I love seeing when you release those beautiful fish. Also I have been following your channel for more than 10 years. Your channel made me start tying my own flies although they dont quite resemble your lovely handycraft. You are a true inspiration Davie! ❤
Theres been 2 people that have been inspiring in my salmon fishing. Davie McPhail and Simon Gawesworth. One i learned to throw a fly from (and was lucky to do a days ficlshing with him last week) the othe I learned to tie flies from. Might meet Davie some day you never know. Like Simon thanks for passing on all your knowledge Davie.
Thanks Davie . In fishing , there's nothing tae beat thrill of the take, of a fresh run salmon. And that was as ye said . A nice fish, nice to see it going back.👍
So nice to see that there are still the odd one about. On my local river, a Yorkshire one, the decline in salmon and all other fish over the last 12 years or so has been shocking, and concerning. I had 17 in three years on moving up here, and none for last 8 years, and seen little sign. 🙁
Its always amazed me you can put your fly on a salmons head a 100 times and then the next cast it takes it..Well done Davie and most important fish returned safely..Well done sir...
Really nice to see you catch a healthy, strong salmon Davie on a lovely rod and light setup on one of your local rivers ...plenty of water for a Scottish 'summer's day' too...well done, think you've caught a few salmon before :) not sure I'd know how to play and land such a beauty... very pleased for you...hope you had a celebratory cup of tea or something a wee bit stronger to celebrate afterward with David and Craig👍🎣
Congratulations, that is a proper salmon, now you have to catch a bigger one. I love seeing a big fish run up stream, I saw salmon jump up three-foot waterfalls running up stream after being hooked. However, you had better start walking if one runs downstream because the big ones seldom ever come back. Your chances of losing that battle are sealed. I saw it happen many times. It only takes too much line pressure to turn them sideways and send them shooting downstream. That is a no fun thing to do, I just keep light pressure on them and let them get wore out. They almost never come to the net the first time you think you can net them either.👏👍😆👏
Lovely work with fish and the video. Wish we had salmon like that in Australian rivers. Interested to hear what line/leader set up you were using on the cadence micro spey rod?
Hi @1MattFugazzi, It's an Atlantic Salmon and it was a lovely fish fish to catch especially at this time of year on the River Doon.. All the very best Davie
saturday here in brisbane fly back to aberdeen on thursday will be fishing the don next week in my club we all watch your fly tying l sometimes have to translate
Hi @andreashaase1540, I have attached a link to the 8wt version of the Microspey rod I use on the Doon, it's a lovely rod to fish especially on these small spate waters.. www.cadencefishing.co.uk/product/ian-gordon-micro-spey-rods-11ft-3/ All the very best Davie
Great fight, wonderfull fish Davie. Congratulations from the south of Chile!
I love seeing when you release those beautiful fish. Also I have been following your channel for more than 10 years. Your channel made me start tying my own flies although they dont quite resemble your lovely handycraft. You are a true inspiration Davie! ❤
A really nice Salmon, Well done Davie. It makes all the hours of Fly Tying worth it when you catch a fish as good as this. Regards,
Wayne 😀👏
Brilliant Davie, fantastic to see them even when there numbers are so low , even better watching them go back nice and strong 💪 👍 well done mate 👏
Nicely done we used to fish for them here in Maine in the 80's no more sure miss it
Beautiful place
Fantastic davie well done handled with utmost care and away safely .thanks for posting
Now that was fun. Really strong fish and back to fight another day. Thanks for taking us along.
Wow. Such a beautiful video. Great to see such a fantastic catch and it being treated with such respect. Wonderful as always❤❤.
The water was perfect, a great take and very well played Davie. Awesome video
Excellent Davie, what a lovely fish and a great scrap! Thanks for sharing!
Brilliant, the advert timing created a real cliffhanger when it went under the tree! 😂
Enjoyed that Davie, well played and a really strong fish which gave you a great scrap, well done!👏🎣😊👍
Well done Mr. McPhail. A black fly with a touch of orange (or red) and yellow works everywhere and anytime on Atlantic salmon in my opinion
Theres been 2 people that have been inspiring in my salmon fishing. Davie McPhail and Simon Gawesworth. One i learned to throw a fly from (and was lucky to do a days ficlshing with him last week) the othe I learned to tie flies from. Might meet Davie some day you never know. Like Simon thanks for passing on all your knowledge Davie.
That's a lovely clean looking fish. Well done.
Cracking fish. And a photo that will live on for many years to come
Brilliant Davie. Good angling, you played, landed and returned the fish spot on. Well done!
Lovely fish and lovely water reminds me of a stretch of the river Nairn 🤝👍 well done 👍
Awesome Salmon 👍🎏👍
Good Luck on the water 👍
The Vermonter
Thanks Davie . In fishing , there's nothing tae beat thrill of the take, of a fresh run salmon. And that was as ye said . A nice fish, nice to see it going back.👍
Nice to see a beautiful rare silver tourist, glad to see there are still some about. Well done. Love the channel. Keep up the good work
Well done Davie, that fish put up a good fight
Congratulations Davie, nice fish, well done and here’s to more during the season.
Nicely done Davie,your patience won the day slowly working your fly down to the fish you spotted.First of many I hope.
What a beautiful fish Davie, thank you for sharing the experience.
Excellent video. This is the best fight I have seen on fly fishing video.
So nice to see that there are still the odd one about.
On my local river, a Yorkshire one, the decline in salmon and all other fish over the last 12 years or so has been shocking, and concerning.
I had 17 in three years on moving up here, and none for last 8 years, and seen little sign.
🙁
Great job Davie, that was a beautiful fish.
Fantastic Davie! Bet you enjoyed that! It was great for us to watch too!
Well done Davie …. congratulations on opening your account.. wishing you the best of luck and hopefully you’ll have many more .
Its always amazed me you can put your fly on a salmons head a 100 times
and then the next cast it takes it..Well done Davie and most important
fish returned safely..Well done sir...
Great video davie and beautiful fish. Really enjoy watching your videos. Keep up the excellent content 👍😀
Cracking fight and a belter of a fish.
Watched this as its lashing down outside
What a great fight from a fish that size and a very nice release. Kudos.
Congrats !! Nice fight with a honorable end !! Beautiful.
Davie amazing video and fish I look forward to your videos thanks from Belfast 👍
Very cool & keep up the great fishing & fly tying, the best.🧑🌾👍🎣🐟
Cracking salmon & great video Davie well done 🐟🎣
Congratulations davie, well done.
Thanks for taking me salmon fishing davie well done sir 😂
Cracking fish Davie, well done. Cheers 👍
Superb fishing !
Cracking fish, nicely filmed too. Well done.
As we say here on the Foyle system, you're off the bus! It's always great to see fish on the move and hook up. Congratulations
Epic fight Davie, great footage, well done sir!
Oh, that was a Beauty!! Well Done!!!
Nice one Davie. Cheers from Canada.
i love fighting them big fish in fast water not only are you fighting the fish but the water as well nice work!!!
Well done Davie that salmon was in great shape
👍👏👏
Congrats, Davie!
I congratulate you Davie, beautiful specimen...a hug
Lovely fish, well played and returned, cheers
Waow nice fish, congrats 👍👊
Cracking fish and interesting fly colour selection, well done!
Wow outstanding. Well played too
Absolutely brilliant.
Cracking fish, well done!
Very nice fish Davie good fight and back strong brilliant
Class Davie! Some fish that. What was the line you were using? That cadence rod def doing the business!
Lovely fish, patience is the key!
Wow! What a beauty, well done
Wonderful ❤, strong fish!
Really nice to see you catch a healthy, strong salmon Davie on a lovely rod and light setup on one of your local rivers ...plenty of water for a Scottish 'summer's day' too...well done, think you've caught a few salmon before :) not sure I'd know how to play and land such a beauty... very pleased for you...hope you had a celebratory cup of tea or something a wee bit stronger to celebrate afterward with David and Craig👍🎣
What a hell of a fight!
Congratulaciones David🎉
Well done sir that's a good 👍 size from small river like that
Beauty catch, well done 👍🏻
Fantastic fish 💯💯🎣🎣🎣🎣
Davie not only ties flies but knows how to use them too!
Great fight , well played 👍👍
Well done davie 🎣excellent
congratulations,good work
😊😊 a sizeable fish, well done!
Now that's the video Davie . Belter !
Well Done Davie! Well Done!
Congrats🎉
Well done Davies that's the way!!!,
Congratulations, that is a proper salmon, now you have to catch a bigger one. I love seeing a big fish run up stream, I saw salmon jump up three-foot waterfalls running up stream after being hooked. However, you had better start walking if one runs downstream because the big ones seldom ever come back. Your chances of losing that battle are sealed. I saw it happen many times. It only takes too much line pressure to turn them sideways and send them shooting downstream. That is a no fun thing to do, I just keep light pressure on them and let them get wore out. They almost never come to the net the first time you think you can net them either.👏👍😆👏
Congratulations Davie. Expertly done. Jealous!
Cracking vid Davie guid to see some local water just keep up yer guid work and thanks.
Gratulacje nice fish
whooooo big fish bravo Davie
Nice.
Well done 👍
Great Salmon man!
Lovely fish Davie and a pleasure as always to watch you fish…
sweet for the first of the season
Lovely work with fish and the video. Wish we had salmon like that in Australian rivers. Interested to hear what line/leader set up you were using on the cadence micro spey rod?
Bonita suelta👏👏👏👏
Nice one Davie.
Davie, what a great fish there. What kind of salmon is that you’re fishing for?
Hi @1MattFugazzi,
It's an Atlantic Salmon and it was a lovely fish fish to catch especially at this time of year on the River Doon..
All the very best Davie
Some scrap Davy, great to see! What fly did you get him on? ;-)
saturday here in brisbane fly back to aberdeen on thursday will be fishing the don next week in my club we all watch your fly tying l sometimes have to translate
Magic Davie.
Nice one 🥰
👍💪Приятно видеть!
SUPER, Davie
That's very early for the Doon especially that far up river
Well done Davie, beautiful salmon. What rod (lengths and #) do you fish on a river like this?
Hi @andreashaase1540,
I have attached a link to the 8wt version of the Microspey rod I use on the Doon, it's a lovely rod to fish especially on these small spate waters..
www.cadencefishing.co.uk/product/ian-gordon-micro-spey-rods-11ft-3/
All the very best Davie