Gordy, thanks for your keen conservation input and support. In my observations Fly fishers, usually end up being the very best serious conservationists. We/they all go through the same growth stages: first learning about casting, equipment, flies, habitats, then catching lots of fish, (numbers count, 100 a day stuff!, even with C & R there is a significant mortality),catching big fish, (size matters, mine was bigger then yours), then contest & tippet records, ( yes, I was guilty of that!), then one day the realization soaks in that we/they are responsible for the future of our sport and that we must take care of our fisheries through serious regulations and eventually protections areas, refugees or sanctuaries or as our Rick Williams of the FFF is now calling: 'Native Fish Conservancy Areas'. That was my own journey. I am not surprised as to the positive conservation feed back you received from your group, I would have expected no less. Thank again, see you out at West Yellowstone, teaching casting at a TU's Youth Conclave this weekend, native brook tout fishing this evening down at one of my spring ponds, take care of your self, Bob
Robert L. Tabbert
Conservation, Fly Fishing, Exploration
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