Don’t get me wrong, I love me some stout-shouldered stockers on the fly from time to time. It’s still fly fishing after all, and stocked trout can be challenging, even frustrating, if they’ve seen their share of flies.
But, if given the chance, I’ll take chasing even a smallish wild trout on a natural, crazy-currented, downfall-filled, slippery freestone river with its share of fly-stealing overhanging vegetation any day…
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