The Gift Part 1 Tackle

Recent research has shown that almost all fish will survive if they are treated properly, according to a simple set of rules. This section covers fishing equipment from hooks to fishing rods.
Three anglers fished Bywell beat, River Tyne on the last 2 days of the season in search of Atlantic Salmon with Professor Ken Whelan from the Atlantic Salmon Trust. Despite almost mid-summer conditions, our volunteer anglers provided us with two magnificent seventeen pound cock fish and a beautiful, silver 5 pounder. Fittingly the first 17lb fish fell to 19 year old Jess England, the youngest of our anglers and the second brute was caught by 77 year old Tom Robinson
Survival rates for salmon are greatly increased if proper angling techniques and equipment is used, and practices for catching, handling and releasing fish are adopted.
The Gift has been filmed in 3 parts:
Part One: Tackle
Part Two: Planning The River
Part Three: Catch And Release
Thank you to the following who made this possible.
Bywell Estate
Lord & Lady Allendale
Gary Hillary
Linda Blair
Terry Paton
FishPal Anne Woodcock
Professor Ken Whelan
Presenter Andy Ford
Camera man Laurence Weaver
Our anglers:
Jess England
Tom Robinson
Tom Leslie
John Simm
Photographs of anglers with fish:
Mark Lloyd
Anne Woodcock
Sam Mutters
Special thanks to the Atlantic Salmon Trust, Angling Trust and FishPal. Mackenzie Fly Fishing. Partridge of Redditch. Caledonia Fly Company.
To find out more information about salmon fishing in the UK please contact FishPal
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Filmed on location on Bywell Beat, River Tyne and the Hexham FishPass

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What make was the 40lb leader line

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Neil we didn't use 40lb leader line - it was 15lb Maxima that was used - [e-mail]