Had to be fun....
http://ultralightflyfishing.yuku.com...e-extreme.html
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Had to be fun....
http://ultralightflyfishing.yuku.com...e-extreme.html
Cool, but then I don't suppose he worries about killing the fish. I do.
When I read this story in our local newspaper over the weekend, I thought the same thing as well. Best regards....
From reading the article, it seems there's 1) no shortage of these large fish, and 2) they're well fed from pellets drifting through the nets at a hatchery. I don't think killing a few of them is going to make a dent nor is it like this is some pristine mountain headwaters stream that only me and one other person knows about.
If it floats his boat to use a 0000wt fly rod and he's eating the fish (we don't know if that's what's happening but assume he is) then who cares?
A trout is just a fish like a bass, bluegill, catfish, or carp for that matter. If some get killed and end up fried and on my plate, it's a good thing.
Jeff
Those fish are Triploid Trout and they are raised for harvest. They are raised in net pens on the Columbia River between Grand Coulee Dam and Chief Joseph Dam. They are fed fish pellets in their pens until they are huge. They offer the area's sport fishermen ample opportunity to take home some very large Rainbows for the BBQ. They are sterile, and their genetic make up makes them extremely large through the girth, very long for local Rainbows, & typically a very short tail due to their confinement in the net pens. One day a couple of years ago, due to a large storm upriver, a log jam came drifting down stream and the logs hit the net pens and tore it apart. That let literally thousands of giant fish loose and the sport fishermen had a hayday catching big fish. BTW, they make excellent table fare.
They are designed genetically for harvest.
Where I come from there is something called respect for your quarry. I have fished Rufus and I have harvested fish from there. Playing one to near death first isn’t my thing. If that’s what floats his boat ok but I don’t think I could get behind it.
I want to know how he's casting size 6, weighted buggers with a four aught? I do a lot of steelhead fishing and there's no way I would even attempt it with something close to that size rod.
If I know I'm keeping a fish, why would I worry about exhausting it?
I don't have a problem with anyone keeping fish...but the article doesn't really state that. Nor did I get a feel for the sort of fishery it was. I'm not from the area. I see lots guys who go out, intentionally underlined for the fish they are going for, in the name of sport. They play the fish to near death then release them, thinking if it swam away...it's ok. It's not. That's all I'm trying to get across here. If you're keeping the fish, then no worries I guess...but just make it clear in the article if you decide to brag online about it.