New Primitive Fishing Video

torjusg

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Made a new fishing video if anyone wants to have a look. I'm demonstrating very primitive fishing techniques for fishing spawning brown trout.

[video=youtube;aaPX3Adtjzs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaPX3Adtjzs[/video]
 

Goatboy

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Thank you Torjus,

That was great, (reminded me of trout tickling as a child).

You seem to have a beautifully productive small stream there, I doubt may in Scotland would produce s much fish from such a short stretch these days.

How do you generally eat your fish, butterflied and roasted over the fire or in the embers?

Great video and very well presented, I really enjoyed it.

GB.
 

torjusg

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Thanks for the nice words Goatboy.

Spawning trout aren't terribly good tasting. I usually take out the roe and fry that up. The fish itself I smoke-dry in the lodge and use instead of bread for breakfast during the rest of the year. If I do cook them fresh I usually either fry them in some kind of animal fat or roast them on rocks along the fire. I rarely eat them like this if I'm not very hungry. Bigger fish (around 1kg) can still be quite good. Those I butterfly as you mention and roast over coals.
 

Niels

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Very cool video, I've never seen anyone fish that way before. Thanks for making it.:)
I wish we still had as much trout in the Netherlands.
 

Clouston98

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That was brilliant! Thanks for sharing! :)
I don't fish as much as I'd like but I'm gonna have to try going primitive soon ;).
 

Goatboy

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Thanks for the nice words Goatboy.

Spawning trout aren't terribly good tasting. I usually take out the roe and fry that up. The fish itself I smoke-dry in the lodge and use instead of bread for breakfast during the rest of the year. If I do cook them fresh I usually either fry them in some kind of animal fat or roast them on rocks along the fire. I rarely eat them like this if I'm not very hungry. Bigger fish (around 1kg) can still be quite good. Those I butterfly as you mention and roast over coals.

I must admit that fresh trout quickly fried in some bacon fat is a real tasty treat.

We're quite lucky compared to our neighbours in England as some of our fishing laws seem easier. There was a great stream by my old farm and the next farm grew pick your own asparagus, meant you could have a brilliantly tasty meal and all so fresh that it couldn't be beaten especially with some fresh eggs from the chickens. I'm hungry now.

Good luck with finding a new camera, (other thread), I don't know much bar staying away from the handy hero type. They were awful for faults when we sold them.
 

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