This is the river everyone’s talking about right now — but is it for the right reasons? Is it really threatened by the re-stocking of non-local trout, or is the presence of Rainbows truly limited to well-defined stretches? The age-old debate about introducing ‘foreign’ fry rages on, while the Federation insists it only stocks fry sourced from Gave River trout… yet other voices rise up claiming the trout aren’t from here at all!
Whatever the case, this is one hell of a Wild River — and you know our love for ‘the wild’ — so take care of it, guys! No hatchery trout, or if so, just in the lower reaches to keep the casual anglers happy, and in the headwaters, no tank-raised fish or fry brought in from elsewhere! Our children will thank you for it — and so will we, for that matter!