On 21 Aug 2006 16:50:41 -0700, wrote:


Jonathan Cook wrote:
DT followed up with "I've never known those folks to hold back
if they had something to say."

I guess I'll explain...

wrote:

daytripper wrote:
http://www.benningtonbanner.com/localnews/ci_4200376

Discuss.

The initial post had a strike against it already, for me.
I like to see the original poster make an intellgent
comment about it, rather than just ask others to spend their
time commenting on it. If it's important to you, why didn't
you give us your position on the matter?

I refer to this as the Musky syndrome :-) After his era, I
usually just ignore URL-with-no-comment posts. Unless they're
flash games ;-)

I know that Willi, Jon, Wayno, Bill Grey, Walt, Op and many more,
probably scores of people lurking in the wings, would love to discuss

Willi is in AK, Wayno seems to stay away from "discussions",
Bill and Walt are AWOL (?), and I can't speak for Op.

So, I looked at it. One of the main anti-stocking guys quoted
in the articles says he fishes the river 100 days a year. And
he's concerned about the river? I'm with Tim on this one, the
"concern" is all about the impact _other_ people are having
or going to have on the river, but they don't seem to look at
how much they overuse, or wish to overuse, it. If he's so
concerned why doesn't he reduce his days on the water to 10?
If the fish populations are all that fragile and on the edge,
no one should be allowed to fish it 100 days a year. That's
just plain gluttony.

Someone else wrote something like "I think we all know what's
going on here". As males of course we each think we know what's
going on here, but I'd venture that we wouldn't all agree on
it. Tim often goes off a little stranger than I care to be,
but there's no doubt in my mind he's put his finger on one of
the tender spots of our sport, and it smarts a little when he
does that. (Ok, he likes to cut it open, pour salt in it, and
claim the limb is falling off, but hey, it's all a matter of
perspective :-).

Take care,

Jon.

That is the stuff man. Thanks very much Jon.

Daytripper - Jon's right, you just posted the URL and no comment. You
should seed the pros and cons of the discussion as a place of departure
so...what's your take on this issue?

Halfordian Golfer
A cash flow runs through it

BMAIA, both of you nitwits. I made an on-topic post, a rarity as it is around
here, concerning what appeared to be an interesting subject. It wasn't
intended as a live grenade or a troll. If it drew zero interest, that would
have been fine with me. That it has drawn a bit of interest is fine as well.

And, in spite of the mutual hallucination you and Jon appear to be
experiencing, I was and am under no obligation to provide my thinking on the
subject, in advance or otherwise.

/daytripper (just move along. nothing to see here...yet, anyway...)