“Possibly we can only display movement in our flies within certain parameters, set by the moving water, and we must refine our tactics to these parameters until we are able to recognize some form of progress…”
Month: November 2022
Stocked vs Wild Fish…. more like, Stocked AND Wild Fish.
Some stockies “Each time you take someone new fishing and they catch a fish, you plant the seed of potential conservation.” -Joe Humphreys, Quoted in person late Winter 2021 Much of the modern dogmatism in fly angling has to do with the type of fish we are in pursuit of: wild versus stocked… Continue reading Stocked vs Wild Fish…. more like, Stocked AND Wild Fish.
Spawning Brook Trout & Ed Hewitt’s Better Trout Streams (1931)
“It has been determined from these studies that streams under seven feet in width are more than twice as rich as wider streams over seven feet in width.” – Ed Hewitt, Better Trout Streams I completely agree with Hewitt’s findings regarding the the sub-seven foot rule and corresponding biohealth. It started five years… Continue reading Spawning Brook Trout & Ed Hewitt’s Better Trout Streams (1931)