forksfishing
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- Jan 19, 2012
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Hello All,
I've been a newbie for a few years now due to limited opportunities to get out however, I know have some more time on my hands and I have had some recent success with fly fishing.
My goal is to catch/release all of the time even on the stocked "kill" sections that I fly fish. I recently had some problems releasing the trout that I hooked rather deep and I'm looking for additional "best practices" to follow.
First I'm bending my barbs down flat against the hook and I have forceps to help in releasing the fish. I have a net that I picked up from LL Bean I think (black net) that was supposed to be easier on the fish but now I'm starting to ones that look more like a rubber compound should I be using this?
On a dry fly when the fish takes the fly do you pause for a second or two before setting the hook or should I set it immediately to hopefully prevent the hook from going too deep?
I try to touch the trout as little as possible and always make sure my hands are wet however, last week I had two trout that were hooked rather deep. I had trouble removing the hook even with the forceps and the trout were bleeding. I was unable to revive them so I'm looking to try and minimize this as much as possible.
I'm trying to not play them too much and I will make note of future water temps but is there more I should be doing?
Thanks in advance for any best practices, tools, techniques that you use!
I've been a newbie for a few years now due to limited opportunities to get out however, I know have some more time on my hands and I have had some recent success with fly fishing.
My goal is to catch/release all of the time even on the stocked "kill" sections that I fly fish. I recently had some problems releasing the trout that I hooked rather deep and I'm looking for additional "best practices" to follow.
First I'm bending my barbs down flat against the hook and I have forceps to help in releasing the fish. I have a net that I picked up from LL Bean I think (black net) that was supposed to be easier on the fish but now I'm starting to ones that look more like a rubber compound should I be using this?
On a dry fly when the fish takes the fly do you pause for a second or two before setting the hook or should I set it immediately to hopefully prevent the hook from going too deep?
I try to touch the trout as little as possible and always make sure my hands are wet however, last week I had two trout that were hooked rather deep. I had trouble removing the hook even with the forceps and the trout were bleeding. I was unable to revive them so I'm looking to try and minimize this as much as possible.
I'm trying to not play them too much and I will make note of future water temps but is there more I should be doing?
Thanks in advance for any best practices, tools, techniques that you use!