> Another point for consideration...if the person who had initially caught the > fish was a C&W guy (or gal)...and if the only reason that I caught this fish > was because they had ORIGINALLY caught it....do I lose any Purist Points > (please see the recent comment as a JOKE!!!)....am I to be classified as a > C&W Fisherman-by-proxy (twitch....shudder....)? Chris;
You are definetely a C & W guy because you were not "FLY FISHING" in the "PURIST " SENSE OF THE WORD. You were not "DRY FLY FISHING" so you don't get ant credit at all for fishing or catching or releasing or nuttin'. Release the poor fish back into the ocean and throw in all your wet flies, streamers,nymphs,poppers,sliders and any other fly or "lure" that you have. Incidently you should throw in your fly rod also since it is obvious that you are not using a regulation rod and defined by the "PURIST' CODE OF ETHICS". runnin & duckin Alan Di Somma Phoenix, Az, Home of the largest smoke plume in recent memory.
