Redfish photos should look like this…

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Not this…

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Our friend Capt. Gordon, a North Carolina fly fishing guide, wants to make the second picture a thing of the past, so more people can take more of the first.

The problem is that North Carolina still allows a particularly indiscriminate type of commercial fishing in the form of unattended gill nets.

Capt. Gordon started A PETITION TO STOP UNATTENDED GILL NET PRACTICES.

He needs 1,ooo signatures to send it to the Governor.

Here’s the deal. Go sign his petition, then leave a comment on this post saying “signed.” That’s all you have to do to help a fly brother out.  For those two seconds of your time, you will be eligible to win a REDINGTON TITANIUM CDL REEL for 7/8 W Line. (A Winner will be chosen at random from the comments list on this post, provided your name matches up with the petition.)

This…

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Will help a lot with this…

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In case you missed it, HERE’S THE LINK TO THE PETITION.

[Note: If you've already put your name on the petition, you can still leave a "signed" comment here.]

SPONSORED BY: REDINGTON FLYFISHING

UPDATE: Special thanks  to…

40 Rivers To Freedom

Roughfisher

Michael Gracie

The Caddis Fly

FlyFishMagazine

Maine Fly Castings

The Fin

Fishing Talks

UPDATE: The contest is over, but the petition still needs signatures. Thanks to everyone who participated.


Leave a Comment to “CONTEST: Help Redfish, Win a Reel”

  1. Milt Robinson says:

    Excellent cause for a great game fish.

  2. Milt Robinson says:

    Excellent cause for a great game fish.

    Ooops, guess I am supposed to add “signed”.

  3. Thanks everyone for signing and spreading the word for Capt. Gordon Churchill’s gill net petition. We pushed the signature list close to 250 but he still needs 750 more to send it to the Gov. I’m going to leave this open longer to hopefully get a few more people to sign. Look for other blogs like FlyFishMagazine to take the baton and get more people to sign. Thanks, and I’ll announce the randomly picked contest winner on Thursday.

  4. OOPs! I signed as ‘Anonymous’ but I’m #93!

  5. Cameron Hill says:

    signed! great cause.

  6. Joseph Reilly says:

    SIGNED. Good cause!

  7. Mike says:

    Finally just did it… c’mon reel!!!!

  8. Dan says:

    signed!

  9. Wade King says:

    Signed–thanks for posting this.

  10. BTG says:

    Signed. good luck, god bless, peace out.

  11. Steve Englund says:

    signed it!

  12. Fitty Cent says:

    Thanks Pete and thanks to all y’all that signed. I am hopeful as always!

  13. Matt Slavick says:

    Signed!

  14. Bjorn says:

    Done.

    Gill nets = Not Ruling, anywhere.

  15. Brent Ross says:

    signed…come on 1000!

  16. Signed the petition. Thanks for bringing this issue to my attention.

  17. lowersierra says:

    Take action. I signed, so should you!

  18. Chris says:

    Signed! Thanks for bringing this to light Pete.

  19. James Shellhammer says:

    Signed! Thak you!

  20. Rod Earl Jewer says:

    nice to see so many people signing in, thanks to all the followers.

  21. Charles McNeill says:

    I have signed the petition and left a comment hopefully that will help. Thanks for your effort.

  22. Scott Miller says:

    I have signed the petition. Keep us updated on its progress.

  23. John Griffin says:

    Living here in Oriental, NC, I’ve seen first hand the thoughtless destruction wrought by gill netting . It’s truly a crime.

    The gillnetters themselves are typically belligerant lowlifes with little care or consideration for anyone. recently, many are from states that have outlawed the practice. Responsible commercial watermen will have nothing to do with them.

  24. Reuben Gwee says:

    Signed. A worthy cause. will add it to our local blog tonight.

  25. Teddy A says:

    Awesome work being done here!!!

  26. Jacob Dally says:

    I love to fish so i want to help out with this

  27. Robert Jeffries says:

    Signed.

  28. Jerry Brumfield says:

    Every sig counts.

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