Zach Matthews
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Hey Mike-
If you are interested in tying flies for a past-time, I don’t think you could pick up a technique that would give you more fun than spinning deer hair.
National Geographic Adventure magazine ran a story last month on a guy running Baja California trips out of San Diego (about 200 miles) on a US Navy style zodiac.
A lot of people approach fly fishing as a progressive exercise in specialization
That’s an astute observation, and it may be that right now I am just going through a big fish phase.
Hey Brian-
I agree entirely with your economic assessment and the reasons for the Game and Fish put-and-take rules and I do agree that a component of the scheme should be based on the principles you list.
However I have to point out that the White River system really is a substantially different place than the waters you fish, including the Cumberland, which it most closely resembles.
On any given day on the 7-mile Norfork tailwater, which supports the highest concentration of fish per mile, you will definitely see more fly fishermen than bait fishermen.
As I see it, Abel’s main problem has always been that by trading on the utmost high end of the regular market, they have limited themselves to a certain type of customer.
If they lower their prices to reach the middle, they have to sacrifice some of their ‘high end image.’
Bd-
I think you’ll find that on this particular question Arkansans and Tennesseans are further apart than you’d believe.
My response:
Issues:
1) Inadequate variety in stocking locations resulting in bait fishing/taking clusters around stocking ramps (i.e. Winkley Shoals).
2) Lack of minimum flow.
3) Inadequate public access in the Jon’s Pocket peninsula.
4) Lack of walk-in access at Mossy Shoals C&R
5) Open ended C&R philosophy fundamentally flawed given scientific data of brown trout migratory browsing and feeding
6) Unclear personal property boundaries on borders of river.Advice:
1) Employ stocking rafts most of the time in order to stock rainbow trout.