Opening Day - Wild trout in ATWs. What Did You see?

[Wildbrowntrout]

Jessed, I'm positive that they were mayflies. I caught one in my net and it had the triangular wing shape, (sticking up, that is), and extended tail off the body. If you go to hay (in certain places) at sundown in late spring, you can have quite a time with all of the wild brown's in there.

 

[RyanR]

krayfish2 wrote:
Salmonoid wrote:

The two lightning trout I saw (one roped, the other darting around a big pool, spooked out of his mind) did not appear to be wild

Are you sure? Club stocked fish have the adipose fin clipped and state stocked fish should have both pectoral fins clipped. I can only assume that you were unable to get a good look at the fish due to its seizure like movements. Lol

Actually are you sure? because from what I know there is no requirement for club-stocked or PFBC stocked fish to have any fin clippings. In fact, I believe the PFBC only goes through the time-wasting trouble of clipping a fin if the stocking effort is part of some sort of study (ie. the adipose clipped fingerling stockings in the Lehigh.)