Originally Posted By: fishNphysician
Originally Posted By: stonefish
Sir Peter sure is making the rounds. He's a star....in his own mind.

http://thebigpull.wordpress.com/
http://thebigpull.wordpress.com/2009/02/26/a-steelhead/#respond


Peter's own words in response to the blog:

The darker side of the story is that I killed the fish, something that I have never done in over 15 years of fly fishing in the USA. I certainly catch my fair share of fish but I have never taken a single fish at any time before. As you probably know Washington’s state laws let you to take one wild steelhead a year, there is no limit on size.



I certainly have bittersweet emotions. The elation of hooking a giant fish and beaching it but real trauma and actual stress about killing the fish. I am still upset at that part, believe you me I did not do it lightly. Emotionally I am scarred, I still have knot in my stomach over the whole incident. That has led me to ask myself the question: “ isn’t it time that all wild steelhead be released?. “ After all, if they lived long enough, and evaded seals, net’s and hooks, all those smaller wild steelhead that are killed each week, would stand a good chance of growing up to be a large size too.



nice revelation...too bad it took him killing it to have it..... confused
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