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There were fly rod striper records broken almost daily back in the early 70's when those records were set. Most of the fish were coming from the Smith River in Oregon.
A friend had a conversation about this fishery with a former West Coast FFing luminary and former FFing record holder. He insinuated that the fishery was not really 'fair chase'. The fish were in a small isolated section of river. They were either pre-spawn or spawned out and rather lethargic. Plus they were more or less confined to the pocket they were in.
They were certainly still great fish ... but it sort of explains how they were able to land more than a few a 60+# fish on 12# tippets.
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