A6 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, May 10, 2000 CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE TERRACE STANDARD The Mail Bag Impoverished? Not this kind of fishing Dear Sir: The Granola Bar (I use the term Gra- nola Bar because it's made of nuts and flakes) that calls himself a fisher (not a fisherman), in a recent column which is, by the way, a waste of paper and the free he hugs, has used the term “impoverished ethic” to describe bait casting. It comes as.no surprise that he would take this arrogant elitist position. It is well evidenced in his many columns that in his opinion the only type of fishing that is worthy of being called “sports fishing” is “catch and release” with a fly. As a kid at the age of too young to re- member how old I actually was, the first rod Dad gat for me was a 6-foot willow stick cut fresh on the way to the fishing hole. The line was a few feet off Dad’s reel, the hook was barbed and the bait was a worm. My brother got the same outfit (a new one almost every time out). ] kad more fun catching troul and dolly varden as a kid with that simple gear than T ever could have pondering the regula- tions, with all of the special waters, spe- cial gear, specific species, garbled re- strictions and the like which require you to hire a lawyer to interpret. When one ponders “impoverished ethic” as it relates to fishing, one should consider the fact that more than 10 per cent of fish caught and released (even on a fly) end up dead, and it is not. uncom- mon to catch the same fish several times. : ; {éspecially- steelhead), ~ The cumulative effect of a “catch and release” fishery is that the elitist “long rod” fisher (not fisherman) can kill more fish- and cause greater harm to. a stock than a “kill and eat” fisherman that takes his annual limit. When.one exploits ihe fishing exper- ience for profit, where individuals make ~ thousands of dollars guiding or writing books or selling video or scribbling drivel, “impoverished ethic” takes on an addi- tional connotation. On the next fishing: trip one should take their kids with them, if they don’t have their own kid, borrow or rent one or two. Give them a rod, put bait on their hook to give them a better chance, coach them a little. Watch the look on their face when they catch a fish, kill the fish, cook it on a fire beside the water, eat the. fish, all the time paying close attention to the kids experience and consider which ethic is truly impoverished. R. Seaton, Terrace, B.C. An unholy trinity Dear Sir: I appreciate Dr. D. Heinimann’s recent letter when he suggested that William Shakesbeere, King James and I were the translators of His Majesty’s true ward of God. As I recall it, Bill, Jim and | were sit- ting around one day having a beere. Now Jim is the son of Mary, Queen of Scots, a good Catholic, but he lapsed and went Presbyterian. This led the Vatican to de- nounce him at the time of being an athe- ist since the Church of England was not recognized by the Vatican. Anyway, I recall Bill saying that what this world needs is a good Tempest of a Bible but we’d need the Merchant of Ve- nice to sell it. Having 20/20 hindsight I told Bill and Jim that new bible transla- _fions in the 20th Gentury would be a co- miedy Of errors.- ” So for days we'p odded away, all the time being served food and drinks by the Merry Wives of Windsor. It was like a Midsummer's Night Dream, or a Winter's Tale, but Measure for Measure we com- pleted our task on the Twelfth Night. Jim said he should put his name on it and I said, “As You Like It”, which to | this day has led to controversy did King James translate the Bible or was it Sha- kesbeere. Well, All’s Well That Ends Well, we were ready for the printers. We found Two Gentlemen from Verona named Romeo and Juliet (who recounted to Bill the story of Hamlet, Prince of Darkness) to. take it to the publisher, Othello, for print- ing. Today I feel, with all these bibles of satanic ritual abuse, that it’s like Love’s Labour’s Lost and trying to get things back on track will be like The Taming of. “ the Shrew: “For without” Jin’? 8. Version, ‘the as word of God is Much Ado About Nothing. Brian Gregg, Terrace, B.C. pee Dee Printers...Northern Signs & Screenprints...B.C. 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