I also have fished with guy who uses powerbait. It is a nasty technique, from what I can tell.
He dead drifts the powerbait along the stream bottom in moving water and waits for the trout to take it. A majority of the time, the trout swallow it, and he has to cut off the line, leaving the toxic mess and treble hook inside. He admits that a number of fish die from the swallowing/fight/hook damage. There has been a lot about ethics on this list; all I know is that if we look at ethics with a broader view of angling, fly fishermen should be more tolerant of each other's views and opinions. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 12:56 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] ouch! and a warning > > I fish occasionally with a guy who is totally hung up on powerbait. Itsa > strange to fish with him because he fishes for trout with a bass mentality. > He's always trying to figure out which color is going to do the trick. > Maybe there's something to it. He has it down to a science. It seems like > treble hooks are the only thing that'll hold powerbait well, but I don't > really care for fishing with bait, so I don't follow it too closely. > >
