krayfish2 wrote:
"and Krayfish, please enlighten me on how you know that comp guys dont do this? please give me examples"
I'm not exactly sure what you are trying to say or ask. Comp guys don't do what??
"Instead of trying to get a check or move up in the points standings, why don't you volunteer and teach new anglers or children?"
"I do compete just like some others on here (never pfa), and i still do a ton of other stuff with PHWFF etc. so do not make us all out to be bad people, especially if you have #1 never met me, #2 never witnessed an actual event, and #3 have no reason to hate people because they do something different than yourself and hurt no one or thing in the process."
Umm, I don't know what pfa or PHWFF are since I'm not into a d**k measuring contest with other anglers.
Ya im sure you really do not know What Project Healing Waters Fly fishing is... and im pretty sure ive never measured my d**k with anyone.
#1 - Never met you is correct AND you've never met me. #2 - Nope, never been to an event. I'm not interested in the atmosphere, unjustly inflated egos and other BS.
Again, you have no clue what you are talking about. you have never been, so you really dont know what your talking about. My ego isnt inflated, along with most, if not all, the others that fish them.
#3 - Hate people? Not sure I ever said that I hated comp guys or even bamboo / greenie weenie guys. What the comps do is take a beautiful sport that is primarily done alone or with the company of a select friend or two. They turn it into a circus like atmosphere similar to what you'd find during the run of Kings in Pulaski.
Never once witnessed any of this. more of a circus at a big gathering of people jammed into one section of river. comps are 1 guy per 200 yards. please explain how thats a circus. I garuntee the PAFF jams have more people on less water than a comp. not a bad thing, but just to compare.
You are correct that nobody is hurt but it reflects poorly on the sport (IMHO). As for nothing being hurt, are you sure? Ripping 3 fish out in the last minutes of a comp so you can jump 2 spots on the board.....fish have to be handled and measured don't they? Since the angler is in a rush, the handling of the fish is less than ideal and respectful to the fish. Just sayin.
It only reflects poorly with people who have never been to an event. is "ripping 3 fish out in th elast minutes of a comp so i can jump 2 spots on the board" any different than any fish that you catch at any time? no. its just that i did it within time constraints, that is all. fish are put into a wet pvc pipe cut in half and dumped back in the river. WAY WAY WAY less handling than the photo brigade and hero shots.
To quote Austin Powers..... It's not my bag baby.
)I observed during a competition on the Lackawanna would patiently explain choice of fly and technique as he fished. 
