11-12-2004, 09:34 PM
TFB,
There's no way large percentages of fish caught in quality waters die after a battle on a fly rod. First of all they wouldn't grow to trophy size by going belly up after a long battle. I've fished all of the quality waters in this state and others in Wyoming like the Miricle Mile, Grey Reef, the Bighorn and Yellowstone in Montana, San Juan in New Mexico, the Green in Utah and the South Fork, Snake and Teton in Idaho. These waters are heavily fished and in many cases fish are caught 2 or 3 times a day and if they were dieing on a regular basis there wouldn't be the great number of large fish in these places. I don't doubt that you've seen fish on the banks but I think that these fish have been mismanaged or kept out of the water too long.
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There's no way large percentages of fish caught in quality waters die after a battle on a fly rod. First of all they wouldn't grow to trophy size by going belly up after a long battle. I've fished all of the quality waters in this state and others in Wyoming like the Miricle Mile, Grey Reef, the Bighorn and Yellowstone in Montana, San Juan in New Mexico, the Green in Utah and the South Fork, Snake and Teton in Idaho. These waters are heavily fished and in many cases fish are caught 2 or 3 times a day and if they were dieing on a regular basis there wouldn't be the great number of large fish in these places. I don't doubt that you've seen fish on the banks but I think that these fish have been mismanaged or kept out of the water too long.
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