here is a picture of my first ever salmon what a JOY!!!!!!! I am hooked for life .it was my seond time salmon .

nice fish good to get yer first fish personally i think its a bit out of conditon and should have been returned but well done anyway

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Liath,

Great, well done. You will never forget that fish. I have never forgotten my first salmon, 30 + years ago, on rod and line but unfortunately it was on a worm but even now I don't give a damn.

PS - it was on 4lb breaking strain and weighed 6lbs.

Well done

Any darker it will be singing Mame

Congrats on your first fish but it really should have gone back. Maybe next time a bit older & wiser.
Tight Lines

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Well done!!!!!!! Its abit out of condition and maybe next time you would consider puttung it back, good achievement, congrats

Come on guys, let's keep it in perspective, liath's first ever salmon. Bear that in mind.


Congratulations liath!

Thanks for all the congratulations. after I caught the fish I asked an other fisherman if it was a keepable fish, as I was not sure being new to salmon fishing his reply was ,aye its a cracker .I am all for catch and release, however as it was my first fish I decided to keep it,I do not plan on taking many more their is something nice about seeing such amazing fish released and to keep up with the conservation of the river and species.

Well done Liath, if it had been my first salmon, I would probably have hugged it to death anyway.

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Congrats on your first , Liath.
Things will never be quite the same again.

Here's what a keeper looks like , and any less shiny are definitely better put back.
But you know that now.
Older and wiser in the space of a couple of hours.