Stream Etiquette

[flytyer57]

Stream Etiquette

Rule #1

In order to maintain good relations with the landowners and as a common courtesy please remember the following: most land adjacent to the water, unless it is state land, is privately owned whether it is posted or not. Crossing private land to reach a Public Fishing Area is neither legal nor ethical; especially when simply asking permission usually produces a favorable response. Please be aware that other fishermen would like to fish there too so don’t spoil it for the rest of us.

Rule #2

The first person in a pool or run has the fishing rights to it. If the stream is not crowded, give the whole pool to the other guy. If it is mobbed with people, make sure that you are at least a long cast (80-90 ft,) away from anyone else; more if the water is crystal clear.

Rule #3

While working the stream and you see another angler casting to rising fish or not moving at all, get out of the water and move well past him before entering again. This also applies when another person is fishing from the bank. In both situations stay far away from the edge so you don’t spook any of the fish.

Rule #4

Whoever is working UPSTREAM has the right-of-way. If you are going downstream, get out of the water. If you are going up, hope the other guy has read this.

Rule #5

If you meet another fisherman who is just sitting on the bank, ask from a distance if he is resting the pool or his body. Some people wait for a hatch at a particular place. If that’s the case, then get out of the water and go around him.

Rule #6

The most important rule is naturally the one that we always forget whether fishing or doing something else: “Do unto others as you would want them to do unto you”. When encountering someone else on the stream, put yourself in their waders and think.

Remember that the streams belong to all of us, and the other guy has just as much right to be there as you.

The above rules of etiquette are simple. The more people that follow them, the more enjoyable the experience will be for everyone.

[joeD]

Yes, all true and then some, regarding, shall we say, "less courteous" anglers. But no one answered "why" this behavior occurs in seemingly remote areas, when one thinks one is alone. The reason is simple.

"Nature abhors a vacuum."

[gotmuddy]

Stream Etiquette

Rule #2

The first person in a pool or run has the fishing rights to it. If the stream is not crowded, give the whole pool to the other guy. If it is mobbed with people, make sure that you are at least a long cast (80-90 ft,) away from anyone else; more if the water is crystal clear.

a long cast for you isn't the same as a long cast for me

[ozark trout fisher]

Stream Etiquette

Rule #1

In order to maintain good relations with the landowners and as a common courtesy please remember the following: most land adjacent to the water, unless it is state land, is privately owned whether it is posted or not. Crossing private land to reach a Public Fishing Area is neither legal nor ethical; especially when simply asking permission usually produces a favorable response. Please be aware that other fishermen would like to fish there too so don’t spoil it for the rest of us.

Rule #2

The first person in a pool or run has the fishing rights to it. If the stream is not crowded, give the whole pool to the other guy. If it is mobbed with people, make sure that you are at least a long cast (80-90 ft,) away from anyone else; more if the water is crystal clear.

Rule #3

While working the stream and you see another angler casting to rising fish or not moving at all, get out of the water and move well past him before entering again. This also applies when another person is fishing from the bank. In both situations stay far away from the edge so you don’t spook any of the fish.

Rule #4

Whoever is working UPSTREAM has the right-of-way. If you are going downstream, get out of the water. If you are going up, hope the other guy has read this.

Rule #5

If you meet another fisherman who is just sitting on the bank, ask from a distance if he is resting the pool or his body. Some people wait for a hatch at a particular place. If that’s the case, then get out of the water and go around him.

Rule #6

The most important rule is naturally the one that we always forget whether fishing or doing something else: “Do unto others as you would want them to do unto you”. When encountering someone else on the stream, put yourself in their waders and think.

Remember that the streams belong to all of us, and the other guy has just as much right to be there as you.

The above rules of etiquette are simple. The more people that follow them, the more enjoyable the experience will be for everyone.

I think rule #7 is also in order.

If you are fishing a very productive pool on a crowded stream, and are catching fish right and left, it is common courtesy to give up the pool after a while and move on to give other fisherman a chance. This is especially important on trout parks and similar waters. Not doing so is known as "camping the pool", and it gets to be a little selfish.

[flytyer57]

a long cast for you isn't the same as a long cast for me

No. Your Ninja style of fishing calls for a long cast of only 5 feet.

[flytyer57]

I think rule #7 is also in order.

If you are fishing a very productive pool on a crowded stream, and are catching fish right and left, it is common courtesy to give up the pool after a while and move on to give other fisherman a chance. This is especially important on trout parks and similar waters. Not doing so is known as "camping the pool", and it gets to be a little selfish.

I always like fishing a spot by making a few casts and take a step down stream, make a few casts, take a step down stream. When I get to the end of the hole, run, riffle or whatever, I move back up. Can't do that when 10 people are trying to fish a 50 yard stretch of water.

I think it's just poor etiquette to move in to where the other guys swing is ending and stand there. I get a lot of hits from fish at the end of my swing, when I start stripping back in a few feet of line before my next cast.

[FishinCricket]

Please notify us in writing of which "pools" you will be frequenting so we (at least I) won't interrupt YOUR fishing day...

[Mitch f]

No. Your Ninja style of fishing calls for a long cast of only 5 feet.

Ninja style?

[FishinCricket]

Ninja style?

You'd have to be riding the handlebars of their tandem bike to get their inside jokes..

[Mitch f]

You'd have to be riding the handlebars of their tandem bike to get their inside jokes..

LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!