From the NYT: The Cost Of Trout Fishing
Having spent some time with a fly rod, we found this interesting. Let us know your thoughts. -bd
Twenty-eight million Americans will buy freshwater fishing licenses this year. Eight million of them will be trout and salmon anglers. Native wild trout have mostly disappeared in the face of this immense fishing pressure. They have been replaced by nonnative hatchery fish and their river-born “wild” trout offspring. Nationwide, state and federal fisheries agencies dump some 130 million trout in lakes, rivers and streams each year. Although this stocking lures people outside, the hatcheries that produce these trout create environmental problems....FULL ARTICLE: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/11/opinion/the-cost-of-trout-fishing.html?emc=eta1&_r=0