Excellent! On Wednesday, October 28, 2015, Don Ordes <[email protected]> wrote:
> *A balance of A & B,* and *education* for the newly interested- not only > in fly-fishing and fly-tying, but in stream/lake/water etiquette (including > manners). Greed seems to be the root of many evils, and it’s partner is > selfishness. We need both growth and control, and there may be a way. > > ‘River rage’ has become like road-rage. Too many people with un-relieved > stresses (and medications) floating a river to relieve stress and then a > few adding stress to everyone else they cross paths with. Bad mix with some > bad experiences and then people start packing things besides lunches. > > *A thought for some yay or nay consideration?* > *‘D’* Should fly-fishing have a special fishing license *sticker* (like > a conservation sticker) that gives the holder *added fishing privileges* > when fly-fishing (as in C&R only areas or floating rivers), but in return > requiring a mandatory education class (water safety, laws and etiquette, > C&R practice) to go along with it, and before any technical training like > casting. > > *Necessity-* Waters are over-crowded with regular fisherpersons, along > with uneducated people or people without self-control and bad manners. Some > fishermen drink to excess before fishing and lose judgment abilities while > on the water (even wading a stream). > *Reasoning-* Hunters get a hunting course to get a hunting stamp to carry > a gun. Fishermen are also arming themselves- whether for self defense or to > prove a point. Different world. > *Benefit-:* > *First,* may serve as a screening or weeding-out process to refine the > ranks of fly-fishers. > *Second,* would serve to educate fly-fisherpersons, and give them pride > of distinction and an awareness of good manners. > *Third,* would give them something to lose if they cross the line and get > caught (or get reported). Having your fly-fishing tag revoked would be for > guides and fishers alike, and could motivate people to be more civil and > act more responsibly. > *Fourth-* Would add jobs and services to the fly shops ($$), plus the > responsibility of refining the growing ranks that they need for business, > while relieving some of the problems encountered in the field. Does no good > to grow the ranks if you also grow the problem. Shops benefit and have the > responsibility. > *Fifth-* Shops would adopt some policies to help out *in return* for the > business benefits they receive by growing the ranks, namely some things > that help with the over-crowding (and problems) created by the growing > ranks. Along with fishing reports could be a fisherman number report, > giving some crowding statistics and recommended windows of opportunity. As > the ranks grow and hostilities flare, this may become a necessity. And if > over-crowding is normal, like on season-opening day, fishers know what to > expect and are educated. > *State Game and Fish involvement?* To be discussed. > *Federal Involvement*- none. State issues. > *The guiding industry* -many times based out of shops, but not always. > They add to the problem by bringing clients into other systems (rather than > home waters) that are already over-crowded. > > *Counter-point*- another cost and regulation in an already regulated, > expensive hobby. > > *Would the good outweigh the bad?* Hunters have to do it- why not > fly-fishers? What about lure and bait-chuckers? Should they educate and > stamp up to the plate? ug... > > I also believe that if you’re going to benefit financially from this sport > industry, you also have an interest and responsibility to grow it > responsibly, or lose clients. Stamps would be a way to provide for some of > the cost of education, which is never a bad thing. > > Again, *two sides*- *your thoughts*? (I’d spring for the sticker if it > was a state requirement.) > > DonO > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Neville Gosling > Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2015 3:03 PM > To: VFB > Subject: [VFB] More or Less? > > Do you think the fly fishing industry, as a whole, should invest more time > and dollars into recruiting new participants to the sport of fly fishing? > a. Absolutely. We need more people fishing, and that should be our number > one priority. > b. Absolutely not. The waters are crowded enough as it is. More is not > merrier. > c. 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