Inappropriate handling of fish.

[Saloon 2000]

Saw a picture recently where a Flyfisherman has reached the stage where his kit has become way more important than his quarry.

Fish were created to live in the water or in simpler terms, fish want to be wet. Actually they depend n being wet in order to live, which in turn enables us to pursue our passion in chasing after them with feather and rod.

By far the most unnatural thing for any scaled fish is dry sand or any other dry matter. Have you ever noticed how humans run when it starts raining? It is not like the rain is actually going to kill them but it is just the thought of getting wet that sends them into a state of utter panic. Humans were created to be dry, just as fish were created to be wet. The difference however are that we wont die if we get a little wet but on the other hand fish have a slime cover that keeps them wet, healthy, and alive, hence we asking people to wet their hands before handling fish.... Plonking a fish in dry sand to take a snapshot with your cane rod and bourgeois oh-so-gorgeous fly reel is plain stupid.