Many candle manufacturers, just like many other companies around the country, are going green with their products in order to help save Mother Earth for the next several generations.
Candle makers are switching from paraffin wax, which is a byproduct of crude oil and animal fats which release toxins into the air and dirty soot when burning, and if it’s not good for the environment, it certainly is not good for someone’s health.
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Filed Under (Articles, Environment) by Kolleen on 04-11-2009
Any fly fisherman – women and children included – will tell anyone who will listen, that it’s not entirely about catching a fish; fly fishing is much more than that. Fly fishing is a very intellectual sport, yet at the same time a fragile ‘boogie’ with one’s environment. Numerous fly fishing anglers use barbless hooks which causes them to rely on their skill to maintain the right amount of tension on the line as they reel in the fish; many believe this to be a fair fight, if the fish wiggles it’s way off the line, then you need to practice more to become a better angler.
A Georgia fly fishing guide tells us that a person who fly fishes will learn about biology, entomology and ecology because the goal of fly fishing is to trick the fish into swallowing the fly as if it were a real insect, which could happen to be at any stage of larval development. Furthermore, a fly fisherman must constantly be alert to the ever-changing conditions of the stream they are standing in while trying to bait the fish into reaching out for the delicious fly. To be a fly fisherman, one must stay observant and ready to act at all times.
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