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I am a new member to this site but by no means new to the sport of fishing. I have fished the surf and freshwater all my life but this year I decided to get into a little fly fishing. The fact of the matter is that sportsmen and sportswomen are a dying breed. What we do is viewed as cruel to the uneducated and unneccessary to the majority. These are the same people the buy gas guzzling SUV's just to drive to work in Boston everyday only to stop at Starbucks on the way to work and the way home to wait 30 minutes for a cup of coffee. This part of the population seems to be booming while ours is fading. I do not know the details but I have heard rumors that there is a Bill in front of our state legislator which would but a portion of the Fisheries and Wildlife board in the hands of PETA...if anyone knows the specifics please email them to me...this is the kind of thing that ruins our sport...not some guy who wants an escape from the 40 hour a week prison he is trapped in and wants to take up fishing. I like privacy as much as the next guy and to a certain extent there should be some spots that you should keep secret, but there is no need to withold general information for those who strive for it. I do not know your background in fishing but I seriously doubt that one day you built yourself a fly-rod and wandered the entire New England coast in search of fish until you found what you deem "your spots" You got help along the way and thats just what some people in this site are looking for. If you want to create an elitist site where only the most skilled fishermen and women are allowed in...I wish you the best of luck. Maybe you can even have some sort of initiation where you dress in gowns and whip each other with the "sacred" fly-rod. I really am sorry that you feel this way and hope this is not the general concensus of the forum. if it is please pass the word and I will gladly take my questions as well as my insight elsewhere.
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