I was reading the Field and Stream Fly Talk Blog the other day, and Kirk Deeter was talking about a friend who was into cutting off the hook of a fly to make it hookless and fishing just to see the fish take the fly, tug a little, and have the fly come out without harming the fish. The friend called it "rolling" the fish.
Now I am all for having fun, but this sounds like it would be fun to try, especially when it's warm out and the trout are deep and you don't want to stress them by having them out of the water to dehook them.
Heck Tim Romano's wife has pictures of him stalking lizards around a pool using hookless flies at a resort down south of the border.
Maybe there is something to be said, definately would gain approval from the animal rights people, but PETA (People Eating Tasty Animals) would object.
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I doubt you'd garner support from animal rights groups. They'd consider it harrassing the fish.
There was a similar thing written in Primitive Archer magazine a couple of months back about an idiot who was practising for hunting by stalking and shooting deer with rubber pointed blunt arrows. The response was univerally against him becuse they can damage the animal with bruses and muscle damage.
I doubt that would happen with trout, but even if they're on for a minute or two, it might stress them. I'd check with my local fish & wildlife agancy, probably their biology division just to make sure it won't cause damage.
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