I fished less and less the last few years until last year, I hung up the rod. Not because I'm a radical or anything but because trout and salmon are becomeing so rare in our rivers here the last few years that I feel I should do my part to conserve. Even though I had already made the change to catch and release a long time ago, i just started feeling like I had to do my share in conserving the stock if I was going to complain about the Farmers and others practicing bad land usage resulting in HUGE toxic fish kills every year. That's not the only reason fish are disappearing but if I'm going to complain, I want to be able to say I'm contributing to make it better in my own small way too.
