the videos, nice to hook them on the nymph what setup do you use, rod, reel, flyline?
Hi Philip,
The rod, line and reel that I was using are from Cadence so I have attached a link to the setup for you to see..They give you the line with the rod which is unusual for a company to do this.www.cadencefishing.co.uk/product/cadence-cf20-csm-9ft-fly-rods-cf20-sm-9ft-4/#fly-reel
I'm glad you enjoy the videos..
All the very best Davie
Hi Davey, greetings from Dublin - may I ask do you think the fist fish at 12 mins in might have been a seatrout? There seemed to be definite blue sheen which made me wonder perhaps a sea trout in the system for a week or two
It was a great day, wasn't it... =]
Mike
Expect the unexpected 🎣
While watching you casting along the top of the water break isaw the line go tight and I struck before you and the wife said what's wrong isaid nothing I just caught a fish ?? Good fishing there looking at your cast is the dry fly on a dropper or tied to the hook????
Fantastic stuff. What's a kipper?
❤
Top fishing on light tackle Davie
get a number 1 gold Mepp on lol
Spoken like a true asshole!