Originally Posted by
Mato Kuwapi
No point in making this one into a mud slinging fest. It's being discussed to death on many sites. Quite simply, it's illegal in most states and provinces. It's nothing more than what we call "Lining" a fish, up here in Ontario...and it's illegal here. It's a form of snagging. Until the regulations change...and that won't be any time soon, I think it's a dis-service that the magazines (web & hard copy) out there are allowing to advertise this sort of thing. It just goes to show you how desperate they are to make a buck.
How I feel about it? If a fishery allows for more than one fly and they can prove the science that this sort of thing is less harmful than what we do now, in Catch & Release fishing, then maybe the rules can one day be made to accommodate it. Until then...I really don't want to see it in all of my magazines.