How do anglers know when they caught a stockie?

Are stockies fatter and have more of the magenta stripe than fish that have been put in for a while?

The fins are normaly ragged and probably some will be deformed.the fish are usually fatter.they will probably have a nose that is rubbed white.when gutted they will have a enlarged gall bladder(big lump of white fat)

Jim

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the ones that have been 'put in for a while' are er..stockies too.

lol even I know that Ohanzee so whats this term stockie bashing then?

When just stocked .the fish swim about in a shoal.and are an easy target for any fly/lure swum past them.

Jim

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The Fishermans Friend is the Flirty Fly,Fickle Food for Fleeting Fish.

lol - so is a stockie always a stockie? If so whats an overwintered?

A fish that has reverted to natural food rather than living on it's fat reserves,and makes it through a winter,whereby it will have attained it's natural shape and it's fins have repaired themselves. a far nicer fish to catch,and for some strange reason seem more succeptable to the dry fly.,might have something to do with natural food

Jim

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The Fishermans Friend is the Flirty Fly,Fickle Food for Fleeting Fish.

Thanks for that

still a stockie

or it remembers having to look up for the floating pellets

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