brians wrote:



Similar thing on the show that took place in Colorado and I had the
same reaction as you.

Willi



I had the same reaction as all of you. I thought the whole thing was
rigged with big hatchery fish......that was until they came to my home
state of California. A couple quarter finalists were skunked, and the
big fish was 14-16". FWIW, the East Walker River they fished produces
some large wild fish, but not on that day, or to those "expert" fly
fishermen. This is not to say something fishy wasn't going on at the
other locations.

The fish in CO didn't look freshly stocked but they were caught on a
private ranch that's VERY expensive. I'm guessing they feed the trout there.

Willi