What Would You Do?

[jdmidwest]

Who is to say that it wasn't his honey hole too!

Not much you can do. Trying to explain fishing ethics to someone like that would probably just lead to a little streamside amusement. The whole world is just getting rude and impatient. With all of the cell phones and email, people just seem to walk around on autopilot. They don't really seem to care about the other person anymore.

[Justin Spencer]

Who is to say that it wasn't his honey hole too!

Not much you can do. Trying to explain fishing ethics to someone like that would probably just lead to a little streamside amusement. The whole world is just getting rude and impatient. With all of the cell phones and email, people just seem to walk around on autopilot. They don't really seem to care about the other person anymore.

No doubt it's a lot of people's honey hole, how do you think I found it. Gotta just shake you head and move on.

[ness]

I'd do what you did. He was obviously clueless and I doubt you could have cured him.

[Jerry Rapp]

from the above responses I would guess that common sense rules do not apply anymore? Just let the guy have the spot. Even though Justin said he found it watching someone else, he was there and thought he had it to himself. If fishing is coming down to this.... I dunno. I thought it was just bass fishermen, but it obviously isn't.

[Justin Spencer]

from the above responses I would guess that common sense rules do not apply anymore? Just let the guy have the spot. Even though Justin said he found it watching someone else, he was there and thought he had it to himself. If fishing is coming down to this.... I dunno. I thought it was just bass fishermen, but it obviously isn't.

I didn't figure this was a battle I needed to fight, I'm a pretty laid back guy and this was a somewhat older gentleman so I didn't want to hurt him :-) .

[Gavin]

Think I'd keep my stringer clipped to my wader belt instead of 30' away......Move out of your spot... Someone might take it. Better luck tomorrow.

[Guest]

You will probably run into the same guy at the same hole, in the near future.

[Justin Spencer]

Think I'd keep my stringer clipped to my wader belt instead of 30' away......Move out of your spot... Someone might take it. Better luck tomorrow.

I'm new to this catch and keep thing from the shore, lesson learned.

[bfishn]

Hmmm... perhaps it's time to commission a custom, dual-purpose fly rod/blowgun. I imagine a well-placed blackjack thorn
tip would make him think twice before "butting" in again... :-)

Disclaimer: Of course I'm not suggesting you actually do that, but thinking about it might bring some satisfaction. I keep an imaginary 50cal M2 on my boat bow for that purpose, to bring relief when the ski bees are swarming, or a rogue wake nearly swamps me. I have an imaginary alternate mount for it on my truck hood. I used to keep imaginary grenades in my work desk, but the detached look and big grin on my face while catching undeserved flack from the boss gave them away... :-)

Suggested reading on the subject; The Secret Life of Walter Mitty...

[Greasy B]

I may have had to call him out on it just to hear what he would say in his defense. Then maybe next time he would think twice. But probably not seeing how he was using a fly rod.

We all know what kind of people use those things.

I like the fly rod theory. Those folk are funny, especially ones that cast big open loops; you know the kind of cast Bill Dance would make. If you look real close at fly fishers that cast that way you may notice a glazed look in their eye and a drooping jaw that results from a life time of mouth breathing. Yep, not much can be done to fix that. You could sock em in the nose, chew them a new butt hole or just give them a look of contemptuous disdain as you go home or move along to the next spot, it doesnt really matter what you do because they wont understand or change.