How to catch and release your fish

http://www.flyfishusa.com/tackle-tips/catch-release/catch-release.html

Some interesting information on how to catch and release your fish. If you are interested in wefare of fish then had a read.

Wild and hatchery steelhead, and salmon are commonly found together in many Oregon rivers. Hatchery trout may be found with wild trout in many lakes. Hatchery-reared fish are used to supplement natural production or compensate for lost production (e.g. dams). However, catching and keeping a wild fish has a greater effect on a fish population than catching and keeping a hatchery fish. Here's why:

Hatchery fish are protected in a hatchery pond until adulthood, while wild fish must survive stream disturbances and predators to become adults. Adult wild fish that survive are the strongest and most cunning of their kind. Also, wild fish are much more likely to spawn in a stream than hatchery fish. So, returning wild fish to the stream allows those fish to spawn and pass on their ability to survive to their offspring - enabling the wild fish population to remain healthy and grow. In most Oregon waters wild fish are protected by law and must be released unharmed.

http://www.flyfishusa.com/tackle-tips/catch-release/catch-release.html

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NY fly fishing

N.Y. skyline meets fly line

OK so I'm not really sure about this one. I thought the whole point of fly fishing is to get away from the toils of life and enjoy the countyside. NY harbour is not my idea of retreating to nature. But, if it floats your boat............

Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - Xing Wang, a client and a friend of captain Chris Hessert (not in picture) cast his fishing rod in Manhattan East River with the United Nation building in the background. The Queensborough and Brooklyn Bridge is seen in the background as an angler ...

N.Y. skyline meets fly line

Thanks to Phil H Shook for this article.

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