Catch And Release
Same river ... a different day, different fish This is a shot I also grabbed from a GoPro video using Windows 7 Snipping Tool.
We play these fish hard so that we can get them in quickly before they can get tired out. We don't even take them out of the water, either before releasing them or during the time we release them ... any more than what you see here and most times not even that. We don't use a net either ... not even the soft nylon type without knots. We use the cotton gloves you see here in this shot to hold the fish while we remove the fly. We've become pretty adept at it over the years, too. Lots of practice. :-)
Catch And Release
Same river ... a different day, different fish This is a shot I also grabbed from a GoPro video using Windows 7 Snipping Tool.
We play these fish hard so that we can get them in quickly before they can get tired out. We don't even take them out of the water, either before releasing them or during the time we release them ... any more than what you see here and most times not even that. We don't use a net either ... not even the soft nylon type without knots. We use the cotton gloves you see here in this shot to hold the fish while we remove the fly. We've become pretty adept at it over the years, too. Lots of practice. :-)