In Search Of Fish And Heroes In Our Nation's Capitol

I just returned from our nation capitol.I like to say that I was there campaigning for the protection of rivers and fish habitat, but unfortunately I was really there to build a snowman in front of the monument. Washington We all have our priorities. Actually, I really do not fly across the country to build a snowman, but a worthy enterprise, but to attend a training course for my real job, that writing is not, of course. While there, I had a bit more time and been around the DC area.Having last twenty-four years ago, it was interesting to observe changes and the general feeling of area.It 1981 to stay was easy. Well, for us anyway. I am sure that the political transition and countless homeless were not receiving a time so easy, but I remember the visit as a completely relaxed time.We could lead to the base of the Lincoln Memorial and "zip" down the stairs and standing in the "impressive piece of rock that pays tribute to our 16th president. Indeed, in this precision Bastian - Wikipedia - Abe has never been hunting and fishing including food. Of course he mentions Encarta spent his youth fishing and walking in the woods, so I'm not sure we really know. Perhaps captured a lot, but em ", I think that makes him one of the original catch and release" was a boy named advocates.Literally.He Salmon Chase as his Secretary of the Treasury, so that we can safely say that it was a follower of salmon! But again digress.2005 is very different in the neighborhood "." roadblocks and checkpoints throughout the world, there is certainly an air of tension and distrust everything. Of course, some would say has always been an air of tension and mistrust in DC. Obviously, the post 9 / 11 safeguard measures are necessary and for my part, was only slightly annoyed at the additional form to be carried out to ensure everyones safety.Besides, I like walking by the Smithsonian in my underwear.Seemingly, is not a monument or statue for everyone and everything in Einsteins FDRS DC.Statues dog hair (with the rest too), Buffalo, you'd be noble and even a hippopotamus stands proudly in bronze or stone, but nowhere C 'was a tribute to our national fins travesty.Are friends.A Are you saying that at no time in the history of our nations, not once, not worthy of an angler fish has earned the right to adorn our nations Capitol?! Salmon is not worthy of sight of Congress and the proclamation is long and having to travel? Perhaps a rotten salmon would be a better representative of those who make decisions for us? Too much to ask a carp or catfish individual cast bronze to give glory to the species that swim in our waters and nourishes our scouts as we head west? Or is the presence of "bottom feeders" in Washington, hit a little "too close to home? Hmmmm .... Where are the statues of the presidents of our great fishing - do you like most? Where is Cleveland, Arthur, Hoover, Carter or Bush? trout should be taken with a large smile to cross her. Heck, Sonny Bono also has a plaque, the least they could do is stick a statue of Red Herring there somewhere.The father of our country also made his life a little "out of commercial fishing - but hit a bronze top of a freaking hippo. How many hippos have helped relax our beleaguered leader in times of great crisis in this great country. Monica Lewinsky should have been a statue before Hippo got one! Everything begins with a great cause, and whether this should be the time and place of this radical movement - in order to it.It is time to put a fish in Washington.So while you are out there and make the save whales on their part to control global warming, certain that I will do my part to get the fishing world on its proper respect.So expected as on it Mr. Carter - ensure that if you ever decide to build a statue of you in Washington, includes a five-weight rod and a rainbow trout ... ___________________________________________________________________" The narrow and in poor condition, the people who matter snarlingly all fishermen as being good for nothing lazy class, and taking satisfaction in the description of a fisherman dressed as a device with a hook on one end and a angry with others, have been so discredited that one may not want to dip your desperate. - Grover ClevelandA.J. KlottAuthor, writer of fishing humor, and "Fly Tack" peddler. AJ writes about people, characters and