Shad flies

Chas Wade wrote:

"Cornmuse" wrote:

"Joe McIntosh" wrote

Just finished reading John McPhee's The Founding Fish

I read that book as well just a couple weeks ago. ......
My eyes were really opened by McPhee's writings on catch and
release vs. catch and eat. It was a point of view I hadn't given much
though to

.......... I'm
not fond of his C&R philosophy. I think C&R is like putting out a bird
feeder. If you want a good look at them, you have to trick them. I'm
sure the positives outweigh the negatives. I'm just as sure that
McPhee chose to include the data that met with his opinion and ignored
some other stuff.

Can you nutshell his C&R views for those of us who haven't read the
book?

JR