The largest Gaula Salmon 2014 caught on fly - take, fight, landing and release by Manfred Raguse

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You might be interested to see the narrated version of this film. The interesting details of this catch and the circumstances are described here: • The largest Gaula Salm...
© Manfred Raguse

[@stefanludwig4686]

Hi Manfred, great video and great fight of both ! It is very nice to see you play this beauty of a powerful female Atlantic Salmon. A pleasure for everybody who enjoys this kind of elaborated way of catching and releasing such amazing fishes....well done !

[@dustymiller1974]

You are a fine fisherman. Thank-you for posting this video.

[@salmonninja7223]

That piece of water looks so good! Great catch. Wish I could go there!

[@greenyonline]

And if you intend to release the fish, a long fight is the antithesis of a good game plan. A long fight causes oxygen depletion in the muscle tissue and the resulting lactic acid can kill the fish, or make it so weak and slow it can't survive after the release.

[@therosethorns7342]

Wonderful footage!! Stunning!

[@gregbaillie4781]

Squeaky bum landing

[@OUTFORTROUT]

Nice catch Manfred! Very few fly fishermen catch such a wonderful salmon in their lifetime! Best regards from Flensburg!

[@Arvydas_M]

What a river! Very nice pool. The approach and casting is nice too.

[@driology9985]

Thats fantastic, so exciting to see the take!

[@StevenBakerDive]

Wow!!! What an awesome catch! To have it all on film like that is so beautiful....well handled and so awesome to see such incredible fish like that released...I wish our rivers in Nova Scotia, Canada had more genetics like that swimming upstream to spawn! Well done!!!!

[@kenchotshering420]

Ponoi is best

[@johnsanders2266]

Great 'footwork' down and then back up the river!

[@GettingToHeaven]

Great footage! Thanks for sharing it!

[@nickjessel7759]

A net on your back could have saved a few minutes. Stunning looking pool!

[@aaronmeyler7130]

Have you tried netting a 40lb salmon on you own? Also wading that deep with one is nothing but a nightmare the angler is question has landed many huge salmon he got it in quickly and with great skill

[@kimballleighton4999]

Nicely done!

[@karjfr1]

Good man lovely fish

[@12dougreed]

Hi Manfred, great to see a wonderful fishing video without the garnishing of stupid music

[@Sportmanfun]

Thumbs up for you sir. And tak for release👍👍

[@philippendlebury4518]

Hey Manfred. I've fished NFFC water in the past but I don't recognise that pool. Which is it?

[@dougdumbrill7234]

Fine fine fish and some beautiful casting!👍

[@gerhardkoch4108]

Wunderbare Bilder vom Fang eines tollen Fisches. Schön, dass man die Entwicklung bis zum Anbiss verfolgen kann. Die Landung war ein echtes Nervenspiel, aber letztendlich erfolgreich. Gratulation und Petri Heil

[@Innlandetknives]

style and integrity all the way....congratulations to You SIR !!!!

[@geraldneary1948]

All very nice.

[@lauramoioli1391]

Bravo !!!!!

[@mcormier79]

What a beautie! Great fight, too!

[@jjs8286]

wow!!!! Well done sir!!

[@kennywilson9596]

As Good A Salmon Fisherman As I,ve Ever Seen,,,, Got That Salmon Buzz Just Watching It,,,, +Manfred Raguse Thank You For Sharing Your Skill,,,,, A Fish Of A Lifetime Time To Get The Rod Out......... AMAZING

[@storlaxen7116]

what!!! didn't you see the fly drop down at the tip of the fly line !!! that not skill thats luck , I'm not saying that manfred isn't a good salmon fisherman . but the guy has gotten knowledge from his excellent guides for decades so he knows just about every holding place in every pool so that increases his chances for fish twofold to a any regular fisherman

[@toreforbergchristoffersen4740]

Kenny Wilson ø

[@DavidDesrosiers-vt7bu]

😮​@@storlaxen7116

[@petrhaisman8645]

What a salmon. WOOOW What was the succesful fly pattern? Single or double hook? Grusse aus Tschechien, Petr.

[@philippendlebury4518]

Very difficult to hold a fish that size by the wrist when you're on your own.

[@peterkephart7955]

Wow! That is a serious salmon. Beautiful. How lucky are you guys?

[@AklmFikrimBalkta]

Wonderfull nature. 👏👏👏

[@aurelienlinnenkamp9885]

Great video , how there salmon is big ! 🙂

[@MrSeminole77]

You have to be pretty strong to work that rod all day long. Well done!

[@MrKveite1]

No you dont, casting a flyrod is about technique and not strength.

[@michaelmisczuk1188]

Well played.

[@joemoore4037]

Stunning fish always make sure to have a net with you next time lovely fish 👍🏼

[@4ndy65]

This is the closest i get to my youth catching sea trout and salmon Very nice clean fish

[@MrPierreLebon]

Nice guy, great strech of Gaula. Just make sure, when you book, that you are not in the same period as his goodold Japanese friend. Raguse takes him to all the hotspots first and you may find your luck with that's what's left.

[@raybede]

Well done that man. BUT what has happened to the time honoured tradition of using a Gye Net? I feel that this angler can count himself lucky, that this monster stayed attached after all the Faffing around to land it!!!

[@terrylomax6799]

What a well-deserved fish. No publicity-seeking, no fuss. Just a quick moment to admire the fish and a careful return to ensure its chance to spawn. You are an angler we would all do well to copy. It's forty years since I netted a 38pound fish from the river Teifi in Wales. That went straight into someone's freezer. Maybe they would still be there if they had been treated with the same respect as this guy shows. Hat's off to you sir

[@straubdavid9]

Absolute gorgeous stretch of river. Would it help to wear a landing glove .... I was really concerned you might lose that fish in the end. Anyway, congrats on the catch .... thank you for filming this wonderful battle.

[@rogerdudra178]

That's a BIG fish!

[@garycummings6035]

Hi Well I have to say the sad thing about this is the unnecessary, protracted play out of the fish, the ridiculous missed grabs at the fish, exhausted by its efforts to get free, it will be in an poor state. This fish carries the genetics so important for the survivability of the Atlantic Salmon, painful to watch at the end and rather ridiculous.

[@gokiify]

where i fish in norway, these salmon go up rapids so large, climbing 2-300 meter up above sea level to spawn. fighting a fish for 10 minutes is just going to make it take a break and go on its journey when it is rested.

[@louissman]

You don't know the efforts of fishermans to preserve fish population especially Salmons. Yes it might not be the best migration for this one but in a lot of river if fishermans haven't protected them there will be no more fish. One day maybe people will do more for rivers than fishermans and we will discuss about that but now we are mostly alone to preserve theses ecosystems.

[@sharmasoobul8892]

U r right after so many frantic efforts to get free the fish will take time to recover such a beautiful lake

[@stevewhitehouse1660]

I think you will find Manfred that a net is easier than stressing the fish out !!!!

[@michaelohalloran4777]

Piss off Steve

[@banjopete]

Need a decent net for that.!

[@chuckdahlquist1204]

They make them. I got one. And he should have had one. So right Steve.

[@clydehoppers6375]

Stressing the fish out, life is tough isn't it. His release was excelent.

[@dougdumbrill7234]

If you pack a big net around all day you’ll never hook a fish like this. It’s an immutable law of the universe!😉

[@chopseee]

what was that noise at 6.30?? great vid btw

[@slaneysider106]

Freight train it sounds like

[@andrea4809]

Sounds like the noise people hear right before they disappear.

[@jir63]

slaynesider has it right. The train-track between cities Trondheim and Røros follows the bank of the river for many miles.

[@oldsmugglerflyfishing]

Massive fish!

[@StephenRedrobe]

Nets are very useful.

[@randellgribben9772]

Gaula river here in california? we have a river by that name

[@jir63]

No Sir. This Gaula river is in Norway...also an atlantic salmon. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaula_(Tr%c3%b8ndelag)

[@augustasmickevicius3764]

Graźi treniruotè ...,

[@blauer2551]

I could watch him cast all day

[@oneflyguy1949]

What is a Gaula Salmon??

[@4ndy65]

Gaula river

[@oneflyguy1949]

@@4ndy65 oh I see

[@williamavery9185]

For the cost to fish there i would expect a gillie to be on hand !

[@piraspietro9340]

Way peplos wen catch fish they messing around to Mach Why'd the fisch??? Specifically Wen the fish need be back on the water¿?¿

[@robertchyka6298]

we have fish like that in 40 ft wide streams in NY state off of Lake Ontario & 15 lb brown trout, coho, king & 12 lb steelhead & larger -for free!

[@DavidDesrosiers-vt7bu]

My xwife at Forks Pool Kedgwick River, New Brunswick caught a fish About the same size.the 4ft. Aluminum handle bent In1/2 when I lifted the net above the H20 level

[@meltdownman8911]

Not a great way to try and ‘land’ a good salmon. Very lucky not have lost it. But really enjoyed the river and the take.

[@billlumberg5746]

That guy needs to use a net. Fish can die due to too much stress and energy loss fighting for such a long time. He was struggling fish showed him some serious power.

[@jpallen719]

Could you center the fisherman and zoom in a bit….😑

[@andrewswinglehurst8102]

fish of a life time and you don't have a net !!

[@expanderlx]

Just for the Drill of it… sinnloser Stress für den Fisch. Nice fish

[@Batheify]

wow pretty

[@jamesstrachan6167]

If fishing was easy it would be called catching

[@joedennehy386]

Grab it by the tail instead of netting it? Ridiculous

[@troyottosen8722]

Try Alaska, no place even compares! Simple!🤣😉

[@CrimeVid]

I don’t get it ! Why would all these eejits watch a wonderful bit of video like this and then whine about how this very skilled fisherman went about it ? all this crap about nets(they may not be allowed on this stretch) and lactic acid !

[@davidlj53]

Lot of experts on here

[@wanderinstar1062]

How not to land a salmon!

[@danrichardson8352]

that was awfull

[@kayleywalsh1931]

James graham is a fool

[@stevewhitehouse1660]

He speaks sense see my comments !!

[@robins8135]

Very boring !