As far a hook shy HSB. I have not found them to be easy or abundant to catch
I have stocked 10-15 HSB in my 4 acre pond the last 3-4 years...and I rarely saw any of them. Caught one or two on a lure. Then this year we switched to minnows, worms, shrimp and now we catch more fish in general and we are catching HSB. I've never tried fly-fishing for them, but intend to try sometime.
