Filming on Orellana

Last weekend just gone, some filming was done in Extremadura Spain on the Mighty Orellana!

Matt at Fat Angling wanted a promotional video made so my good camera man Andy Ferns and recently famed Dave Edgerton or Vida, came over from the UK to haul fish, and we of course managed to grab some of them on film. You can see the video below.

We had 2 days to get the job done, so a shirt 48hr. winter Session was on. It was no mean feat, and as always when you’re trying to do film the stars don’t always co-operate!

In between the periods of wait, we had many a laugh; the general atmosphere bank side was excellent, really a very high quality session.
Actually in final we were quite a motley crew as my mate Tony Myres from Madrid and another UK Angler David Highe decided to join us on the banks.

Mission accomplished we can firmly say with lot’s of personal bests and records broken including two by Tony. You can see in these photos some of the lovely fish we caught.

The sun blazed and the pop-ups wafted under the nose of fish at 250m range in about 35-37ft of water. We took fish up to the early 30lb mark, and what stunners they were. In the video here you can get a taster of what it’s like to fish this side, but your better off giving it a go, Matt has some belting swims at hand.

Sadly no Pike were caught, but my mate Andy Ferns took hold of the rod at one stage and managed to bank a lovely 9.5lb Tench, this was the best ‘specimen’, of the weekend without doubt. It was great to see him with rod and fish in hand after so many years off the gear.

I know my mate Dave Edgerton, so much so that I think Dave might give up fishing in the UK and just do 10 sessions here, why not, it’s about as good as it get’s and let’s face it Extremadura is the new mecca of carp fishing. Tony is well and truly hooked on the Spanish carp fishing; I wonder if Andy Ferns will go the same way?

Anyhow, watch this space for more info about the full promotional video that’s being made for FAT. It’s sure to be a winner and who knows, maybe that ‘tuna’, or 90lb carp that lurks will put in a show…

Enjoying deep and hearty laugh at a lake in Spain

Andy Mac