nice start to the salmon fishing season

[doug boardley]

thought I'd go before the hurricane strikes, got this nice 16lb salmon and it broke my landing net!

 

[Stewart]

Cracking catch Doug, did you catch it in your next-door neighbours pool...(;0)


Created on iPhone.....

 

[DHTiling]

Look at the size of that...































Swimming pool..:lol:

 

[kilty55]

top dangling doug

 

[doug boardley]

lol, she's not even filled the pool up since she got it!

 

[doug boardley]

better pic (without me in it!)

 

[Mike]

nice fish that doug, i'm a sea angler myself, although we get quite a few salmon in the nets around here. (don't tell the bailiffs :lol

 

[Ian]

That's a beast, you'll get a few fillets from that!

 

[paul damian]

mighty fine specimen that doug , how are you going to cook it.

 

[jay]

very nice

 

[Alan.P]

Very nice catch, what bait do you use, and rig for that matter ?

 

[doug boardley]

Very nice catch, what bait do you use, and rig for that matter ?

I'd like to be a purist Al and say I caught it on dry fly, but the river I fish is impossible for fly, trees, bushes, ledges etc... I caught it on good old earthworm. An 11 foot greys spinning rod with a baitrunner reel, braid line with a 2 foot monofilament leader, drilled shot weight just heavy enough to keep the line moving and a size 4 baitholder hook

 

[Alan.P]

I'd like to be a purist Al and say I caught it on dry fly, but the river I fish is impossible for fly, trees, bushes, ledges etc... I caught it on good old earthworm. An 11 foot greys spinning rod with a baitrunner reel, braid line with a 2 foot monofilament leader, drilled shot weight just heavy enough to keep the line moving and a size 4 baitholder hook

The fly is every fishermans dream, well a lot of us never managed it when I used to fish, might never a lot of the time we used to fish with the prawn, good and bad days.

 

[doug boardley]

mighty fine specimen that doug , how are you going to cook it.

it'll be steaked up, some for next door neighbour that looks after hens whilst we're away 'vanning, some to M-i-L (hope she chokes on a bone). I normally just keep grilse for ourselves and slow cook them on bbq wrapped in foil with some dill.

 

[kilty55]

lol i like it hope she chokes on a bone