Although some of the research quoted in the article is now dated, I hope you will understand why I wrote what I wrote. In fact, they actively encourage government and special interest groups to develop strategies to start kids fishing early in life. There's also another group of people who start fishing early in life, but then either quit or greatly reduce their fishing activity. A recent study by the Home Testing Institute of Chicago focused on anglers 18 years and older who recently quit fishing or reduced their fishing activity. Among anglers who have stopped fishing, the importance of family commitments, the absence of fishing partners, and the lack of time were found as important factors underlying this decision.
Family plays a central role in fishing participation.
Fishing tackle manufacturers have an economic incentive to encourage people to fish. But, you and I have an incentive of greater magnitude and dimension that cannot be limited by economic appraisal. Before long, I learned an awkward two-handed cast with Daddy's Zebco 33 spincast rig, and began fishing in earnest. Now I have two little blond haired boys who will soon be doing with me what I did for years with my daddy. In a similar fashion, we should be challenged in 1991 to choose today the kinds of values we wish to pass to our children, and take great care that we allow nothing to usurp this inheritance.