On Mar 5, 6:59 pm, Dave LaCourse wrote:
On Wed, 5 Mar 2008 15:40:16 -0800 (PST), Halfordian Golfer

wrote:
Maybe I'm not sure what the word "wild" means.

buzzer We have a winner in the loges, Doctor.

OK Dr. maybe you can help.

Here's my problem (relaxing on the alt flyfishing couch)...I always
thought the word "wild" was an antonym for "domesticated" and that it
was a 'relative' term describing the degree from which something is
disassociated from man. There are like 18 definitions but, really, it
means not cultivated or domesticated by man. Yet, it seems everyone
else around here thinks it means something else because they keep
talking about wild trout that live in the freeking park and have
humans elbow to elbow hooking them in to pet them. That's not wild
man. So they say they mean "streamborn" well, that's not one of the
meanings I've been able to find and, well, it would have to include
whitlock-vibert boxes and such but then danged that hand of
man...that's not wild. So I calm down and say, "OK fine, I accept that
definition" and then they say that they're catch and releasing "wild"
rainbow trout. Get that...wild rainbow trout...in Colorado! Let me
tell you brother...thay got here by stocking and now they threaten the
indiginous fish, so...is that what they mean by wild? And ya know what
Doc...a 3 year rainbow holdover is pretty damned hard to tell from one
that was borne in the stream. And what about fry and fingerlings? No,
I think they mean that we should C&R release indiginous species.
That's kind of what this guy Louis keeps saying...

Dr. to Tim: Have you thought about applying your own C&K ethic to non-
indiginous salmonids in Colorado? I mean kill and eat every brook
trout, brown trout and rainbow trout in Colorado you catch, as well as
every Bass you see, but...if it's a Cutthroat, let it go. In that way
you'd be helping the indiginous fish, setting an excellent
conservation ethic for your children and grandchildren and having some
delicious campside meals. Will you try that and let me know if you
feel better?

Halfordian Golfer