11-15-2007, 04:54 PM
...the first article is a recap of the 2006 Fish and Game report on how much we fish and how much we spend doing that...:
[font "Tahoma"]Quoted from the November 2007 online issue of MidCurrent [/font] [font "Tahoma"] [/font] [font "Tahoma"]“US Fish & Wildlife Releases 5-year Results from Fishing and Hunting Survey[/font]
Although some details of the latest version of the US Fish & Wildlife Survey of Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife-Associated Recreation were made available in July, the complete report -- which includes details on the number of anglers and their activities, their expenditures and demographic data -- was [url "http://federalasst.fws.gov/surveys/surveys.html"][#336699]just released last week[/#336699][/url].
Among the more interesting information in the report, which is likely the least-biased measures of fly fishing participation in the U.S.:
-- 3,012,000 anglers over the age of 16 fly fished in 2006, participating for an average of about 10 days per person
-- "Although the number of all anglers declined 12%, their expenditures for fishing equipment (rods, reels, etc.) and fishing trips increased 5% and 7%, respectively. There were drops in expenditures for auxiliary equipment (special clothing, tents, etc.) and special equipment (big ticket items such as boats) by -14% and -12%, respectively." (Quoted from the USFWS Web site.)
-- 67 percent of all anglers (including non-fly-fishers) engaged in some form of catch-and-release fishing, while 20% always released their fish
-- Anglers spent $5.3 billion on "fishing equipment, such as rods, reels, tackle boxes, depth finders, and artificial
lures and flies" and $1 million on magazines and books (compare this to the $4.6 billion spent on land leasing and ownership related to fishing activities)
-- Saltwater fishing accounted for a little less than one-third of the total participation and related expenditures that freshwater fishing did
Lest you think 3 million fly fishers is an enormous number, the report also indicates that 1.7 anglers participated in ice fishing. On the other hand, fly fishers make up 10% of all U.S. fishermen (3 million of just under 30 million total anglers).
If you'd like to download the entire report, you can find the 4.2MB, 174-page document [url "http://library.fws.gov/nat_survey2006_final.pdf"][#336699]here[/#336699][/url].”
This second article is one on "finger treatment" or to be exact a product used to keep an anglers fingers from drying and cracking etc...
just curioous if any of you use this product ?
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[size 3]“Yosemite Brand Fly Tyer’s Finger Treatment
by Will Mullis[/size]
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I don't know about the rest of you but I have a horrible time with my hands, especially during the winter months. I can't count the number of times my rough, dry and chapped hands have been a source of frustration while trying to tie a fly but I have never really done anything about it. I have always thought that too much hand maintenance was a bit "girly" for my tastes and believed that the specialty hand lotions for tiers were mostly used by the same guys that used silk gloves while tying flies. A few months ago Christoper Dahl the creator of "Yosemite Brand Fly Tyer’s Finger Treatment" sent me a few samples of his product and asked me to try it out to see what I thought. I'm skeptical by nature and thought that I would either not notice a difference, it would leave my hands greasy or it would have my wife wondering what women I had my hands all over.
Lucky for me, none of the perceptions were true and in fact I was pleasantly surprised by how it actually worked. It only took a small amount and I immediately noticed a big difference. It made my hands very smooth and I didn't notice any greasy feeling and I was really happy about the fact that I didn't notice any smell. I actually liked it so much that I am kicking myself for not looking into something like this sooner. A $7 investment certainly seems a bargain for the amount of aggravation and frustration that it will help eliminate!
MacFly [cool][/b]
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[font "Tahoma"]Quoted from the November 2007 online issue of MidCurrent [/font] [font "Tahoma"] [/font] [font "Tahoma"]“US Fish & Wildlife Releases 5-year Results from Fishing and Hunting Survey[/font]
Although some details of the latest version of the US Fish & Wildlife Survey of Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife-Associated Recreation were made available in July, the complete report -- which includes details on the number of anglers and their activities, their expenditures and demographic data -- was [url "http://federalasst.fws.gov/surveys/surveys.html"][#336699]just released last week[/#336699][/url].
Among the more interesting information in the report, which is likely the least-biased measures of fly fishing participation in the U.S.:
-- 3,012,000 anglers over the age of 16 fly fished in 2006, participating for an average of about 10 days per person
-- "Although the number of all anglers declined 12%, their expenditures for fishing equipment (rods, reels, etc.) and fishing trips increased 5% and 7%, respectively. There were drops in expenditures for auxiliary equipment (special clothing, tents, etc.) and special equipment (big ticket items such as boats) by -14% and -12%, respectively." (Quoted from the USFWS Web site.)
-- 67 percent of all anglers (including non-fly-fishers) engaged in some form of catch-and-release fishing, while 20% always released their fish
-- Anglers spent $5.3 billion on "fishing equipment, such as rods, reels, tackle boxes, depth finders, and artificial
lures and flies" and $1 million on magazines and books (compare this to the $4.6 billion spent on land leasing and ownership related to fishing activities)
-- Saltwater fishing accounted for a little less than one-third of the total participation and related expenditures that freshwater fishing did
Lest you think 3 million fly fishers is an enormous number, the report also indicates that 1.7 anglers participated in ice fishing. On the other hand, fly fishers make up 10% of all U.S. fishermen (3 million of just under 30 million total anglers).
If you'd like to download the entire report, you can find the 4.2MB, 174-page document [url "http://library.fws.gov/nat_survey2006_final.pdf"][#336699]here[/#336699][/url].”
This second article is one on "finger treatment" or to be exact a product used to keep an anglers fingers from drying and cracking etc...
just curioous if any of you use this product ?
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[size 3]“Yosemite Brand Fly Tyer’s Finger Treatment
by Will Mullis[/size]
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I don't know about the rest of you but I have a horrible time with my hands, especially during the winter months. I can't count the number of times my rough, dry and chapped hands have been a source of frustration while trying to tie a fly but I have never really done anything about it. I have always thought that too much hand maintenance was a bit "girly" for my tastes and believed that the specialty hand lotions for tiers were mostly used by the same guys that used silk gloves while tying flies. A few months ago Christoper Dahl the creator of "Yosemite Brand Fly Tyer’s Finger Treatment" sent me a few samples of his product and asked me to try it out to see what I thought. I'm skeptical by nature and thought that I would either not notice a difference, it would leave my hands greasy or it would have my wife wondering what women I had my hands all over.
Lucky for me, none of the perceptions were true and in fact I was pleasantly surprised by how it actually worked. It only took a small amount and I immediately noticed a big difference. It made my hands very smooth and I didn't notice any greasy feeling and I was really happy about the fact that I didn't notice any smell. I actually liked it so much that I am kicking myself for not looking into something like this sooner. A $7 investment certainly seems a bargain for the amount of aggravation and frustration that it will help eliminate!
MacFly [cool][/b]
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]Rough skin & callous can be a royal pain. Fine material and even some thread gets caught up and one winds up dubbing their phalanges instead of the hook. I guess that fingerlings would be the target species using that fly. LOL [
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