From: "Jim Ray"

Anyway, I happened across the Fly Masters flyfishing competition on OLN
which was some sort of SouthEastern regional qualifier. In any case, the
river they were fishing was the Catahouchie (I think) in the northern part
of Georgia

For some reason, I am a bit skeptical of their catches - one big
football shaped rainbow of about 22 inches immediately comes to mind, in
addition to several in the 14 -18" range

I'm guessing they were stockers,
and most likely, placed there specifically for the show, er competition. Am
I way off base, or are big fish like that common in that river?

I didn't see this episode, but I caught a Northeastern qualifying round from
Spruce Creek in PA a few weeks back. A number of the fish caught were 18"+ with
the largest at 26". Most of them had no fins, and were rather pale in color.
Turned me off completely, and I haven't watched an episode since.


George Adams

"All good fishermen stay young until they die, for fishing is the only dream of
youth that doth not grow stale with age."
---- J.W Muller