First Salmon of the Season with Davie McPhail

Smithston Fishing on the River Doon....
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[@oldcornerSE]

I love seeing when you release those beautiful fish. Also I have been following your channel for more than 10 years. Your channel made me start tying my own flies although they dont quite resemble your lovely handycraft. You are a true inspiration Davie! ❤

[@BB1872]

Brilliant Davie, fantastic to see them even when there numbers are so low , even better watching them go back nice and strong 💪 👍 well done mate 👏

[@falcoaustralis]

Great fight, wonderfull fish Davie. Congratulations from the south of Chile!

[@user-tx2of3dy3q]

Nicely done we used to fish for them here in Maine in the 80's no more sure miss it

[@Pappafisherman]

Fantastic davie well done handled with utmost care and away safely .thanks for posting

[@ross1458]

Now that was fun. Really strong fish and back to fight another day. Thanks for taking us along.

[@christianb344]

Theres been 2 people that have been inspiring in my salmon fishing. Davie McPhail and Simon Gawesworth. One i learned to throw a fly from (and was lucky to do a days ficlshing with him last week) the othe I learned to tie flies from. Might meet Davie some day you never know. Like Simon thanks for passing on all your knowledge Davie.

[@petdetectiveiii997]

Well done Mr. McPhail. A black fly with a touch of orange (or red) and yellow works everywhere and anytime on Atlantic salmon in my opinion

[@robertdoesfishing]

Congratulations Davie, that’s a cracking fish to open the account with this season. 👏🎣

[@user-md2ty5nv9d]

The water was perfect, a great take and very well played Davie. Awesome video

[@gerardnglavin6249]

Wow. Such a beautiful video. Great to see such a fantastic catch and it being treated with such respect. Wonderful as always❤❤.

[@Maverick-757]

That's a lovely clean looking fish. Well done.

[@thedoggedangler]

Excellent Davie, what a lovely fish and a great scrap! Thanks for sharing!

[@philippendlebury4518]

Brilliant Davie. Good angling, you played, landed and returned the fish spot on. Well done!

[@benwaddington2186]

So nice to see that there are still the odd one about. On my local river, a Yorkshire one, the decline in salmon and all other fish over the last 12 years or so has been shocking, and concerning. I had 17 in three years on moving up here, and none for last 8 years, and seen little sign. 🙁

[@AndrewMcGall]

Enjoyed that Davie, well played and a really strong fish which gave you a great scrap, well done!👏🎣😊👍

[@jamesrobinson8379]

Thanks Davie . In fishing , there's nothing tae beat thrill of the take, of a fresh run salmon. And that was as ye said . A nice fish, nice to see it going back.👍

[@Luggiefrank]

Well done Davie, that fish put up a good fight

[@perjacomo179]

Superb fight, nice Salmon and a Salmon fly I did’nt know. Congrats 😊 from señor Jacomo 👍

[@stevesnaps1]

Nicely done Davie,your patience won the day slowly working your fly down to the fish you spotted.First of many I hope.

[@dmitribukin1423]

Браво , Мастер ! С уважением из России. Дмитрий, Тула.

[@AlexMWhite-se7of]

Congratulations Davie, nice fish, well done and here’s to more during the season.

[@peterpauldonoghue7024]

Well done Davie …. congratulations on opening your account.. wishing you the best of luck and hopefully you’ll have many more .

[@sscottwilsonn]

Lovely fish and lovely water reminds me of a stretch of the river Nairn 🤝👍 well done 👍

[@davidgregg8757]

Cracking fish. And a photo that will live on for many years to come

[@tonythomas5978]

What a beautiful fish Davie, thank you for sharing the experience.

[@MyPancho1]

Superb fishing !

[@brianeaton3734]

Great job Davie, that was a beautiful fish.

[@martinm1484]

Brilliant, the advert timing created a real cliffhanger when it went under the tree! 😂

[@xaquinlopezgomez1028]

Congrats !! Nice fight with a honorable end !! Beautiful.

[@AllanMHutton]

Fantastic Davie! Bet you enjoyed that! It was great for us to watch too!

[@lambertsaldi1550]

Awesome Salmon 👍🎏👍 Good Luck on the water 👍 The Vermonter

[@davidcarr1325]

stunning fish davie,really strong salmon ,well done...back to fight another day,magical mate....

[@shaunkilcourse8097]

Excellent video. This is the best fight I have seen on fly fishing video.

[@paulbeesley6495]

Nice to see a beautiful rare silver tourist, glad to see there are still some about. Well done. Love the channel. Keep up the good work

[@rmwil9]

Its always amazed me you can put your fly on a salmons head a 100 times and then the next cast it takes it..Well done Davie and most important fish returned safely..Well done sir...

[@northcoastanglerni]

Great video davie and beautiful fish. Really enjoy watching your videos. Keep up the excellent content 👍😀

[@AlfUckhamHall]

What a great fight from a fish that size and a very nice release. Kudos.

[@Orie1]

As we say here on the Foyle system, you're off the bus! It's always great to see fish on the move and hook up. Congratulations

[@flyrodder1404]

Very cool & keep up the great fishing & fly tying, the best.🧑‍🌾👍🎣🐟

[@kiwi_comanche]

Absolutely brilliant.

[@G78.]

Davie amazing video and fish I look forward to your videos thanks from Belfast 👍

[@shaunboffey8739]

Fantastic fish,well fished sir.

[@paulmetcalf6899]

Congratulations davie, well done.

[@simonhughes7141]

Cracking fish and interesting fly colour selection, well done!

[@scottdavidson359]

Cracking fish Davie, well done. Cheers 👍

[@maknifeandrods7701]

Wow outstanding. Well played too

[@eliotdeag8040]

Lovely fish, well played and returned, cheers

[@richardmasters2645]

Cracking fish, well done!

[@Ger886]

Very nice fish Davie good fight and back strong brilliant

[@deedontworry]

Superb fishing buddy! 🎣

[@TonyTenda]

Epic fight Davie, great footage, well done sir!

[@bobhammond8067]

Oh, that was a Beauty!! Well Done!!!

[@robertfrancisco1193]

i love fighting them big fish in fast water not only are you fighting the fish but the water as well nice work!!!

[@Madmicksoutdooractivities]

Cracking fight and a belter of a fish. Watched this as its lashing down outside

[@PJ-iv7ry]

Wonderful ❤, strong fish!

[@lawrencemacd63]

Cracking salmon & great video Davie well done 🐟🎣

[@jonatherton]

Cracking fish, nicely filmed too. Well done.

[@rosscoplaybass490]

Well done Davie that salmon was in great shape

[@petertonelli2761]

Nice one Davie. Cheers from Canada.

[@teryscott9037]

Lovely fish, patience is the key!

[@paulhoughland8505]

Wow! What a beauty, well done

[@neilandrew961]

Well done sir that's a good 👍 size from small river like that

[@MADHIKER777]

Davie not only ties flies but knows how to use them too!

[@ChusGonzalez]

Congratulaciones David🎉

[@tattvamasi_1]

👍👏👏 Congrats, Davie!

[@johnskilling8483]

Fantastic Davie will done

[@allanhughes945]

Well done davie 🎣excellent

[@TrevorDoherty-ff1qc]

Great fight , well played 👍👍

[@armandomilosevic7083]

I congratulate you Davie, beautiful specimen...a hug

[@ceesbouma2776]

Beauty catch, well done 👍🏻

[@castbyjohnflytying]

Fantastic fish 💯💯🎣🎣🎣🎣

[@robertandersson331]

congratulations,good work

[@Tjk186]

Really nice to see you catch a healthy, strong salmon Davie on a lovely rod and light setup on one of your local rivers ...plenty of water for a Scottish 'summer's day' too...well done, think you've caught a few salmon before :) not sure I'd know how to play and land such a beauty... very pleased for you...hope you had a celebratory cup of tea or something a wee bit stronger to celebrate afterward with David and Craig👍🎣

[@burtonbrocious171]

Thanks for taking me salmon fishing davie well done sir 😂

[@NicolasValentinScotland]

Now that's the video Davie . Belter !

[@gizmocarr3093]

Congratulations, that is a proper salmon, now you have to catch a bigger one. I love seeing a big fish run up stream, I saw salmon jump up three-foot waterfalls running up stream after being hooked. However, you had better start walking if one runs downstream because the big ones seldom ever come back. Your chances of losing that battle are sealed. I saw it happen many times. It only takes too much line pressure to turn them sideways and send them shooting downstream. That is a no fun thing to do, I just keep light pressure on them and let them get wore out. They almost never come to the net the first time you think you can net them either.👏👍😆👏

[@user-mb1hg4qu9f]

😊😊 a sizeable fish, well done!

[@polarbearfelly]

What a hell of a fight!

[@martinmccoy185]

Congrats🎉

[@magnetchi]

Waow nice fish, congrats 👍👊

[@markcarter5081]

Congratulations Davie. Expertly done. Jealous!

[@derekhawkins7290]

Well done Davies that's the way!!!,

[@trevorclarey3336]

Nice.

[@bentpolski]

Well Done Davie! Well Done!

[@pablopzfishing8880]

Gratulacje nice fish

[@user-ih4zz9ol5s]

Nice early fish well done davie 🦈🦈

[@AJOURNEYINTOSTOCKS]

Well done 👍

[@robertmckee5737]

Cracking vid Davie guid to see some local water just keep up yer guid work and thanks.

[@theunknownflyman6105]

Great Salmon man!

[@KevinGarrigan]

Class Davie! Some fish that. What was the line you were using? That cadence rod def doing the business!

[@guybaumgartner4244]

whooooo big fish bravo Davie

[@evilmothericebearkillerbir6016]

sweet for the first of the season

[@neilsives533]

Nice one Davie.

[@bluefish4580]

Lovely fish Davie and a pleasure as always to watch you fish…

[@fernandorodriguez-zj8xj]

Bonita suelta👏👏👏👏

[@keithowen4327]

Nice one 🥰

[@lesdundas4869]

saturday here in brisbane fly back to aberdeen on thursday will be fishing the don next week in my club we all watch your fly tying l sometimes have to translate

[@Kendo2007]

superb fish m8

[@pauloneill5515]

Magic Davie.