A nice fish today.

[Bushwhacker]

Decided to have a few hours today,glad i did.
Hooked on my 4th cast on a size 8 Cascade.
It wieghed 22-1/2lb in the net,which wieghs 2lb when wet.
No pics as the lens on my phone was burred with something which i found out after returning the fish.
I ended up leaving the hook in as i would have caused too much damage trying to get it out.
Heres some footage taken on my headcam....

https://vimeo.com/40598162

Hooked and lost another further downstream,it was only on for seconds.

[jimmy]

Nice one dave mate, good footage too

[fish fingers]

welldone mate brilliant video and a awesome fish again welldone

[GerryBerry]

Nice fish Bushy well done.great report.

[Charlton]

nice one dave, bit early with the landing net, and where were the crowd, great vid.

[billfish4853]

nice fish there mate, it put up a good fight bet your arm was aching after that but nice to see it safely returned

[Bushwhacker]

nice one dave, bit early with the landing net, and where were the crowd, great vid.

Hooked a fish like that on Easter sunday Alan.
I had an audience of about 30 people on the wall and the bridge,then i lost it after 10 minutes and they all sighed and i cursed.
Unless you mean the Snatchers,bit early in the year for them.....

[beachbuddy]

Decided to have a few hours today,glad i did.
Hooked on my 4th cast on a size 8 Cascade.
It wieghed 22-1/2lb in the net,which wieghs 2lb when wet.
No pics as the lens on my phone was burred with something which i found out after returning the fish.
I ended up leaving the hook in as i would have caused too much damage trying to get it out.
Heres some footage taken on my headcam....

https://vimeo.com/40598162

Hooked and lost another further downstream,it was only on for seconds.

Top dog 57 you must be the John Wilson of the north east well done

[CHOPPER]

Cracking stuff mate, great post!! Well done!!!!

[Davey1970]

that`s a belter m8, well done, good video aswell

[Kev1n]

Well done, you’re pulling them out at rate of knots.

The water in the vid looks very slow flowing, do you have to work and retrieve the fly much or do you just let it sink to fish slow and deep in the cold water?

[Bushwhacker]

Well done, you’re pulling them out at rate of knots.

The water in the vid looks very slow flowing, do you have to work and retrieve the fly much or do you just let it sink to fish slow and deep in the cold water?

There was a little flow and i fished square accross with a slow retrieve.
Had a lot of fish from there over the years,its usualy better with another 6 inches in for the fly.
I won,t be up for a couple of days now,theres 3ft went in overnight.

[billyturbot]

very nice fish well done enjoyed the footage

[GerryBerry]

Hooked a fish like that on Easter sunday Alan.
I had an audience of about 30 people on the wall and the bridge,then i lost it after 10 minutes and they all sighed and i cursed.
Unless you mean the Snatchers,bit early in the year for them.....

Snatchers? I remember when you...........yes you Bushwacker were a prolific Snatcher along with Gippa, and all the rest!. Poachers turned Gamekeepers make me sick. Long live lead core and the vmc 4......proper tools for catching fish.

[Bushwhacker]

Snatchers? I remember when you...........yes you Bushwacker were a prolific Snatcher along with Gippa, and all the rest!. Poachers turned Gamekeepers make me sick. Long live lead core and the vmc 4......proper tools for catching fish.

That was 20 years ago mate,i catch plenty legaly now.
Very rarely even kill a fish now.