? And do Scottish trout wear tartan?
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No but cock Salmon at this time of year with there spawning colours , are said to have there tartan trews on. As they say "many a true word said in jest".
Match fishing in the UK, all fish are retuned alive, I have heard an argument about this being wrong as the fish are not being killed to eat they shouldn't be caught for fun. Well if it wasn't for the match angling clubs there would be very little life on the countries canals and rivers.
We have a voluntary catch and release system on the river I fish for salmon. But it is against the law to take 'gravid fish' that is fish that are about to spawn, and you should see the care that some people take to get a fish to recover properly as it's returned .
My hobbie horse, rant over.
Something tells me that if we were able to interview the fish they'd be pissed off about the hooks in their lips, but would say it's worth it because fighting on the line is better than sex. 
