Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Ethical consideration

I saw a guy at the Tidal Basin catch a fish and then boot it like a punter into the trees. I guess he was going to use it for bait later. Seemed to me he could of at least given it a good whack first rather than let it suffocate. I'm content with my approach, which is to not purposefully torture the things. I'm holding out hope that if aliens arrive on Earth, good karma will protect me from whatever those higher beings do on their spaceships.

On Monday, January 11, 2016 at 4:43:11 AM UTC-5, TurbineBlade wrote:

I doubt very seriously that all (or even many) sissy fly fishermen agree with this. They (the sissy fly fishermen) could often make a better case against fishing than the jogger -- 

In my opinion, if you aren't willing to report poaching you should remain equally silent if someone violates your sissy rules for "assisted care" fly fishing.  

BTW -- I'm reading Gierach at the moment and ran into the "use a lighter fly rod to give the fish a chance" idea many sissy fly fishermen talk about.  That's just another contradiction for the sport to throw on top of the pile.  Only a fly fisherman could go from telling someone to not use 8x tippet because it extends the fight, to saying "not to use too heavy of a rod on smaller fish to give them a chance".  Now I'm just a simple Mizzourah pit viper behaviorist, but ain't that odd coupling of words into the same sentence saying the same thing?   

Gene ("Don't call me a fly fisherman") TB

On Sunday, January 10, 2016 at 10:44:55 PM UTC-5, Brad wrote:

I suppose we are in agreement. This is a blood sport. We all kill fish. Anyone that thinks they don't is delusional. I have no problem killing and eating fish where legal.

I work on the management side of this business. I'm very aware of where our seafood comes from and what it takes to get to my plate. I rarely eat fish I don't catch (except for my sushi problem) and I'm coming back from a week in HI where I didn't even bring gear. I won't fish there. Period. There aren't any fish.

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