Hey, Salmo...long time, no talk.

It wouldn't cramp my style fishing at all...neither would a regulation requiring that all casting must be done with the right arm and hand. I don't even use bait or barbs when I'm fishing in March and April anyway (well...not much \:\) )

It just doesn't seem like a useful regulation in the winter/spring months, as there isn't much of an increase in mortality to the adults that are there then.

It would, however, probably reduce angler effort, and that, while attractive to me on a fisherman level, is a little harder to swallow on a fishing politics level, as I'd hate to lose more numbers when it comes to fighting for the fish.

However, if reducing angler effort were the goal of a conservation regulation, then we're talkin'. If it's just a general policy that goes along with WSR, then it might be unnecessary.

Fish on...

Todd
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