Dave Burr wrote: ↑Thu Apr 01, 2021 5:59 pmParr are suckers for flies too, maybe they'll be asking for a ban soonCoral Maestro wrote: ↑Thu Apr 01, 2021 3:41 pm I think the concern here from the salmon anglers point of view is the by-catch of salmon parr when worms are being used. There is a similar concern regarding the use of maggots on some stretches of the welsh Dee. I've caught a few when using worms for grayling on the welsh Dee.
I won't rise to your fly Mr Burr but the issue with salmonids of all sizes is they will gorge a bait like a worms or maggots therefore make for a difficult and often unsurvivable release (suitably sized circle hooks can largely avoid this). Very rarely is gorging an issue with true flyfishing. Lets be honest - anyone targeting parr or undersize trout etc wants flogging with an old bog brush before hanging! It's the reason some fishery managers are suspicious of the fashion for Tenkara - a method designed for catching a small species of Japanese trout that has transferred over here to tiddler bashing by a minority group of utter idiots who have converted it into a numbers game and think it's good to catch juvenile fish that otherwise would be rightly considered unfair game.