Originally Posted by
Troutsource
I thought I read that the smolts were released in the Sacramento River(?).
Funny story from the other weekend. I hit the A mid-river on that Saturday, eagerly baptizing my new rod and some new flies I tied the week prior. I got into an obscene amount of fish (one every 60 seconds) and became very enamored with my rod, my flies and my general skill level. I said to myself, "I never knew there were this many fish in the river in these riffly environments. I must be a real stud now! But it's strange that they're all hatchery fish and about the same size..." Then I encountered another guy who was also tearing them up. And then he informed me of the "stocking" that just occurred a few days earlier... Total ego deflation.