Well done, Sandy. Wonderful fish, and it certainly gave a good account of itself. Glad I played a small role in helping you to achieve your PB trout!!🙂
Thanks Ross you played a role in catching that fish not just for showing me that the 26gram Tassie devils work but for demonstrating the use of the Alvey Trolling reels with leadline I bought those reels after seeing you use them in your videos, and I often wondered until now how you would handle a big fish on them because of them only having drag when you let go of the handles, I actually had the drag very loose and was feathering the reel a bit to control the drag pressure when the fish was running, so yes they can handle a big fish, love these reels, it is good how when you want to wind them in there is no slippage from the drag so you can crank them straight in quick.
@@akhector thanks mate. The Alvey's are such a simple and sturdy design. I'm still using one that first went into service more than 20 years ago, and has never been serviced. Such a pity that they are no longer being produced. Excellent video and I can't wait for the next one!
@FishtalkVideo thanks Ross, making these videos keeps your mind active that's for sure, so many possibilities! I reckon the noise of the clicker on the Alvey reel sounds pretty cool when the fish pull line out too! Yes you have to be lucky to find one of those reels these days, the other good thing about them is they were never all that expensive
Getting closer to the magic 10lb brown Camo, in the new generation maybe it should be 80cm+ class, the old measure was 10lb clean, so thankful now for catch and release..pete
Thanks so much Peter I'm learning all the time,I just got back from Eucumbene and gained a bit of experience, you learn a lot by trial and error and also by listening to what others have to say.I have got the bigger net happening now wider and a longer handle, it makes a lot of difference, it could be the difference between landing the fish or not, probably the main motivation for the bigger net is so a big fish can sit in it more nicely without jumping out while you get ready to take a photo before you release it, It's the Berkley Snapper net with the botom cut out and another net attached to make it twice as deep, the extra large Barra net was ridiculously big, the boat is not big enough for it! You just raised the bar by saying 10lb cleaned was the old magic mark.Just googled trout lose approximately 10% of weight after cleaning so that would be just under 11lb.
@akhector those 1% add up when a double arrives, especially solo - those Hume monsters really dictate terms. A longer net will help? 10% gut weight would be right, but in any measure a 10lb brown is special!! I was on my own when I landed my double(11'2oz - 80cm) and I had to let it circle the boat 5x before I got a shot as the wind kept drifting me just out of reach..no spot lock back then. The length measure has now superseded weight, as you'd release due to comps and catch release from AFC(1990's) We fished the Hume classic 2 weeks ago, biggest brown 56cm and golden 68cm. The live scoper's are at the forefront of modern fishing and creating some hype. They're setting the bar higher every year but adding to the education of best practise in technique and handling fish for better release survival. There is so much more respect now for trophy fish being a renewable resource and its helped with the sharing of info to help the whole tribe of us improve. Amazing how much on the water communication there was, no secret squirels any more due to new practises. It's ace😃👍We helped a block who was trolling all day for 0, change lures and get straight on to a 53cm golden for a ticket in draw. He came back around and thanked us. Nat caught 3 cod first up before our first golden - which was different, few more years Hume metres hey! I won a sponsorship shirt (XL), gave to Ray's big mate, no good for a whippet..hope Eucumbene was kind, we went 1st week of Oct, nat managed a $1000 tagged rainbow in 35km winds, 1 tangle, thete was 200 released Sept, green tags, anyway we'll catch up camo and keep focussed on that big double, it's a worthy club to be part of, trouti!
@akhector the photo was really good, that fish looked fat as, on your own too - love how set up you were, ready to go, like always camo - regards Pete and Nat thommo
@peterthompson230 Thanks Peter, yes there are so many 1% ers, so many little things you can do to improve your chances.You caught some good fish at the classic a respectable Brown and a massive Yellowbelly! Yes the livescope has completely changed the scene, it also shows fish behaviour never seen before and even if livescope was taken away people would still have the knowledge learned from it.35km/hr winds sounds hectic, wind is a constant problem at Eucumbene the still days are far and few between, We caught a few fish but you had to work for them nothing huge but several 50cms and a 57cm both me and the people I went up with caught a tagged rainbow both on the same day in a similar area I didn't know about what the tag was so I didn't get the required photos so I am kicking myself over that but the other people knew what is was and took the photos.That is what it is all about helping that bloke out to get him onto a yellowbelly great stuff it is very rewarding getting other people onto fish great for peoples mental health.I might see you around the traps at some stage.Got dodgers? They are not easy to get,I have seen some on ebay from China going to see what they are like, I had two leadline rods out at Eucumbene on Friday with 13gm tassies 1 with a dodger in front of it and one with no dodger caught 3 on the dodger rod and then put a dodger on both rods and caught another one they did have different colour tassies .
@@akhector camo, nat and I are steve starlo advocates, finesse approach. We stopped using leadline many years ago, never used dodgers at Euc, if you understand the lake you'll know why..(I'll explain 1 day in person). We did a 2 day run in June and 3 days in Oct, for 10 fish 9, 12, 12 and 14 browns(couple of monsters), basically a bag a day for 2 anglers using bare basic finesse rigs. It's really the accumulation of decades on the water, local knowledge and being with the right people that counts! Old Jonesy used to run cowbells 40 years ago...we keep it as easy as possible, starting a new job with 5 days training today so going dark for 8 weeks, off line until Euc xmas - so I can put my mind focus directly on work, tight lines regards trouti
Thanks Samuel yes the Dodgers are pretty hard to find, I got mine from a shop called Cappers Pro Tackle in Wodonga, he didn't have any left last time I checked about a week ago he said he may get them again at some stage maybe have a look if you happen to be passing through, just had a look and you can get them on Amazon, it is usually $9 for postage if it's your 1st order with Amazon it might be free delivery, I generally find Amazon is the best for getting stuff from the United States as it seems to negate the exorbitant postage costs normally associated with the United States.The beauty of the Dodgers is they can handle the faster trolling speeds required by Tassie Devil Lures, hope you can get hold of some 🤟
@@MrBeartheoriginaljust had a look on Amazon Australia and it looks like you can get them could be from China but they are pretty good at copying things, get on it Trevor😍
Update! I have found dodgers on ebay some from China for cheaper then the same ones in Australia for maybe twice as much just depends how quick you want them around $6 from China maybe $10 from Australia, you could wait 3-6weeks from China most of them free postage can't guarantee what they are like have ordered a few myself to see what they are like.
haha wo - ho the fish are getting bigger! Cracking fish Sandy. Wonderful specimen indeed. Couple of tense moments when the big buck ran for it. 8lb leader held on and so did your nerve. Congrats- great viewing.
Thanks Michael yes the fish was a fair bit bigger than the first one!those tense moments have inspired me to get a bigger net which is wider across and importantly has a longer handle, I like a long leader but that can make it harder to net the fish I reckon in hindsight I should of just cut the electric completely when I went to net the fish, normally I keep the boat moving a little bit to keep the other line from sinking to the botom and snagging also the slider needs to be moving not to drop down and wrap around the main line.The fight was edited so it was longer than it appeared! It was caught right on the moonrise somthing I am starting to take notice of now.
Haha I love your coffee cup, it suits you perfectly. Haha 😂😂 HOMIE....This was EPIC. I loved it. I laughed so much at a few of the scenes. Haha BRILLIANT.
Thanks Homie! The fish certainly had "the bigger look" 😂 I reckon I should of filmed the coffee cup sequence in 4k for the zoom in,somtimes you don't set out to do somthing you just see it when your editing and run with it!
Great Stuff Sandy, definitely getting more professional each and every video. That is certainly a fish of a lifetime and well deserved. I thought "holy shit that net, oh no", glad to hear you got a new net. I have seen enough of the frying pan, yabby, butterfly and other crappy nets 😂😂😂.
Thanks Trevor always looking for improvement it just occurred to me that i could of filmed some of the shorter sequences in 4k, can't do that for the whole thing because it has a lot of issues associated with it.You have seen the worst case scenarios play out with these frying pan nets more than once, it is somthing very close to your heart 🤣 hopefully this net will be ready for Eucumbene I have to modify the bracket it sits on as well to accommodate the extra size.
Awesome work sandy
Thanks Michael
Well done, Sandy. Wonderful fish, and it certainly gave a good account of itself. Glad I played a small role in helping you to achieve your PB trout!!🙂
Thanks Ross you played a role in catching that fish not just for showing me that the 26gram Tassie devils work but for demonstrating the use of the Alvey Trolling reels with leadline I bought those reels after seeing you use them in your videos, and I often wondered until now how you would handle a big fish on them because of them only having drag when you let go of the handles, I actually had the drag very loose and was feathering the reel a bit to control the drag pressure when the fish was running, so yes they can handle a big fish, love these reels, it is good how when you want to wind them in there is no slippage from the drag so you can crank them straight in quick.
@@akhector thanks mate. The Alvey's are such a simple and sturdy design. I'm still using one that first went into service more than 20 years ago, and has never been serviced. Such a pity that they are no longer being produced. Excellent video and I can't wait for the next one!
@FishtalkVideo thanks Ross, making these videos keeps your mind active that's for sure, so many possibilities! I reckon the noise of the clicker on the Alvey reel sounds pretty cool when the fish pull line out too! Yes you have to be lucky to find one of those reels these days, the other good thing about them is they were never all that expensive
Awesome video really enjoyed it! new subscriber
Thanks heaps for the feedback and the subscribe Rocco!
Getting closer to the magic 10lb brown Camo, in the new generation maybe it should be 80cm+ class, the old measure was 10lb clean, so thankful now for catch and release..pete
Thanks so much Peter I'm learning all the time,I just got back from Eucumbene and gained a bit of experience, you learn a lot by trial and error and also by listening to what others have to say.I have got the bigger net happening now wider and a longer handle, it makes a lot of difference, it could be the difference between landing the fish or not, probably the main motivation for the bigger net is so a big fish can sit in it more nicely without jumping out while you get ready to take a photo before you release it, It's the Berkley Snapper net with the botom cut out and another net attached to make it twice as deep, the extra large Barra net was ridiculously big, the boat is not big enough for it! You just raised the bar by saying 10lb cleaned was the old magic mark.Just googled trout lose approximately 10% of weight after cleaning so that would be just under 11lb.
@akhector those 1% add up when a double arrives, especially solo - those Hume monsters really dictate terms. A longer net will help? 10% gut weight would be right, but in any measure a 10lb brown is special!! I was on my own when I landed my double(11'2oz - 80cm) and I had to let it circle the boat 5x before I got a shot as the wind kept drifting me just out of reach..no spot lock back then. The length measure has now superseded weight, as you'd release due to comps and catch release from AFC(1990's) We fished the Hume classic 2 weeks ago, biggest brown 56cm and golden 68cm. The live scoper's are at the forefront of modern fishing and creating some hype. They're setting the bar higher every year but adding to the education of best practise in technique and handling fish for better release survival. There is so much more respect now for trophy fish being a renewable resource and its helped with the sharing of info to help the whole tribe of us improve. Amazing how much on the water communication there was, no secret squirels any more due to new practises. It's ace😃👍We helped a block who was trolling all day for 0, change lures and get straight on to a 53cm golden for a ticket in draw. He came back around and thanked us. Nat caught 3 cod first up before our first golden - which was different, few more years Hume metres hey! I won a sponsorship shirt (XL), gave to Ray's big mate, no good for a whippet..hope Eucumbene was kind, we went 1st week of Oct, nat managed a $1000 tagged rainbow in 35km winds, 1 tangle, thete was 200 released Sept, green tags, anyway we'll catch up camo and keep focussed on that big double, it's a worthy club to be part of, trouti!
@akhector the photo was really good, that fish looked fat as, on your own too - love how set up you were, ready to go, like always camo - regards Pete and Nat thommo
@peterthompson230 Thanks Peter, yes there are so many 1% ers, so many little things you can do to improve your chances.You caught some good fish at the classic a respectable Brown and a massive Yellowbelly! Yes the livescope has completely changed the scene, it also shows fish behaviour never seen before and even if livescope was taken away people would still have the knowledge learned from it.35km/hr winds sounds hectic, wind is a constant problem at Eucumbene the still days are far and few between, We caught a few fish but you had to work for them nothing huge but several 50cms and a 57cm both me and the people I went up with caught a tagged rainbow both on the same day in a similar area I didn't know about what the tag was so I didn't get the required photos so I am kicking myself over that but the other people knew what is was and took the photos.That is what it is all about helping that bloke out to get him onto a yellowbelly great stuff it is very rewarding getting other people onto fish great for peoples mental health.I might see you around the traps at some stage.Got dodgers? They are not easy to get,I have seen some on ebay from China going to see what they are like, I had two leadline rods out at Eucumbene on Friday with 13gm tassies 1 with a dodger in front of it and one with no dodger caught 3 on the dodger rod and then put a dodger on both rods and caught another one they did have different colour tassies .
@@akhector camo, nat and I are steve starlo advocates, finesse approach. We stopped using leadline many years ago, never used dodgers at Euc, if you understand the lake you'll know why..(I'll explain 1 day in person). We did a 2 day run in June and 3 days in Oct, for 10 fish 9, 12, 12 and 14 browns(couple of monsters), basically a bag a day for 2 anglers using bare basic finesse rigs. It's really the accumulation of decades on the water, local knowledge and being with the right people that counts! Old Jonesy used to run cowbells 40 years ago...we keep it as easy as possible, starting a new job with 5 days training today so going dark for 8 weeks, off line until Euc xmas - so I can put my mind focus directly on work, tight lines regards trouti
Excellent fishing, no shops in Canberra had any dodgers to buy
@@Samuel-yd7po dodgers are extremely hard to come by, there is a shop in Wodonga that has limited supply at times.
Thanks Samuel yes the Dodgers are pretty hard to find, I got mine from a shop called Cappers Pro Tackle in Wodonga, he didn't have any left last time I checked about a week ago he said he may get them again at some stage maybe have a look if you happen to be passing through, just had a look and you can get them on Amazon, it is usually $9 for postage if it's your 1st order with Amazon it might be free delivery, I generally find Amazon is the best for getting stuff from the United States as it seems to negate the exorbitant postage costs normally associated with the United States.The beauty of the Dodgers is they can handle the faster trolling speeds required by Tassie Devil Lures, hope you can get hold of some 🤟
@@MrBeartheoriginaljust had a look on Amazon Australia and it looks like you can get them could be from China but they are pretty good at copying things, get on it Trevor😍
Update! I have found dodgers on ebay some from China for cheaper then the same ones in Australia for maybe twice as much just depends how quick you want them around $6 from China maybe $10 from Australia, you could wait 3-6weeks from China most of them free postage can't guarantee what they are like have ordered a few myself to see what they are like.
Awesome session legend! That fish was a monster! Great work. 👏👏
Thanks Andrew it's taken a while to finally break through with a fish like this
haha wo - ho the fish are getting bigger! Cracking fish Sandy. Wonderful specimen indeed. Couple of tense moments when the big buck ran for it. 8lb leader held on and so did your nerve. Congrats- great viewing.
Thanks Michael yes the fish was a fair bit bigger than the first one!those tense moments have inspired me to get a bigger net which is wider across and importantly has a longer handle, I like a long leader but that can make it harder to net the fish I reckon in hindsight I should of just cut the electric completely when I went to net the fish, normally I keep the boat moving a little bit to keep the other line from sinking to the botom and snagging also the slider needs to be moving not to drop down and wrap around the main line.The fight was edited so it was longer than it appeared! It was caught right on the moonrise somthing I am starting to take notice of now.
Haha I love your coffee cup, it suits you perfectly. Haha 😂😂
HOMIE....This was EPIC. I loved it. I laughed so much at a few of the scenes. Haha BRILLIANT.
Thanks Homie! The fish certainly had "the bigger look" 😂 I reckon I should of filmed the coffee cup sequence in 4k for the zoom in,somtimes you don't set out to do somthing you just see it when your editing and run with it!
Great Video Mate, keep up the good work
Thankyou it's a work in progress! Always looking for new angles
Great Stuff Sandy, definitely getting more professional each and every video. That is certainly a fish of a lifetime and well deserved. I thought "holy shit that net, oh no", glad to hear you got a new net. I have seen enough of the frying pan, yabby, butterfly and other crappy nets 😂😂😂.
Thanks Trevor always looking for improvement it just occurred to me that i could of filmed some of the shorter sequences in 4k, can't do that for the whole thing because it has a lot of issues associated with it.You have seen the worst case scenarios play out with these frying pan nets more than once, it is somthing very close to your heart 🤣 hopefully this net will be ready for Eucumbene I have to modify the bracket it sits on as well to accommodate the extra size.