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Old 04-13-2007, 02:02 PM
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Default Re: \"Before the Movie\"

The obvious follow up is "was the "movie" (or event) good for your activity? in fly fishing, now that the craze has simmered down a bit, the general fishing populace has a deeper understanding of streamside entemology, fish life cycles, food chains and other subtle factors that affect fishing. the popularity of the activity has resulted in a lot more attention to streams and watersheds that were in trouble from pollution, overuse and general apathy. ever since getting wet and waggling your stick became acceptable, people are more aware of natural resources in general, and more apt to do something about the threats rather than sit back and let the inevitable happen. You still have the orvis wearing tools and pretentious [censored] heads, but, now that the sexy has worn off, the greater fly fishing population seems to care more about the fish, the stream and the environment. a pretty good trade off.
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