On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:52:17 -0700 (PDT), Halfordian Golfer
wrote:

You bring up horses. I know horses are used and rewarded in the form
of a pretty good life and a lot of love. Where they are not the horses
are confiscated and the owner on the 10 O:Clock news. They work hard
for their living and their nurture. Not unlike humans.

He brought up horses and what we do to them. There is little
difference what we do to a horse for the sake of riding them than we
do catching a fish. Bridle/bit easily equates to hook - nails in the
hooves has no equal in the fish world, and like Dan'l says, we
domesticate the horse and ride him all the time for our *pleasure*.
It must suck to be a horse compared to a brook trout. You live in
horse country; how's come you aren't out there complaining about all
them cowpokes poking horses? Eh?

Give up fishing, Tim. It is your only solution.

Dave