GrahamM
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I hesitated before placing this in the public arena, thinking about the reaction when John Bailey made slightly similar comments but with far more inflammatory language. But then I thought that we shouldn’t hide from it, after all, the survey is there for all to see anyway, and we need to debate such issues whether we like them or not.
So here it is, and it is awaiting your comments.
Like I’ve said many times before, when debating such things as barbless hooks, livebaiting, keepnets and the image we portray, the bottom line is that we hook fish and it’s that, and only that really, that we need to stand up for and defend.
The side issues are pretty meaningless if we can’t defend the very thing that we all, every single angler on this planet, does – and that’s hook fish.
So here it is, and it is awaiting your comments.
Like I’ve said many times before, when debating such things as barbless hooks, livebaiting, keepnets and the image we portray, the bottom line is that we hook fish and it’s that, and only that really, that we need to stand up for and defend.
The side issues are pretty meaningless if we can’t defend the very thing that we all, every single angler on this planet, does – and that’s hook fish.