I have yet to catch a fish, tie a fly, or anything else via the Internet. It's just another way to access information, entertainment, and communicate with other people.
Folks who believe they can buy their way into the privileged class always wax nostalgic about the "good ole' days" when only the privileged had leisure time and money sufficient to create a "lifestyle," and miss the days when little poor boys did all the real work of hunting and fishing for them for next to nothing so they could take the game home to their starving families.
On the other hand, I abhor those freaking click-counters and refuse to fish with anyone who uses one. And I have to agree with NT about the general lack of manners and what he calls "coarseness" among today's anglers. But I see that in every aspect of American society.