On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 08:55:26 -0400, Jeff Miller
wrote:

didn't see the show. but... 4 lb brookies in nc are from the trout zoos
only. tv trout shows are commercial bull****. teevee show producers
don't like the trouble, expense, and uncertainty associated with the
real story on nc brook trout fishing - thank god, goddess, and mother
nature. a 12 inch native brook trout in nc is unusually large and a
rarity. i've caught only one in my adventures chasing native brookies.
come fish with us sometime if you wanna know the true story...

jeff

Bill McDonald wrote:

Saw the show and have to agree with all that's been stated. Was also
really disappointed about the lack of "instructional" info presented.
I caught the advert for this show a couple of weeks ago in TU's mag.
and was really looking forward to the broadcast. Alas......
How about some of the NC-claver's posting some feedback? Bill in Va.

And yet the latest issue Trout (TU's magazine) has a very nice story on
Appalachian brook trout, including a shot of a stream that looks for all the
world as if its flowing down a grand staircase built of car sized boulders. And
no pictures of mesomorphic brookies.

Also the TU TV show last year did an episode on the Mecan R. in Wisconsin where
they were virtually rained out and spent most of the show talking water quality
and tying flies. Which, come to think of it, may explain why they might have
felt a need to spice up the production values this year.

g.c.