In "The Social Hierarchy of Fishing: Myth or Reality?" (2006), Mark Morgan determines that there is actually no demographic, psychological, or justifiable difference between what are known as "high-class anglers", who catch fish using modern equipment, and those who noodle, outside of a social stigma that has grown against them. He first conducts a survey of people classified as "high-class anglers" and "handfishers" using a set of twelve identifying, opposing characteristics, and then breaks down the reasons for high-class anglers' bad opinions toward noodlers in respect to each characteristic individually. He intends to reveal that the idea of the "red-neck, uneducated low-life" is actually just a stereotype that has grown from commercial anger and clashes in individuals' family culture, and to convey that the average noodler is actually just that: average. His intended is most likely those exploring the issue who want to see the truth behind whether noodlers are actually strange, scandalous country folk or just normal people.
Article: http://www.ncd-afs.org/Pages/34/RP%20Morgan%202006.pdf
MLA Citation:
Morgan, Mark. The Social Hierarchy of Fishing: Myth or Reality. Routledge: Taylor & Francis Group, 2006. Web.
14 February 2012
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