New Hampshire holds off on New Regulations for the Trophy Stretch
While up in Vermont, I heard that the New Hampshire Fish and Game is holding off for this year on allowing lure fishing in Pittsburg’s Trophy Stretch. Well, there’s hope I guess that the Trophy Stretch will remain fly-fishing.
Fly-fishing is a 100-year-old tradition in these waters. It’s the principal economic sport that built the lodges, built the fly shops, and supports the guides. To destroy this tradition is ludicrous, and short-sighted. Knucklehead! New Hampshire has about 19,000 miles of streams and rivers. Is having a 2 miles stretch for fly anglers, a stretch that has been in extremely popular for century, asking too much? You got to be kidding me! If Fish and Game got smart, they would be promoting this valuable resource, helping to attract more fly anglers, helping to sell more licenses-both resident and nonresident, helping to support the lodges, the accommodations, the restaurants, and the fly shops. Now that makes sense.
