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Very difficult to hold a fish that size by the wrist when you're on your own.

Very well done Manfred. I really like how you correctly beached the fish below you and released in the water. A great lesson for many salmon anglers who insist on holding them up excessively for the purpose of a photograph. Four cracking fish as well.

Hey Manfred. I've fished NFFC water in the past but I don't recognise that pool. Which is it?

Beautiful! Thanks! th-cam.com/video/tN7MkmiCaGs/w-d-xo.html

Massive fish!

unverantwortlich ! Ohne Watstock zwischen den Steinen rumstolpern mit einem Kleinkind in der Kraxe.....man man man.... Ob das auch gepostet würde, wenn das Kleine nach einem Sturz geblutet und geschrien hätte ? Tolles Vorbild.... Wir Angler haben schon so eine schlechte Lobby in der Öffentlichkeit (Deutschland) , da brauch man solch Bilder nicht! Ansonsten - toller Fisch !

Great footage! Thanks for sharing it!

Nice catch Manfred! Very few fly fishermen catch such a wonderful salmon in their lifetime! Best regards from Flensburg!

Fine fine fish and some beautiful casting!👍

Wow! That is a serious salmon. Beautiful. How lucky are you guys?

I could watch him cast all day

Nets are very useful.

that was awfull

we have fish like that in 40 ft wide streams in NY state off of Lake Ontario & 15 lb brown trout, coho, king & 12 lb steelhead & larger -for free!

I don’t get it ! Why would all these eejits watch a wonderful bit of video like this and then whine about how this very skilled fisherman went about it ? all this crap about nets(they may not be allowed on this stretch) and lactic acid !

Brilliant fishing in a wonderful river well done to you 👍🏼

Stunning fish always make sure to have a net with you next time lovely fish 👍🏼

Try Alaska, no place even compares! Simple!🤣😉

And if you intend to release the fish, a long fight is the antithesis of a good game plan. A long fight causes oxygen depletion in the muscle tissue and the resulting lactic acid can kill the fish, or make it so weak and slow it can't survive after the release.

wow!!!! Well done sir!!

Grab it by the tail instead of netting it? Ridiculous

That's a BIG fish!

This is the closest i get to my youth catching sea trout and salmon Very nice clean fish

wow pretty

What is a Gaula Salmon??

Lot of experts on here

Not a great way to try and ‘land’ a good salmon. Very lucky not have lost it. But really enjoyed the river and the take.

Way peplos wen catch fish they messing around to Mach Why'd the fisch??? Specifically Wen the fish need be back on the water¿?¿

Graźi treniruotè ...,

Could you center the fisherman and zoom in a bit….😑

Just for the Drill of it… sinnloser Stress für den Fisch. Nice fish

What a well-deserved fish. No publicity-seeking, no fuss. Just a quick moment to admire the fish and a careful return to ensure its chance to spawn. You are an angler we would all do well to copy. It's forty years since I netted a 38pound fish from the river Teifi in Wales. That went straight into someone's freezer. Maybe they would still be there if they had been treated with the same respect as this guy shows. Hat's off to you sir

That guy needs to use a net. Fish can die due to too much stress and energy loss fighting for such a long time. He was struggling fish showed him some serious power.

Well played.

Gaula river here in california? we have a river by that name

well done Manfred

Great video!

Lovely fish and great commentary - you have the knack 🙂

For the cost to fish there i would expect a gillie to be on hand !

If fishing was easy it would be called catching

Great video , how there salmon is big ! 🙂

What a salmon. WOOOW What was the succesful fly pattern? Single or double hook? Grusse aus Tschechien, Petr.

Hi Manfred, great video and great fight of both ! It is very nice to see you play this beauty of a powerful female Atlantic Salmon. A pleasure for everybody who enjoys this kind of elaborated way of catching and releasing such amazing fishes....well done !

Well done that man. BUT what has happened to the time honoured tradition of using a Gye Net? I feel that this angler can count himself lucky, that this monster stayed attached after all the Faffing around to land it!!!

Thats fantastic, so exciting to see the take!

A net on your back could have saved a few minutes. Stunning looking pool!

Wonderfull nature. 👏👏👏

Hi Well I have to say the sad thing about this is the unnecessary, protracted play out of the fish, the ridiculous missed grabs at the fish, exhausted by its efforts to get free, it will be in an poor state. This fish carries the genetics so important for the survivability of the Atlantic Salmon, painful to watch at the end and rather ridiculous.

I think you will find Manfred that a net is easier than stressing the fish out !!!!

Hi Manfred, great to see a wonderful fishing video without the garnishing of stupid music