I am an old man now and have fished the river I was so privileged to grow up beside since the '70s, and fell in it long before then. Hugh was and is my fishing hero. The man is a legend. flew a bluddy Spitfire, never mind being the best observational angler ever. Thank you for uploading this. I am in tears (literally) of joy xxxxxx
@delagreenpicti2022
11 ай бұрын
Me to I’m 50 He was Shot down over Holland 🇳🇱 I think, spent the rest of the war in captivity much to his disgust.
@steveg8322
11 ай бұрын
@@delagreenpicti2022I'm told his German captors were only too glad to be rid of him as he was a somewhat less than a model prisoner and drove them crazy 😂
@jpmacmahlior8343
11 ай бұрын
Wasn't he a pervert I thought they called him Huge Phallus because he couldn't keep his pecker under control?
@PaulDavies-od4ou
9 ай бұрын
Jesus, get a grip people.....the guy wasn't even that good at fishing and nicked a lot of ideas for his own.......and I'd love to see him jump in with rubber CHEST waders and be so cocky.....anyone can do that with thigh waders as they little more than long wellies. Guy was an arrogant tit.
@KENZIEthewildgooseman
11 ай бұрын
Fantastic, you’ve got to respect The Silver Tourist and Hugh Falkus…his books on Salmon ,Sea-trout fishing our true angling bibles and haven’t been bettered to this day…thank you for uploading 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻Ed , Mind you Stephan Jones’s new book on Sea trout fishing for 2023 comes close !
@354sd
4 күн бұрын
I used to love this programme
@michaelnewton5483
8 ай бұрын
What a remarkable man a man I was lucky to call my friend , I spent a month assisting Hugh on his fishing course at boat of Garton, I enjoyed hughs magnetic company laughing long chats and the odd tear , I stayed at Hughes cottage to enjoy new y🎉ear in 1989 , memories for the rest of my life . Brilliant to watch this again , thank you .
@kingdom777866
11 ай бұрын
The greatest Angler writer ever, his book “Salmon”is the best Angling book ever written.. even if your not an Angler ! Down to earth with everything he ventured into, he took the snobbery out of Salmon fishing.. rather like a Dick Walker of the game fishing world ! I miss him..
@walliswizard
11 ай бұрын
His autobiography "Some of it was fun" is worth a read I get the impression he was a bit of "his own salesman", but I think the world needs its personalities like this.
@ibana8449
11 ай бұрын
What a delight to watch, read the books and failed to find "Salmo the Leaper", until today. Thank you for sharing.
@12dougreed
10 ай бұрын
Many thanks for the video. I watched this years ago fantastic to see it again. Hugh Falkus my hero when in my teens, I used his method to catch sea trout from the day I bought his wonderful book Sea Trout Fishing. .
@ianmunroe6042
11 ай бұрын
Great to see this again. Classic Falkus, author, fisherman and Countryman.
@erichope1224
11 ай бұрын
I have this on VHS and not watched it for years. Great and memorable film. Thanks very much for a trip down memory lane.
@cdavidal
8 ай бұрын
Hi Glenn, and thank you very much for uploading this gem. I'm from Argentina, and I'm also a fan of Mr. Falkus. I bought this video on VHS on eBay from a girl in the UK, I still have it. In addition to the knowledge transmitted from him, it is worth noting the effort it must have taken to make those films in the 70s; today it is a very simple thing to do with just a cell phone. Again, really apreciatte you for having uploaded this.
@stewartferguson9774
4 ай бұрын
Thanks for finding and sharing this.I’ve been searching for it for ages.Much appreciated.
@raftonpounder6696
11 ай бұрын
I hope you get to keep this up. I posted it a few years ago and Channel 4 made me delete it.
@johnwilson6779
6 ай бұрын
Changed days indeed,not sure what Hugh Falkus would think of rivers now!
@grahamlittlefair8107
2 ай бұрын
Im not sure what he would think of the catch and release rubbish of today.
@captainflint89
11 ай бұрын
i am discovering night fishing on my local river for sea trout thanks to this man and his book , a hero to me and to many others
@keithhyett5697
9 ай бұрын
Wonderful to see this great film again after so many years. Falkus was a true nature lover and lived in the golden age of Salmon and Sea trout fishing. I understand that the Cumbrian Esk is not the river it once was, along with so many other similar stories all over the UK. His book The Stolen Years , a memoir of his childhood, is just a fantastic read about an era which unfortunately is now long past.
@robsmith8024
11 ай бұрын
Thanks Glen, you absolute star🎣
@Rockpool6911
11 ай бұрын
Thank you for uploading this, My fishing hero, brought a tear to my eye! I would thoroughly recommend reading his book( The Stolen Years) about his childhood, If you can relate to some of the stories as I can, it may bring a tear to your eye also!!
@davidgray3321
11 ай бұрын
What a wonderful documentary
@FishingCaledonia
9 ай бұрын
Superb, took me back that did. Thank you.
@carlhughes9584
8 ай бұрын
Poor Kathleen. He treated her like shit.
@dannyshorts1383
8 ай бұрын
I just bought "Salmon fishing" from a used books store on Amazon. I'm italian and don't know if/when will meet any salmon except at the supermarket. But who knows, I want to be prepared, just in case... 😂
@baitrunner5193
7 ай бұрын
He would be turning in his grave if he could see the state of things today
@martin7955
4 ай бұрын
What a winderful life he lived ! He is missed as a child i read his books and saw this may he rest in peace
@59TOBE
11 ай бұрын
What agreat video love to watch many thanks ❤
@noelstanton6361
7 ай бұрын
Many thanks for sharing this wonderful video thanks
@kentdaniel6886
11 ай бұрын
Brilliant
@boydovens4180
11 ай бұрын
I am glad your not here to see the tragic way we treat our waters , by the pouring of raw sewage into our rivers and the way it is accepted by the authorities , another nail in the coffin for nature .
@carlhughes9584
11 ай бұрын
But didn't this happen in 70s?
@robsmith8024
8 ай бұрын
@@carlhughes9584Certainly not to the extent it is now, water companies dumping sewage with impunity and contempt for the our waterways and coastline. Even farmers, who you would think as custodians of the land, are not helping with the intensive farming methods. Sadly but unsurprisingly profit and greed are the route cause. There is only ever going to be one winner between dividends for shareholders and necessary investment to control pollution.
@johncutler3942
11 ай бұрын
Top upload! Marvellous to see this again
@robertjones-yo4ql
5 ай бұрын
EXCELLENT
@TRAITOR--R0BlNSTIEN
5 ай бұрын
26:09 . . Lol !! 😂😂😂 They don’t make TV shows like this anymore 👍
@robsmith8024
4 ай бұрын
Baywatch maybe😜
@frankdooley6451
24 күн бұрын
I'm sure be glad he's not around today to see the loss of the salmon runs. Terrible state of affairs.
@shaunwilmott3142
11 ай бұрын
Don't know if you all know but you can stay in his cottage called Craig cottage his study is kept just how he left it.
@delagreenpicti2022
11 ай бұрын
Thanks 🙏
@delagreenpicti2022
11 ай бұрын
I just. Checked it out it’s booked solid ,till January 25
@robsmith8024
9 ай бұрын
@@delagreenpicti2022Hi, I did wonder about that so checked with the letting company. The family who own Cragg are having some renovations done and don’t have a finish date, hence it appears unavailable. Tight Lines
@delagreenpicti2022
11 ай бұрын
This is a masterpiece In film 🎥 Loved this as a kid and still do! 1977?
@adam232king
10 ай бұрын
i just wish our rivers where still the same as they where then😭😭😭
@johnkidd797
9 ай бұрын
I do love this and Hugh but as a highlander it seems like it's all very posh English coming to fish our rivers. My consolation is that I've had more fish on these rivers than they could dream of and not a bit of tweed in sight.
@12dougreed
9 ай бұрын
The only reason for the posh as you say is money and tradition , nothing really posh about sea trout at night, same as wild fouling. I only take out a fly rod after dark. Not only is it more exciting, more productive, it's quiet as most of the locals are frightened of the ghosts and witches that walk the river banks by night.
@johnkidd797
9 ай бұрын
@@12dougreed Nah, were not, can't beat a moonlit sea trout session. Unfortunately the countless fish of the 1970's are a distant memory. I like to fish for them in salt water also. As for tradition and money I'm well aware of the history and that's the way things are, I have my own decent slice of land here looking down on the Moray Firth and have travelled many countries for work but my land is the most beautiful.👍🏴
@martin7955
10 ай бұрын
Great angler rivers ard very bad now in ireland we ve lost our rivers and our land
@clarewatson1397
10 ай бұрын
Brilliant to watch this again! As relevant today as it was back then. It would be great to see this important piece of work digitally remastered and re released.
@robbiebanks9182
11 ай бұрын
I simply love the sound of the old fly reels giving line .Not so fond of the newer silent disc drags .
@patrickjohnson8323
10 ай бұрын
Hugh falkus an absolutle legaend 💯
@whitetroutchannel
11 ай бұрын
in the begininng there was falkus..
@angusmcangus7914
11 ай бұрын
The author of the Bible, Sea Trout Fishing.
@walliswizard
11 ай бұрын
@@angusmcangus7914 In Hugh We Trust
@carlhughes9584
10 ай бұрын
And he wasn't even that good a seatrout angler was he?
@angusmcangus7914
10 ай бұрын
@@carlhughes9584 did you know him and fish with him?
@carlhughes9584
10 ай бұрын
@@angusmcangus7914No but I know 2 people who fished with him and said this.......just because someone writes well and has a big ego, doesn't mean he's the best angler .......
@MrKapeji
11 ай бұрын
Caught several Sewin using his "Secret Weapon" fly.
@12dougreed
10 ай бұрын
I didn't use his pattern's,but used his method. I fished the Towy for 35 years and found local Fly's worked best .
@williammorrison5678
Ай бұрын
Forgot to order the skip, my arse.😅
@rangerwhite5165
11 ай бұрын
The fish running up the shallows in low water at 28.00, are actually bottles tied to mono and pulled through the runs. You can see it if you look closely. Also, the night sequence was filmed during the day, with a filter, so the moon is actually the sun. Some things he used to get the edit for the film. I remember seeing this on vhs in the 80s. A great watch.
@carlhughes9584
10 ай бұрын
It's fake.......like all the planted dead fish......cringeworthy.
@12dougreed
10 ай бұрын
You are funny
@carlhughes9584
9 ай бұрын
@@12dougreed I'm not trying to be ' funny '......any sane person, can easily tell the fish are already dead. You can tell by the lack of reaction when they get whacked with the priest
@robsmith8024
9 ай бұрын
I’d heard that ranger white, the bottles do look a bit suss. Not so sure on the sun though as you don’t normally get that kind of shimmer when the ambient sun light all around is bright anyway, you could be right though🎣. Interestingly I never realised,until now, how scripted the scenes with Michael Hordern were, notice when Falkus walks off and says “don’t forget your net” that Falkus didn’t look back to see he had forgotten his net. Tackling up outside Cragg you would think Hordern was in a Dickens play. “Now Hugh, what fly, Eh”😆
@PaulDavies-od4ou
9 ай бұрын
@@robsmith8024 whole think looks suss.....can tell fish already dead. Michael far too pompous and bombastic.....so not very good acting. As you say it's not a scene out of a Victorian novel, but should be casual.....2 mates fishing.
@PaulDavies-od4ou
9 ай бұрын
At 22.....salmon flyfishing is just faffing about trying to make spinning a bit harder.....
@oxyfee6486
11 ай бұрын
Those Pop bottles sure do swim fast up stream.😂
@carlhughes9584
11 ай бұрын
A salmon take a lure out of boredom?! And this guy was an wxpert .....
@martin7955
10 ай бұрын
They do
@robsmith8024
8 ай бұрын
Selective
@carlhughes9584
8 ай бұрын
@@martin7955 Salmon aren't capable of being bored you 🤡......they don't have human emotion! Next you will be saying they take lures as they jealous of them!
@robsmith8024
4 ай бұрын
Nothing like taking a quote out of context, eh Carl. I’ll put a bit of meat on the bone shall I “the most likely answer is habit, the feeding habit when they were feeding at sea in a similar water temperature, of course it could be out of curiosity, anger or boredom” and he finishes with “whatever is going on in their grey heads I have no idea” There, that readdresses the balance!
@carlhughes9584
4 ай бұрын
@@robsmith8024 A fish hasn't the capacity to be ' bored ' you fool! The most obvious explanation, is that a salmon attacks out of aggression as it sees the ' fly ' as a small fish that's dared to enter it's personal space. But if you want to believe a fish is just bored, go on then you 🤡
@outoftownr3906
11 ай бұрын
Lovely chap with the nickname Huge Phalus.
@martin7955
4 ай бұрын
What river was this ?
@williamh5103
3 ай бұрын
The Esk upstream of Muncaster Castle.
@helpmehelp3009
6 ай бұрын
Thanks to the tories you can't see the bottom of the river because of pollution. The eggs are suffering as well from the same. Get the water companies to pay for clean-up. IF THEY GO bankrupt, buy the water companies out CHEAPLY!
@davidquinn7144
11 ай бұрын
We need to stop all catching of salmon and sea trout . We won’t know what we have till there all gone shame on us .
@robsmith8024
9 ай бұрын
They are in decline but not at the hands of the fisherman where catch an release (salmon) is commonplace and mandatory in England and Wales. The real enemy, and more prolific since Falkus’s day, is dubious agricultural practices, pollution by the water industry, netting and poaching. Go north of the border especially the West Coast of Scotland then you will see the enormous damage aqua culture has done, decimated wild fish stocks. You can’t lay this situation at the angler’s door.
@carlhughes9584
10 ай бұрын
@ 16.06 ' why salmon should take any lure is a mystery '.......why?? Id say most salmonoids take a lure, not because of food, but because they think its an annoying intruder into their space. Its so blindingly obvious......thet must nip any fish that gets into their space. They havent got hands to punch or push someone away......just look how a dog reacts if a little dog runs very close past it unexpectedly.......it will chase and sometimes manage to bite the dog on its backside. Its not rocket science.......the salmon takes a lure because its pissing him off!!
@julianglantz
10 ай бұрын
What’s a salmonoid? (If you’re going to criticise something made so long ago, with added ‘wisdom’ of your own, at least get your spelling right, you pompous bore).
@12dougreed
10 ай бұрын
Then why do they suck on a bunch of worms?
@carlhughes9584
9 ай бұрын
@@12dougreed They haven't got hands! Anything moving and invading their space, is likely to be mouthed by them either out of aggression or curiosity. If you had some odd moving close by you and you're not sure what it is, you might prod it with your hands to see what is was........clearly a fish can't do this! It's not fckn rocket science
@villa50bis
11 ай бұрын
Would love to watch this, but the resolution makes it look like it was filmed with a potato. Pity
@carlhughes9584
10 ай бұрын
Hugh went out with 2 big Labradors at night which suggests he was scared of the dark!
@TRAITOR--R0BlNSTIEN
5 ай бұрын
As far as I’m aware Labs are not aggressive dogs.. in fact they are the opposite, they would likely come over for a stroke. He was probably just taking them for a bit of exercise. You have a strange way of looking at the world.. judging by all of the bitter comments you’ve left.
@carlhughes9584
5 ай бұрын
@@TRAITOR--R0BlNSTIEN But he's still not going out on his own.......dogs have superior senses and can warn. Not got a funny view of the world at all, I can just see through bullshit!
@12dougreed
3 ай бұрын
@@carlhughes9584 I doubt very much that he was one bit frightened of the dark. Sounds like you are. What is it, the ghost and spooky wookys? That one thing I like about fishing in Wales, not many on the river bank at night.
@carlhughes9584
3 ай бұрын
@@12dougreed You are a first class clown.....he went out with 2 bloody big dogs so I think he might have been scared of the dark.....I'm.not in the slightest
@carlhughes9584
11 ай бұрын
Ive never understood this fascination with Falkus.......its like a repressed homo erotic thing and all these old men have a crush on him.
@steveg8322
11 ай бұрын
Careful,you sound like someone who will soon be wearing panties.
@12dougreed
10 ай бұрын
Ok most of us are now old. But in our days he was the only one writing any sense about our sport. Especially night fishing. That said, you can get back to your computer game
@martin7955
4 ай бұрын
@12dougreed he spoke about salmon are animals as creatures not as fish but as special animals ,and he was right ,sea trout the same
@carlhughes9584
10 ай бұрын
Stupid.....he jumped in with only thigh waders yet rest of video in chest waders........can't believe no ones ever mentioned this. Would have been very different if he'd jumped in with heavy rubber chest waders! They heavy as it is without being full of water.....
@SFTor1
9 ай бұрын
I've been in the drink with rubber chest waders. You can swim.
@TRAITOR--R0BlNSTIEN
5 ай бұрын
The pressure of the water will keep the rubber tight to your body and push any water out.. I don’t know if you’ve ever stood in a pair of chest waders before, but they become highly compressed against your legs and body and all of the air is expelled so it would be difficult for water to get in.
@carlhughes9584
5 ай бұрын
@@TRAITOR--R0BlNSTIEN So why didn't he mention this?? And why did he come out the river and empty his waders of all that water?? Stop trying to make out you know what you are talking about about you 🤡!!
@carlhughes9584
10 ай бұрын
Many of these fish you can tell are already dead.....where he taps the head of an obviously dead salmon with his priest ,🙄 Cringeworthy....
@julianglantz
10 ай бұрын
What’s really cringeworthy is your responses. Filmmakers are allowed some ‘poetic licence’, and this film, notwithstanding its flaws, is a wonderfully evocative and important piece of angling history. What’s your contribution, you miserable so-and -so?
@shaunpreston2839
11 ай бұрын
Iv caught thousands off seatrout up too doubles and not one at nite!
@raftonpounder6696
11 ай бұрын
Do you fish at night?
@shaunpreston2839
11 ай бұрын
@raftonpounder6696 I never fish at night you don't have too, there's alot off mythes about these fish, there very easy too catch if you no how, and very hard fighting!
@raftonpounder6696
11 ай бұрын
@@shaunpreston2839 but you can’t catch them at night if you don’t fish at night can you? I have caught thousands of them but the best sport is at night. That’s the point. Nobody says you can’t catch them during the day. First light is lethal for the worm. As is the evening. But the night is the cream.
@carlhughes9584
10 ай бұрын
@@raftonpounder6696 is it bollocks.. n
@carlhughes9584
10 ай бұрын
I see no ' magic ' being on a river at night. I'm not scared of the dark at all, but how can it compare with seeing the river full of life in the day? Flyfishing is a visual sport.
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