Posts tagged “Gordon Churchill

Redington Reel Winner Announced for Redfish

Posted on March 5th, 2009

Thanks to everyone who came over here and signed Capt. Gordon’s North Carolina Gill Net Ban Petition. The list to date of 273 signatures is a great start. And thanks to Redington for donating a 7/8 Titanium CDL Reel. A note before announcing the winner… As mentioned, 273 signatures is a great start. But 1,000 would be a great finish. Some people out there could be asking the question, Why does an expat Floridian living in New York care what happens to a bunch of redfish in North Carolina? It’s an easy answer. Despite all the once in a lifetime trips to remote outposts chasing after taimen or masheer or milkfish that we dream of and read about or eyeball in hi def, most…

CONTEST: Help Redfish, Win a Reel

Posted on February 26th, 2009

Redfish photos should look like this… Not this… 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…

  

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