Let me assure you that the personna that I have presented on this board is my own and it is not ficticious in any way. My post last night is my life. Heck, I'm one of the few here using my own real name so if that isn't standing up to the plate than I'm not sure what is.

Don't question my motives, and quit trying to read between the lines. There is nothing ulterior to my posts. I am only presenting my beliefs and my reasoning. What I have learned from this is the only thing that separates myself the "snagger" from others more "righteous" is that when I land a fish that has been unintentionally foul hooked I keep it.

Sadly, there are some here who now have branded me "morally-corrupt" without really knowing me, and that is fine. I wouldn't care to hang out with someone so quick to judge, anyway, Those whom I have spent fishing time with know me for who I am.

When I'm fishing I give more to the environment than I take. I was at the Wind River cleanup...as were a few dedicated others. We missed the best fishing by a couple weeks, and because of that we had fewer attendees. Yet I still drove the distance to clean a place that needed it. And ask those who were there how much trash I came out of that canyon dragging. Do some searches over at iFish under fobbman and find my posts about bank fishing with a trash bag in tow to clean up where I fished.

I'm very real. And I'm not the only one in this position. I may be one of the only ones to throw myself to the wolves in hopes that a few are inspired to think.