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Eagle Spooling A Fly Reel Video: I Smell Something Fishy
By Joe Cermele
So this video of a bald eagle grabbing a fish being reeled in by a fly angler has been floating around the Interwebs for about a week now. It would appear that the huge bird spools the reel in about 5 seconds. But I'm calling it a fake. I think the footage is real, but I believe the screaming drag sound was piped in back at the editing room. Notice that you never see the bent rod nor the reel that is supposedly getting smoked. As for the dude's reaction, sorry, but it sounds very poorly acted. If this happened to me, there would have been some cuss words to bleep out. I think they pitched something in the water knowing the bird would grab it and staged the whole thing. Then again, it's just my opinion. What do you think?
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Comments (9)
We have a local Fly Fishing only lake where this happens quite frequently. If the resident eagle misses the fish on the 1st pass, it will circle for another opportunity. WA WDFW Vancouver will verify
Fake. It's clearly the sound bite of my wedding night. ;)
Which part of your wedding night, exactly, Buck?
My problems with the video: they just happen to be filming the eagle as it is swooping in instead of filming the fish/fisherman as he is trying to land the fish, then as the eagle flys away there is no sign of the bright green backing on the reel being trailed off, even if the line snapped there should be a little backing somewhere in the film based on the flight path/ angle the eagle went.
The guy in the video said it best, crap!
Haha... wedding night... best comment I've read on this site so far.
In response to Buckhunter: That's funny! No other post past, present or future will be better! Nice!
clearly fake. why would they film the eagle flying up out of the woods?
Nice video and I can believe it's true. An eagle snatching caught fish is fairly common. I have no problem understanding someone with a camera while fishing would turn it toward a eagle if there was one flying close by. In this case that eagle wasn't camera shy and gave a lifetime close up shot. Too bad pessimists can't enjoy this video clip without seeing all the footage leading up to this event.
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Fake. It's clearly the sound bite of my wedding night. ;)
Which part of your wedding night, exactly, Buck?
My problems with the video: they just happen to be filming the eagle as it is swooping in instead of filming the fish/fisherman as he is trying to land the fish, then as the eagle flys away there is no sign of the bright green backing on the reel being trailed off, even if the line snapped there should be a little backing somewhere in the film based on the flight path/ angle the eagle went.
Haha... wedding night... best comment I've read on this site so far.
In response to Buckhunter: That's funny! No other post past, present or future will be better! Nice!
We have a local Fly Fishing only lake where this happens quite frequently. If the resident eagle misses the fish on the 1st pass, it will circle for another opportunity. WA WDFW Vancouver will verify
The guy in the video said it best, crap!
clearly fake. why would they film the eagle flying up out of the woods?
Nice video and I can believe it's true. An eagle snatching caught fish is fairly common. I have no problem understanding someone with a camera while fishing would turn it toward a eagle if there was one flying close by. In this case that eagle wasn't camera shy and gave a lifetime close up shot. Too bad pessimists can't enjoy this video clip without seeing all the footage leading up to this event.
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