tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683252079059319749.post6199950968162637663..comments2023-09-21T04:56:48.560-07:00Comments on Apocalypse Steelheader: The Difference is ObviousApocalypse Now, Steelheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915351549329100479noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683252079059319749.post-7255245023544743552010-04-17T13:04:37.902-07:002010-04-17T13:04:37.902-07:00Well put Idaho SteelWell put Idaho SteelApocalypse Now, Steelheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915351549329100479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683252079059319749.post-28501657183826097812010-04-17T10:57:38.242-07:002010-04-17T10:57:38.242-07:00I would agree that a wild fish is better in every ...I would agree that a wild fish is better in every way that counts. However, I can't seem to summon up the hatred for hatchery fish that many seem to have. A deep and abiding hatred for the corporations, governments, and fisheries managers that put us in this predicament, yes. But not the hatchery fish themselves. They are merely doing the best they can with what they have, responding to a genetic code that even the idiot aquaculture types haven't been able to completely destroy. It is not the fishes fault, and no one in their right mind would hold it against them. Here on my home river (the Clearwater) hooking any steelhead at all is something of an event most days. And a wild fish is an experience to be treasured. But even a hatchery fish has had to make the perilous 500 mile journey down river to the sea, spend a couple years in the ocean with all it's dangers, then fight and struggle it's way back home where it ate your fly. Taken in that light there is a certain beauty and asthetic to even a hatchery "brat."Idaho steelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03274249402683144901noreply@blogger.com