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New Products Make the Fishing Even Better
I found lots of great new products I know you are going to like at the recent ICAST tackle show. Plano's new fly fishing boxes-the 3282, 3283 and the 3284 models-are perfect for storing, organizing and transporting flies. Made from sturdy EVA foam with large non-corrosive zippers, these floating (you'll appreciate this feature if you've ever dropped your fly box in a stream!) boxes are lightweight and virtually indestructible.The interiors of these new Plano boxes feature a high quality foam in both the lid and the base to double the fly storage capacity. The small-sized 3282 box measures 5.5"L x 3.25"W x 2"H; the medium-sized 3283 measures 7"L x 5"W x 2"H; and the large 3284 model measures 8.5"L x 6"W x 2"H. The boxes cost $7.99, $8.99 and $9.99 each. If you've ever broken one of your expensive rods and reels while traveling from one lake to another, you're really going to appreciate Plano's great new 1415 Z Series rod and reel case.
Mountain streams, ponds offer Red River anglers plenty of action
RED RIVER, N.M. — When trout fishing in the waters in the Sangre de Cristo Mountain range, you have two choices, the pristine, clear streams or any of the various ponds which are stocked throughout the year. Obviously, there is an advantage to each. There seems to be no better place on earth when you are standing in or by a fast-flowing mountain stream, surrounded by an Alpine forest, almost chilled to the bone (in July, at that) and carefully drifting a fly across a small pocket near a rocky bank. You hold your breath as you await the lightning-fast hit of a rainbow, brown, brook or cutthroat trout. The streams are stocked well and often by the Department of New Mexico Game & Fish with most experienced anglers culling to a five-fish limit (in most areas) or catching and releasing in order to perpetuate the existence of many trout.
Low Flows Compound a High Drama
This summer has certainly been one of great joy for holiday- makers and sun worshippers. The sun has been working overtime while the rains have been on strike - until this last weekend. River fishing has been virtually at a standstill except for some trout fishing around dusk and sewin fishing at night. Rivers like the Towy and Rheidol have produced a few quality sewin intermittently despite the low water levels. Sewin, often referred to as the children of the tide, have been scarce on most rivers and even on rivers where stocks appeared more numerous, the fishing conditions have been atrocious. Anglers sometimes equate catches with stocks when in fact the catches often reflect the fishing conditions. Anglers are very concerned about the future of sewin and salmon stocks especially as several of those important nursery streams are drying up.
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