No comments, I just have to find another river as I don't like to use sinking
lines.
By the way, last week, they "fished" the big hole above Cpost road (Hazel?)
with ..... nets. According to another angler, they took
something like 200 fish (king, steelhead...). That is a great way to protect
the chinook, isn't it????
Vincent
Preston Singletary wrote:
> The WDFW announced yesterday that weighted flies will be prohibited on the
> N. Fk of the Stillaguamish from Aug. 20 through Oct. 15. The action was
> taken because anglers have been deliberately targeting wild spawning chinook
> who are schooled up in a few deeper holes in the low, warm waters that have
> prevailed this summer. Sad to relate, most of these fish have been
> foul-hooked and the purpose of the ban is to prevent any additional stress
> to them. This rule change has been put in place to protect the spawning
> chinook while still allowing the angler to fish for steelhead and sea-run
> cutthroat. If the harassment of chinook doesn't stop, it is still possible
> that the North Fork may be closed to all fishing.
