mike_richardson wrote:
Troutbert, and Pcray,
Thanks for the advise on revising the website. I will propose this at the next meeting. Often it is good to get feed back from the outside on what the site is saying to them. If you have 7 guys all with the same opinion it may not appear misleading.
The main issue that T.A.P. has is not keeping the fish. It is being able to fish.
This is getting off topic.
To add to what attackone has said about fly fisherman:
When I have fished a private club, or FFO sections of water I have noticed that If a guy is catching fish and realizes there is a guy coming into his area, Or if the person stops to chat and talk about the stream that person may extend an invitation to fish in the area. He may be willing to say hey buddy "fish here, I am having a blast." I have never had this happen to me on ATW.
I have given up my spot to many people before, especially if they had kids. I have been fishing for a 21" Golden and had a father and son come walking up the trail. The dad did not want to come in on me, so I yelled over and told the guy to bring his boy over try this spot out. The kids eyes lit up and the father and son had this big boy to themselves. I cam back up the stream later and 3 guys were there along with the kid. 1 guy on the same side of the stream. Two guys were spinner guys the other was stringing minnows.
The main issue it seems that we all have are with the extremes on both ends of the spectrum. The slobs that litter, keep more than the legal limit, drag live fish around on stringers, all ot that junk. And on the other end, guys who judge others for using streamers and nymphs, guys reluctant to even talk about what they are using, guys that look down on less experienced fisherman.