After college when I started my working career, fishing became more important because it provided a way to get away from the pressures of my job. It was of utmost importance to me in the last dozen years before I retired, because I became the guy in charge and had the added pressure of meeting the payroll every two weeks for those in my employ. Yes, I was one of those guys who worked sometimes late at night and many weekends. However, I didn't take up fly fishing late in life like some of those in the USA Today story did. I'd been doing it all along.
I've gone from keeping and eating all the fish I take, to keeping only enough for a few meals, to releasing all except those that I know won't survive. I used to mark all the large bass I caught and was not at all surprised when I caught one of them again. That's the beauty of catch and release. "Let the fish live to fight another day !" And, as Lee Wulf said in today's quote: "Game fish are too valuable to be caught only once!"
-- Jimmy D. Moore, "BIGTROUTMAN" I FISH BECAUSE I MUST! More importantly, I fish because my Dad taught me! Author,Outdoor Writer,TOWA, GRTU Owner/Webmaster - Worldwide Flyfishing Info. http://www.BIGTROUTMAN.homestead.com/MainPage.html
