Gutz & H20 - Here's some more...


The trend seems unmistakable to me.

Increment by increment, one small step at a time, the holier than thou elitists intend to replace traditional values with their distorted mandates of morality.

The hatchery steelhead, chinook and coho are already marked and distinguished from the wild ones that are considered too valuable for harvest and in the not too distant future for any type of angling.

The current trend is to incrementally outlaw bait, harvest and the coarser angling methods directing us all towards catch and release fishing only. At first we will be allowed to catch and keep hatchery fish only and only by select means. Next, hatcheries will be closed and catch and release only will become the rule and soon thereafter it will become C&R fly-fishing only.

At this point the humanitarians and the defenders of the biosphere and the right of the higher creatures to live free from harassment and mayhem will outlaw fishing of all sorts and our splendid slimers will become museum pieces.

I sure hope that all of the above truly proves to be derisive BS as intended.