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Originally Posted by Sundancefisher
Actually not true. The truth is that Ralph Klein liked to go fishing. He however also loved fishing in northern Manitoba and while fishing there marveled at how many fish there were to catch.
He then noted that regs there were barbless. He then connected the dots to say that barbless means better fishing. He was not a biologist and did not add in any causal relationship between location and fishing pressure.
He then came back to Alberta and mandated barbless to the F&W minions. They in turn put it in motion to a large number of professional complaints and quiet protests.
This has nothing to do with money. Nothing to do with science. Everything to do with Klein's good hearted yet misguided intentions.
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There are several variations of that Ralph Klein story. There is one where Klein is fishing for salmon fishing in BC, or pike in the north, or a guided trip on the Bow where Klein asked the guide what would make fishing in Alberta Better. I think there probably is a thread on every forum in Canada addressing the Barb less thing and the Alberta Based ones all have variations of the Klein story.