As evidenced by this year, preseason stockings now and in the future have been pushed back on the Tully DH area based on a review of the historical March flows, which often are not very accommodating to anglers. Had that been solely used as guidance, then there would not have been any stocking in March as I recall. The timing of this year's stocking represents a compromise, with the hope that flow will be a little lower than usual. Stocking closer to the time when most anglers can actually fish the stream results in more fish available to those anglers.