How to catch an atlantic salmon long trotting the prawn 

Lol!

Barry Cooper thanks Barry. Tight lines for 2017 .

Its my catch phrase Ciaran! Wishing all the best for the 2022 season ahead!

20lb

peter y thanks Peter.

20:28 fish return to water

thanks Gavin

Thanks Graeme

Matt Griffey thanks Matt. Good luck with your course fishing.

I’ve just joined :) how you done this year pal ?

Thanks , I have 5 more films to come, including how to use a bouncing Betty and an epic battle with a 22 lb salmon. Took me 50 yards up the centre arch of ibsley bridge pool. I was playing it against the bridge and eventually it turned and took off at high speed stripping 100 yards of line and heading toward the hatches of the weir pool! You'll enjoy this one!

hi Ben - i catch barbel whilst salmon fishing on the fly or spinner. I focus mainly on the game fish! Might move across later in retirement.

June 16th prawning season commences on the Hampshire Avon. Proving river temp is under 18 degrees.

Hampshire Avon

Thanks, it’s rare to see such a stunning salmon like that these days! I’m glad you have returned it 👍

some rivers band the prawn because its too effective ! I my experience most fish are scissor hooked and if you use barbless the hooks drop out in the net

+Paul Greenacre i got 3 salmon today on red fly c

+My Bum Freestylers /epic Football Boots congrats !

Hi James - thanks glad you enjoyed the video - the HD head have low noise settings to reduce wind noise. I have maxed out on my edit suite volume - you should plug your mobile into speakers to improve sound quality

Nonsense fish get deeper hooked on fly

Dear Gerald, thank you for your kind remarks. I use the best salmon net available to game fisherman in our sport and it has landed plenty of 30 lb plus fish, no problem at all. It retails at about 85 pounds, you can carry its you move from pool to pool. I have yet to loose a fish at the net, and I have landed over 100 large salmon in the 3 years I have owned it. No plans to change. Nice to hear that your father had so much success in the 60s. We have caught more Avon salmon during the last 2 years since the 1980s. We are hoping the Avon will return to its former glory days! May take a 20 year period, it's moving in the right direction.

Regardless of the price of that net, its mesh is pretty bad for fish care with openings that are far too large. You can see the damage this does to your salmon's fins quite clearly at around the 23:26 mark of the video. I appreciate that loose mesh is easier to use in faster rivers and for wading especially because of the lack of drag in the water, but I couldn't do so with a clear conscience knowing that it will result in so many split fins. You can get hold of replacement mesh quite easily and cheaply though, any old coarse carp netting will do. Great video, I was lucky enough to catch a salmon from the river trent about 5 years ago and I can't wait till they've made more of a comeback - here there and everywhere

I’d say that was a perfectly respectable netting job…but yes, a bit less commentary would have gone a long way