WESTERN STANDARD

The Independent Voice of the New West

Monday, 3 May 2004

Criminalizing fishing tackle is a ‘looney’ idea

By Cyril Doll

Fishing is getting to be an expensive hobby. There’s the licences, which seem to get pricier each year, all the gear and of course the necessary beer rations. Soon, more stringent regulations will add to the bill by forcing all of Canada’s five million or so fishing enthusiasts to throw away perfectly good fishing tackle and replace it with governmentapproved stuff. That’s because any of the sinkers or jig heads they may have that contain lead will soon be verboten under some new pending regulations, and the cost to anglers and retailers will be enormous.

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