Originally Posted by
OceanSunfish
I don't see myself as an elitist "Flyfisherman" and I do not like the "fly fishing" only waterways either............ And, I detest those that say, "oh, I fly fish" to me, as I am holding my casting rod and reel. IMO, the angling method of fly fishing is a convenient methodology/regulation that still allows angling by a perceived organized user group that is closer to practicing conservation vs other user groups, otherwise, the waterway would be even more restricted or closed altogether.
Same socio-economic elements applies to sportfishing as with most things in this state that are being trampled over by 40 million people.
It's all about culture. IF fishing were the culture it was 40-60 years ago, different story. Instead, we now have a culture that is happy that they can purchase a tray of small fish (bait) to eat at the market (tray bait to some) in lieu of purchasing a dime bright fresh Chinook off a back of a commercial boat in HMB. Do you think the culture and citizens of Texas would tolerate their State Agencies to mismanage Lake Fork or Toledo Bend the same way California mismanaged the treatment of Davis Lake or allow the marginalization of the Chinook fishery?
Sorry that I have contributed to the derailment of this thread. But I'm tired of arguments at a level that is so far down the river from the root cause.
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