I teach science, and sportfishing and starting tomorrow my new job is teaching children to kayak and canoe while I sneak in environmental awareness. I also write grants. They are my seeds. Right now I am growing this seed for a grant to teach blind children about their environment through boating and catch & release fishing. Those that are engaged in fishing and boating as sports may seem like the enemy of fish to some but from an avid fly fisher' I am very concerned about the habitats of fish... Wherever animals and plants are involved...humans and the spirits of animals and plants sometimes share themselves as food, friends, and sport... To me... I love tricking a fish into thinking a piece of feather is a fish... I know they end up with a sore mouth but they are more clever the next time... I have to be very gentle to trick the bigger fish... I let them go after giving a large mouth bass or a trout a sore mouth but I know somehow their species thrives from my licence fees that pay conservationist to stock rivers, lakes, and streams... One day my selfish desires to trick fish onto hooks may end but if it were the other way around my fishy friends might think it clever to catch me...hehehe

Thanks for your post...