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marcq

marcq

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can some one give me some insite about these clubs. are they worth joining and how much do they cost? seems a little unfair to me but im not really sure.
 
You are going to need to narrow that down a bit to get qualified answers.
If you are talking about Spring Ridge Club or Home Waters that is around $70,000 to join and ongoing due of $10,000. And you will need to hire one of their guides. Still interested?
 
1st rule about fishing club, don't talk about fishing club
2nd rules about fishing club, don't talk about fishing club
 
If you're talking about groups that post water and dump stockies in for their own membership, you will get a chilly public reception around here.
 
I'm still looking for a club that has a cozy and rustic lodge situated on waters filled with hungry wild fish, plenty of single malt and fine cigars, and membership fees of about 50 bucks a year, but will waive that for guys that have duct tape on holding their gear together! LOL!
 
Bikerfish,

If you ever find that club, you'll have to let the rest of know about it.
 
That sounds like the Dirtbag Flyfishing Posse.... but we don't have single malt. Just bourbon.
 
There's always Larry's Creek by Jersey Shore.

I know there's a long wait for a membership and they do stock, but it's a nice stream and has wild fish. Plus, they care about thier stream.
 
used to be a Guest at the Henryville Club with Ernie Schreibert and his friend Cap. George. Never joined though.
 
For my view, check my last post under Nymphs I in the Readers Forum. This comment, ironically, came from Dr. Erik Schweibert, the son of ernest schweibert. Heck, here's what he said: "...we must continue to fight to keep our streams and rivers clean and ACCESSIBLE (my caps) to the public. If we do not, all that is passionately described and loved by Ernest Schweibert will disappear, and fly fishing, indeed all fishing, will be confined to history." That pretty well sums it up, IMO.
 
I think there are more ways than one to keep streams and waters accessible. Do we know if Dr. Schweibert had any particular method in mind?
 
No, he didn't say. I thought the comment was ironic in that his father, the late ernest schweibert, was on the evil empire's roster and writes about the Espy Farm water frequently in his anecdotes in Nymphs I. Just beginning Nymphs II: he already has mentioned it in this volume as well. Also, the late ernest wrote often about fishing in private water, though he often disguised it as such.
Anyhow, his son, Dr. Erik, didn't really say how to keep water accessible.
 
I am on your side on this one, but it is worth pointing out that some people honestly believe that accessibility does not preclude private exclusive waters. I think the SRC actually claims their enterprise "preserves these pristine waters for future generations," or some such nonsense.
 
i read about them and was just seeing what they were about. the one was on a wild trout stream and you had to pay to fish there seems kinda wrong.
 
I recognize this hypothetical situation I'm about to put forward probably wouldn't be economical but; what if someone owned say a two mile stretch of a nice creek and charged 10 bucks a day to fish it? Catch and release only with wild trout, no stockies. Would you fish it? Or you could join the club for $250 a year and fish for $5 bucks a day?
 
I paid twice to fish the DSR property in Pulaski, so it isn't out of the question. I weigh the cost versus the benefit. I'm not kidding myself that I am doing anything different in kind from the SRC, but it is different, perhaps, in degree.
 
franklin wrote:
I recognize this hypothetical situation I'm about to put forward probably wouldn't be economical but; what if someone owned say a two mile stretch of a nice creek and charged 10 bucks a day to fish it? Catch and release only with wild trout, no stockies. Would you fish it? Or you could join the club for $250 a year and fish for $5 bucks a day?
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The problem is that once you start paying to fish individual streams or stream sections, it becomes a slippery slope. The better water will undoubtedly create more revenue for the landowner. Eventually you end up with a Spruce Creek scenario where the avarage guy is priced out off of the better streams. If pay-to-play was more widespread, most streams would probably still be affordable to fish, but the best would still probably not be affordable to fish on a regular basis if at all.

To answer your question, yes, if the stream were worth fishing I might pay the $10 a few times a year. I already pay for a seperate license to fish the reservation on Cattaragaus Creek and I only fish it a few times a year. Thus, I'm paying more than $10 a day to fish there. There are a lot of streams in PA that I would gladly pay $10 to fish for the day, the problem is that I think the prices would eventually get too high for me to fish the best streams. Therefore, even though $10 a day is affordable, I would not support the change of any currently open water to P2P. While the price may be affordable for the average guy in the short term, I don't think it will stay that way and only opens the door for further access restriction that I may not be able to pay for.

Kev
 
We should probably note for those newer readers that have not been through the SRC discussion threads that the SRC has some practices we all agree are objectionable. Namely pellet feeding to attract fish, stocking fish over great wild waterways, attempting to keep the public off public waterways adjacent to their leased property.

Putting SRC aside, and I'm only doing some mind exercises here, might fish for fee on private waters open up some more water that is now posted? Could the increased supply help drop prices so that the average guy could afford to fish there? It would make an interesting case study for an economics student.
 
I have two friends that belong to the Dream Mile Club ,on the Tobyhanna Creek
$25,000.00 deposit ,$500.00 a year dues
Waiting list to get in !
 
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