Research Leads to Proposed Regulation Changes on Wyoming’s North Platte

The North Platte is famend for large fish and lot’s of ’em, which is why it’s such a well-liked vacation spot for fly fishers and different anglers. Sadly, that very recognition has led to a rise in accidents to fish, which the the Wyoming Recreation and Fish Fee is making an attempt to handle. Consequently, a slate of recent laws has been agreed to, pending a public-comment interval:

Solely single barbless hooks can be allowed sooner or later alongside all 4 North Platte River sections downstream from Seminoe Reservoir. Moreover, fixing egg patterns and different attractants to traces above hooks — a setup often called “pegged attractors” — will now not be permitted on the river’s Cardwell and Grey Reef sections. (They’ll nonetheless be allowed on the Miracle Mile and Afterbay stretches, the place bait may even stay authorized.) 

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