Huge 40 lbs salmon caught on Hardy flyrod

April 1st the Danish salmon fishing season started in the rivers Skjern Å, Varde Å, Storåen and several other smaller Danish salmon rivers. Like always early season salmon fishing is not easy and you have to work hard to catch a fish, but if you succeed it can be the fish of a lifetime. Kurt Johannesen is one of the local anglers flyfishing for salmon at the small river Storåen. On the 2nd of April he was at the river fishing with two of his freinds and his son Pauli. Kurt was fishing with his Hardy Swift Mk II 14´ double handed rod and his Hardy Cascapedia Mk II reel. In our humble opinion this is one of the greatest set ups you can use while flyfishing for big salmon and it soon proved to be able to handle a really huge salmon. As Kurt was fishing a spot where he lost a big salmon last year he suddenly had a solid take. Soon after the sound of his Cascapedia was heard from far away as the salmon took a solid run 100 meters upstreams. For a while it stopped, and then continued another 40 meters. Kurt had to run for the fish and during the next 20 minutes he managed to keep it at a close distance.
Kurt's son Pauli was ready to assist in landing the huge salmon, and as soon as he had the chance, the fish was dragged onto the bank. It turned out to be a massive fish measuring 125 centimeters and 18.2 kilos -- a little more than 40 pounds. So far it is the biggest flycaught salmon in Denmark this year.
As mentioned earlier Kurt was using his Hardy rod &reel. The line was a fast sinking integrated shootinghead and the fly was a "Sjønnes Uldsok" tubefly -- a variant of the well-known Swedish fly "Ullsokken".
For those practicing catch & release it is worth mentioning that salmon fishing in this small river is managed by a catch limit on a small number of salmon each year. Kurt and his friends are some of the people who have been working hard through the years to reestablish the salmon population. If anyone deserves to bring home a big salmon he's the one...
This is a video slideshow shoot right after the catch was done.
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[peterleverman]

If you care about the Atlantic Salmon, whose numbers are so depleted from historic numbers, you must release them. Taking this big fish out of the gene pool is a sin.

[Kineticfishing]

@peterleverman

Thank you for your comment. Please read description of video. I agree that the genes of a fish like this should be passed on, but I also have to accept and respect the choice of the angler who caught it. The rise of Atlantic salmon in this river have increased from nearly nothing to over thousand salmon a year due to improved access to spawning areas and reestablishment of these areas as well as a wild fish stocking program...

[Kineticfishing]

@Kineticfishing

Strict regulations make it possible to bring home a limited number of fish each year. It would be the experience of a lifetime to see a big fish like this released and I hope people will take it into consideration. The guy who caught the salmon and his friends saved this strain of salmon from extinction back in the 60’s and 70’s I owe them my deepest respect (but I hope to be able to film them releasing a salmon of this size some day ;-)).

[Muushondje]

You should catch and release such gem of a Salmon

[Kineticfishing]

@Muushondje

Yes it would be a fantastic gesture to release a salmon like this. I hope to get the chance once ;)

Still I have to respect the choice of the guy who caught the fish. He and his freinds are the ones who saved the salmon in the river from near extintion. Now a days the salmon population is growing strong and limits of 1 fish per angler per year as well as a total limit to make sure the salmon population keeps growing.

Tight lines

[Kineticfishing]

Yes it was very impressive with a fish this big caught in a danish stream

[JOKTHEGREEKNO1]

beuty of a fish ,anglers choice though.

[peterleverman]

@Kineticfishing I read the video description again. You say that because the person that caught this fish has worked hard in the past to reestablish the salmon population in this river, he 'deserves' to kill the fish. I couldn't disagree more. It is this sense of greed and entitlement that has our wild stocks in such poor shape. Those of us who work the hardest to save our wild salmon wouldn't even consider killing a fish (much less a big breeder)! Our salmon need our help!

[Borderdave1]

Nice video, wellput together. What was the music?

[MultiKiller250]

photoshop... xDD

[NOSTUBBERUD]

Nice Fish!

[homeycdawg]

That is a really nice salmon.