Some additional comments:

"It is one of the easiest concepts to grasp, the idea of unification of sportsmen, but the hardest to impliment in the real world.

As stated, the least we ask is that you send a letter to your district legislators to let them know we are there... tell them to, "Look out the window and see the face of the future." Send your emails early, and CC a copy to me as I will print them all off and hand deliver them to the respective legislators offices, hopefully the legislators themselves. Then send a second on the date of the rally, as a reminder.

Two minutes of your time is all that is asked, the least you can do. The best you can do is to attend and set an appointment with your legislators after the rally, and bring a couple of non-perishable food items to help feed the hungry.

Many people misunderstand what is trying to be done here... we are not pushing legislation, yet. We are not affecting change, yet. We are just trying to get a showing of unified sportsmen that believe we have been divided long enough and it is hurting us all. To introduce ourselves to our legislators, to remind the public that there is a silent majority out there. We are asking nothing more than to have a good time, learn something you may not have known, and believe that what you do today impacts tomorrow.

I believe strongly in this folks. I know the heart of sportsmen needs to be seen. If I am the only person standing on the lawn of the capitol building, I will do so proudly. Year after year this will continue, until a large enough presence is made to effect change in the legislature, to squash the dictation of the AR groups that threaten us all.

We aren't asking for more, just to protect what we already have.

I respect the purity of the flyfisher. It has been prevelant through many years. Some have called it ego, others have called it conceit, I call it pride. We all have it for the niche of consumptive use we pursue. I am giddy as a school kid when I can get geese and ducks to turn and commit to my call, pheasant hunters get it when their dogs go on point, salmon fishermen get it when that king breaks the surface, flyfishermen get it when that float dips slightly as a big 'bow mouths a midge. We all specialize in the areas we love the most, but that does not make us better than the other, nor does it belittle the others pursuit. Sometimes we get wrapped up too tightly in what we do that we forget we can help the others. We all forget our impact in the other facets of consumptive sports, we forget that those facets need our support for ours to continue. We forget that we are all brothers and sisters in nature, quietly pursuing our chosen love.

Maybe you don't feel the same, maybe you do feel that fishermen are getting "second stringed." Hunters feel the same way, trappers, hounders, falconers... each of us feels the other does not support our area, and therefore will not support others either. So I stand here now, a waterfowler by heart, extending that olive branch. To let you know I WILL support your issues even if you do not support mine, because I see the future of the consumpitve user, and it looks like Australia "

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