10-02-2009, 02:55 PM
1. I used the word Simms- should have said the industry. The fly fishing industry isn't any more ethical than any other big industry no matter how much you wish it was. Big $ is just that.
2, I'm not saying throw in the towel- I'm am saying there are those that use this for thier benefit. Every effort is a good. I have always pushed that eveyone bone up on what they do and do not take anyone's word for it- Knowledge is the key and when you quit searching your're done. I'm glad you guys have different opinions. But some of you and if it's just one are starting to do some reading and that's good and that is stepping outside your box. My wife makes me do it weekly.
A different view point, if you are willing to accept it as having just 1 iota of validity, makes everyone do that.
3. The sticker deal- again what makes my 8 ft toon and less a threat of a carrier than my 10 ft toon.
4. Even New Zealands studies admit they are making suggestions but don't know all the causes.
5. If I take my dog duck hunting in an infected lake - it retrieves ducks all day long thru weeds, etc. The invasive species gets caught in it's wirery hair- I put him in his kennel and think on the way home- Gosh that dog sure was muddy. So I stop and let him swim in Henrys to get it off- It's in that lake now- no matter how many boats get washed- it's there. Unless a predator comes about to deal with it- (Mother Nature adapating) We aren't stopping it. Whirling disease wasn't stopped nor slowed down by anything we as fisherman did to prevent it's spread. Again I clean all my gear better than most. Again- yes it's a threat and should be taken seriously.
As was Whirling Disease and The Great Lakes Zebra mussel- The Zebra mussel won't be the demise of the Great Lakes- The Gobi might but the mussel won't. The Whirling didn't wipe out Montana. I applaud whomever it was that said thay had the biology degree- I put in my first 2 years of college in Fisheries Biology until a few told me at that time the jobs weren't there- you put in the time and I bailed.
And I'm sorry that everything is underlined -didn't mean that to happen but I'm not startting over.
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2, I'm not saying throw in the towel- I'm am saying there are those that use this for thier benefit. Every effort is a good. I have always pushed that eveyone bone up on what they do and do not take anyone's word for it- Knowledge is the key and when you quit searching your're done. I'm glad you guys have different opinions. But some of you and if it's just one are starting to do some reading and that's good and that is stepping outside your box. My wife makes me do it weekly.
A different view point, if you are willing to accept it as having just 1 iota of validity, makes everyone do that.
3. The sticker deal- again what makes my 8 ft toon and less a threat of a carrier than my 10 ft toon.
4. Even New Zealands studies admit they are making suggestions but don't know all the causes.
5. If I take my dog duck hunting in an infected lake - it retrieves ducks all day long thru weeds, etc. The invasive species gets caught in it's wirery hair- I put him in his kennel and think on the way home- Gosh that dog sure was muddy. So I stop and let him swim in Henrys to get it off- It's in that lake now- no matter how many boats get washed- it's there. Unless a predator comes about to deal with it- (Mother Nature adapating) We aren't stopping it. Whirling disease wasn't stopped nor slowed down by anything we as fisherman did to prevent it's spread. Again I clean all my gear better than most. Again- yes it's a threat and should be taken seriously.
As was Whirling Disease and The Great Lakes Zebra mussel- The Zebra mussel won't be the demise of the Great Lakes- The Gobi might but the mussel won't. The Whirling didn't wipe out Montana. I applaud whomever it was that said thay had the biology degree- I put in my first 2 years of college in Fisheries Biology until a few told me at that time the jobs weren't there- you put in the time and I bailed.
And I'm sorry that everything is underlined -didn't mean that to happen but I'm not startting over.
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