The point of the article was to have discussion about the river and who was interested in it. I am not part of an organization and am just interested in continuing to have a river close to home where I can catch fish(I live in Oregon).
The regulations being proposed do not limit the river to flyfishing only you could still use lures.
There is increased use of the river and the entire area below the dam and to ignore the use (and abuse)is not going to help.
I did not start out flyfishing on the river I used worms or grasshoppers. I taught myself to flyfish and realized that evetually I could catch just as many fish flyfishing with less effect on the fish. I still take the kids to the river and sometimes they try to flyfish or use small lures with single hooks.
Baitfishing could be discussed for hours but if you see someone sitting in a chair and their pole resting on a stick I can almost tell you for sure that the fish is going to swallow the bait and you will basically kill it trying to release it.
If the kids want to catch lots of fish and not worry about whether we kill them catching them, We go to the lake or another river where they are planted to be caught and kept.
Hopefully ODFW has a meeting where people can voice their concerns (wherever they are from). The Owyhee is a source of revenue for businesses in Oregon and to ODFW who I think said that Adrian store sells the most single day out of state licenses in the state.
I will check the blog periodically and if you havea question or something I could clarify let me know.
I do know that if it was 10-15 years ago we could probably leave it alone and due to the lack of pressure it would probably not be affected but this river is already known across the nation.
This blog was intended for positive discussion and to let people know of the process for enacting new regulations. If there are negative blogs that are not relevent and no name is included they will be deleted. You have the opportunity, just like everyone else, to make you're opinion known to ODFW.
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While this is not an issue that is on the table, I would most be in support of a minimum streamflow of at least 100 cfs. It is really necessary to run the river at 30 in the fall and 10,000 in the spring. There is enough water for 100 cfs year round.
Careful with the single barbless hook deal, I think on the SF boise it says single barbless hook per fly (droppers, nymphs) I wonder what the exact wording is for the Oregon rule.
Banning bait makes good sense to reduce mortality and I'm in favor of it
Your previous post makes some sense though, so an exception for diableed children.
thanks for your work on this
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