Talk:Trout tickling

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Merge proposal[edit]

This is seperate from noodling, as far as I can tell. It should not be merged. Paladinwannabe2 20:15, 7 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed, tickling is a different method than noodling. Danakin 21:58, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah tickling is totally a different method than the crazy noodling!

Maybe people should explain how to tickle so people don't mix them up.Kingkyle222 10:16, 25 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Illegality in Britain[edit]

lovely page here on guddling - http://home.bendbroadband.com/scottishheritage/trout.html - and is it possible a citation could be included on "illegal in britain"? why would it be illegal? kids here (at least on vancouver island) guddle for salmon quite often, and very successfully, in the spawning season. renewable energy works 03:23, 19 October 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rewindustry (talk • contribs)

That website is dead now; here is the latest copy: http://web.archive.org/web/20111111193934/http://home.bendbroadband.com/scottishheritage/trout.html Wingman4l7 (talk) 00:06, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Additional source[edit]

I have a copy of this graphically illustrated fly fishing manual which has a section on "Guddling-Tickling" (catching trout with bare hands).

Anderson, Sheridan (1978). The Curtis Creek Manifesto: A Fully Illustrated Guide to the Stategy, Finesse, Tactics, and Paraphernalia of Fly Fishing. Portland OR: Frank Amato Publications. ISBN 978-0936608068.

Unfortunately I do not have access to this book at the moment so I cannot add its information & a citation myself, so I've posted this in case anyone wants to follow up on it; all that citation needs is a page range! Wingman4l7 (talk) 00:21, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Adding citation about justification for illegality[edit]

From a neutral point of view, I was wondering what modern justifications for trout tickling's illegality in several jurisdictions do people give – and other people over the years have been wondering the same thing.

So I searched for its reasoning and found a news article from 2004 with such a justification: a UK Environment Agency representative has said that trout tickling targets especially vulnerable spawning fish, disturbs the environment's gravel, and that it puts future fish stocks at risk.

From what I understand, this may be a politically contentious issue, so I wanted to give a heads up before adding an NPOV sentence with this citation. Something like:

Justifications for its illegality include that trout tickling may preferentially target especially vulnerable spawning fish, that it adversely disturbs riverbeds, and that it may put future fish stocks at risk from overfishing[citation of the 2004 news article here].

If anyone thinks this should be tweaked, let me know; I'll add this after a while. Samppi111 (talk) 05:09, 4 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]