In response to Geo's note - I caught a fishing line in a tree on my first cast once, so I know how easily it happens. Luckily for me and any unsuspecting wildlife, the line was retrievable! Ann Mitchell
On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 3:28 PM, <geoklop...@gmail.com> wrote: > In my experience (having been raised among anglers), snags in trees are > "should have known better" events, i.e. the result of careless or inept > casting. Experienced anglers can avoid this problem. More difficult to > avoid are the underwater snags, and I suspect the latter exact a greater > cost on wildlife, though the submerged tackle and the victims may remain > out of sight. > > -Geo > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
