{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Does fishing have a future - WSJ

Yea, I think part of this is the whole stereotype that fly-fishing is something affluent well-off white people do. Which may have a lot to do with the fact that most people aren't familiar with warmwater fly-fishing and you basically need a car and a good half-day or day's time to get to most trout streams and a lot of time. I do wonder if things like publicizing casting churches/fishing stuff/fly fishing club meetings outside of here in more general community locations would be good. Maybe events/meetings could be posted about in libraries for instance. 

Also, side thought-has there been much consideration to making more fishing spots accessible by bus or rail transit? That would not be half-bad.

On Wednesday, August 21, 2019 at 1:05:22 PM UTC-4, Deadbait wrote:

I'd like to post to this thread the recent RBFF and OIA report on fishing. You can find it at this link below:

https://outdoorindustry.org/resource/2018-special-report-fishing/

Note - spin fishing is up (good). And fly fishing has somewhat stabilized from the decline due to more women entering the sport. However, every other racial demographic other than white is trending down or not grown over last 5 years. Not good given the demographic direction of the country. We need more fly anglers in the sport IMO. We are often protectors of the waters we cherish (CCA, Stripers Forever, TU, CalTrout, BHA, TRCP, etc.)

On Sunday, August 18, 2019 at 10:03:50 AM UTC-4, namfos wrote:

Food for thought.

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