Capture Release?

Conformity is an ideal that I don’t really buy into. I believe that conforming places boundaries on us. If every one explored all of the options open to them, before following blindly in the footsteps of those who preceded us, the world would be a far more interesting place. I don’t really know where I’m going in my life, but I think that the journey is more important than the final destination. The one thing that I’m certain of is that I have an affinity the art of fly fishing, casting and tying. Learning runs parallel with making mistakes, so a master in the art of fly fishing has to have made a wealth of mistakes to attain the level of competence that they have achieved. There are very few people who are the exceptions to the rule, and are truly talented.

If one man’s pleasure is another man’s pain then the man who experiences pleasure should also be able to appreciate the other man’s opinion? Why is it that there is such a negative attitude to catch and release fly fishing? I have heard and read countless arguments both for and against, and I have made my decision. I hope that anglers reading this blog take the time to investigate this topic before joining the queue of lemming’s waiting to fall off the proverbial cliff. You have a choice to make, which way will you go?