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BUBBA

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The Stamp River
« on: October 29, 2004, 03:56:55 PM »
 Was over fishing the Stamp and noticed that the majority of people on this river are fishing about 8 feet of line below their float with four foot leaders on average in 3 or 4  feet of water. Even the guides we watched from shore were using the same " technique" with their customers. A few guys we talked to told us we should be using much longer leaders if we wanted to improve the numbers of fish caught. Phoned the C.O. to ask why they allow this and he said otherwise it would be too tough for people to get fish to take home. We suggested that if they wanted people to take fish from the system that the bait ban should be lifted and he said no can do. So my question is why would they rather see fish snagged than being taken using bait.
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Re: The Stamp River
« Reply #1 on: October 29, 2004, 04:02:14 PM »
$64,000 question
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Re: The Stamp River
« Reply #2 on: October 29, 2004, 05:33:19 PM »
I think they use a longer leader cause when drifting wool and not bait it takes the fish longer to react and give them time to bite.. just my 2 cents
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Re: The Stamp River
« Reply #3 on: October 29, 2004, 06:40:49 PM »
Leader length makes no difference on presentation speed.

If anything, it makes the bait harder to bite as it is swinging about more (probably the idea of long leaders)

How dumb. If you want guys to catch fish, lift the bait ban. At least then more fish will be caught properly instead of more fish caught TOW.

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I have a right to fish and a responsibility to treat this right as a privilege.

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Since when was snagging just a question of ethics and personal choice?

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Re: The Stamp River
« Reply #4 on: October 29, 2004, 07:05:48 PM »
fished the stamp last year 18-20 in. leader caught 20 coho in 3hrs. blue and peach wool, on a daily bases for a while also several summer run stealhead
why floss ?
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