[VFB] Quote

[Richard Zieger]

"Some time ago I was brought back to earth by an incident in one of my fishing schools.  I usually show a movie call 'The Way of the Trout,' which concludes with a strong please for catch-and-release fishing.  right after the final dramatic scene, which ends with the release of a large rainbow trout, an eleven-year-old boy impulsively jumped up and said, "I wouldn't let that fish go!'  As he sat down, a little embarrassed, he explained,'I wouldn't let that fish go.  I've never caught a fish that big.'  In the awkward silence that followed, I realized that most of the people in that room - and, for that matter, he vast majority of anglers - wouldn't have let that fish go, either.  I don't remember exactly what I said to that class and to that young man, but I do remember feeling awfully inadequate."   Mel Kreiger in "The Essentials of Fly Fishing"   Rick