Fly Fishing Elitism (from an outsiders perspective)

[6xAdams(Jones)]

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May I add...

(I apologize for pushing it to 14 pages.)

 

[jifigz]

Which WCO is that? The one that got a DUI or the one that got arrested for trespassing and shoots at dogs?

Does your camel not thirst for water?

 

[BradFromPotter]

I have a camp in Elk County. I have fished and rode snowmobiles around the entire NC part of the state from Cornplanters Kingdom through God's country to the Grand Canyon. I can't say I have ever had a negative interaction with the locals, save a few drunks in bars late at night.

The only time I see the anti-flatlander attitude is from yard signs in a few folks yards up there.

Actually, the anti-flatlander attitude is here. Not as bad as it was in the past.

 

[Cznymph]

You not prejudice, are you?

I have a very strong distaste for those in public service who behave in ways that endanger people, or retain their employment after behaving in a poor manner.

 

[sixfootfenwick]

I have a very strong distaste for those in public service who behave in ways that endanger people, or retain their employment after behaving in a poor manner. pretty much everything. I might like myself, sometimes.

Fixed.

 

[dudemanspecial]

Actually, the anti-flatlander attitude is here. Not as bad as it was in the past.

I didn't mean to imply that it didn't exist, just that nobody has ever acted out with it towards or around me in the 15 or so years I have been going up there. Made quite a few friends actually.

 

[BradFromPotter]

I didn't mean to imply that it didn't exist, just that nobody has ever acted out with it towards or around me in the 15 or so years I have been going up there. Made quite a few friends actually.

Since I moved here in '95 I have met more wonderful people then bubba's! But we have been called flatlanders more than once by educated & non-educated people. Galeton is a wonderful little town full of wonderful people, educated & non-educated.

 

[BradFromPotter]

I have a very strong distaste for those in public service who behave in ways that endanger people, or retain their employment after behaving in a poor manner.

so who is this WCO you're talking about??

 

[Cznymph]

so who is this WCO you're talking about??

Not just one, we’ve had a couple of stand up individuals here over the years.

The current WCO is the one that got a DUI at twice the legal limit.

https://ujsportal.pacourts.us/Report/MdjDocketSheet?docketNumber=MJ-55301-CR-0000009-2024&dnh=EsUdeJ1VXV9REvH%2FZVFKdw%3D%3D

The WCO that was charged with trespassing after he was denied permission to fish private property then returned in an “official” capacity and fired a shot at the landowners dogs. Read all about it here.

Waterways Officer Appeals Conviction Of Defiant Trespass

Joseph Jacob Parr, 67, of Coudersport, who was found guilty of defiant trespass while being employed as a Deputy Waterways Conservation Officer, has appealed his conviction.

www.tiogapublishing.com

 

[Tigereye]

2006?

 

[Cznymph]

2006?

Does that make the officers behavior any less egregious?

 

[Tigereye]

Not taking the bait CZ. There have been probably hundreds of thousands if not millions of WCO interactions with fishermen boaters etc in the past 18 odd years. To claim one exception or even a handful as as an example of SOP is ludicrous. He was disciplined for his actions. Focus your ire to the individual.

I'm sorry for posting and prolonging this thread . It should die on the vine, as furthering this whole conversation is a waste of time. No one is learning anything, and if anything, we are dumber for having read or participated.

 

[jifigz]

No one is learning anything, and if anything, we are dumber for having read or participated.

You ain't calling me no dumb uneducated hillbilly are ya?

 

[krayfish2]

And disk golfers are offended by putt-putt golfers. 😉

The general public is embarrassed by disc golfers

 

[krayfish2]

I don’t think Kettle Creek needs any more attention.

Where is Pot Creek? Can’t say I’ve fished that one.

It's up higher

 

[acesedgley]

Now I am upset about the disc golf comment, but grateful you spelled it correctly.

 

[HopBack]

You ain't calling me no dumb uneducated hillbilly are ya?

I thought you were Dutchie…. Once

 

[jifigz]

I thought you were Dutchie…. Once

"That ain't how ya cast a dry fly. Let me see that rod once."

That could and would be a quote from me.

 

[tomgamber]

I thought you were Dutchie…. Once

That's oncest!

 

[TimMurphy]

"That ain't how ya cast a dry fly. Let me see that rod once."

That could and would be a quote from me.

Dear jifigz,

In Lancaster, Lebanon, and Berks County it's pronounced "vunce" 😉

Regards,

Tim Murphy 🙂