Sir, – It is a crying shame that such a unique specimen has been lost to such a crude method of fishing (“Quite a catch”, Joe O’Shaughnessy, Front page, May 28th).
Industrial strength tackle, precision depth finders and tempting dead bait all rigged up to extract the largest and rarest of trout – the fine ferox.
It might be sport were the trout allowed a fair chance as with fly fishing but with multiple treble hooks being used, what chance does it have? Were such a fish to come to the fly, I am sure the true sportsman would wish to return this extraordinary creature unharmed…..The Irish Times….31/05/12…..read full article…..
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