I agree that some aspects of the US bass tours are perhaps "cringeworthy" to our English sensibilities, but in my mind, the stuff that Keith is talking about is far, far more important than worrying about what does and does not fit with us and our attitudes - the simple fact is that sport fishing is huge business in the US, and because it is such huge business the government simply can not afford NOT to take sport fishing seriously as regards votes, economics etc.
A very simplistis view, but it's true - I remember the first time I went to the US, I simply had no idea how big fishing was (and indeed hunting and shooting) - came back with a very different attitude. Nowhere is perfect, but any country that has done what they did with their striped bass fishery deserves a closer look at how things might be done over here. Look at the Florida Keys - a place as heavily fished as that by rights should be completely and utterly ruined, but it isn't.
Bright shirts, sponsors' logos, shiny boats and cap cameras aside of course !! All credit to the US freshwater bass anglers I reckon - if they can make serious wedge from catching those fish on pro tours, good for them.
