FrankTroutAngler
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headhunting22 wrote:
"Slate run is a beautiful small stream. Not sure if I would consider it one of the best trout streams in the state but that's just my opinion. There are other streams that share similar features.
Why are you so bent out of shape that maybe 40 miles of stream in the state are reserved for fly fishing?"
I responded:
"If the PFBC decided to open Slate Run to all methods of trout fishing that's when you would find out which group of anglers who would "get all bent out of shape." Therefore, your argument that non-fly-anglers shouldn't get bent out of shape because there are only a "few" miles of FFO water is not a defendable position."
headhunting22 replied:
"It’s very much a defendable position. There are probably 100 miles of class A trout water for every mile of FFO water. (That was a generalization, you see what I’m saying). Like I mentioned in another response, fly anglers and spin/bait fisherman work the water differently. Fly anglers work water with more caution/element of surprise. I don’t see why it’s a big deal to give them a few miles of water when there is so much more trout fishing water for spin anglers."
My response:
So, your defense that non-fly-anglers shouldn't get bent out of shape because there are only a "few" miles of FFO water is because fly-anglers work the water differently. You're kidding, right?
I can just see you working as an attorney for the PFBC defending FFO water on public land in front of the judge. The judge asks you why a privileged group (fly-anglers) should have water set aside on public land exclusively for them and you stumble around a while, get a little tear in your eye, your lip quivers a little, and you mumble, "Well..., well..., we fish the water differently than spin fishermen."
By the way, your statement that fly-anglers work the water with more caution/element of surprise (compared to spin fishermen) is knee-slapping funny to me. I've seen enough fly-anglers wearing light-colored clothing/white hat/light-colored breathable waders fishing downstream at their boot-tips in bright sunshine with light reflecting off of their long rods to question your statement. They also do this minutes after another fly-angler has just fished the water, which doesn't exactly add to the element of caution and surprise. I wear full camo, fish upstream so that the trout don't see me coming and cast my spinner far ahead of me to precise spots most likely to hold trout. I also almost never fish where another angler has just fished.
"Slate run is a beautiful small stream. Not sure if I would consider it one of the best trout streams in the state but that's just my opinion. There are other streams that share similar features.
Why are you so bent out of shape that maybe 40 miles of stream in the state are reserved for fly fishing?"
I responded:
"If the PFBC decided to open Slate Run to all methods of trout fishing that's when you would find out which group of anglers who would "get all bent out of shape." Therefore, your argument that non-fly-anglers shouldn't get bent out of shape because there are only a "few" miles of FFO water is not a defendable position."
headhunting22 replied:
"It’s very much a defendable position. There are probably 100 miles of class A trout water for every mile of FFO water. (That was a generalization, you see what I’m saying). Like I mentioned in another response, fly anglers and spin/bait fisherman work the water differently. Fly anglers work water with more caution/element of surprise. I don’t see why it’s a big deal to give them a few miles of water when there is so much more trout fishing water for spin anglers."
My response:
So, your defense that non-fly-anglers shouldn't get bent out of shape because there are only a "few" miles of FFO water is because fly-anglers work the water differently. You're kidding, right?
I can just see you working as an attorney for the PFBC defending FFO water on public land in front of the judge. The judge asks you why a privileged group (fly-anglers) should have water set aside on public land exclusively for them and you stumble around a while, get a little tear in your eye, your lip quivers a little, and you mumble, "Well..., well..., we fish the water differently than spin fishermen."
By the way, your statement that fly-anglers work the water with more caution/element of surprise (compared to spin fishermen) is knee-slapping funny to me. I've seen enough fly-anglers wearing light-colored clothing/white hat/light-colored breathable waders fishing downstream at their boot-tips in bright sunshine with light reflecting off of their long rods to question your statement. They also do this minutes after another fly-angler has just fished the water, which doesn't exactly add to the element of caution and surprise. I wear full camo, fish upstream so that the trout don't see me coming and cast my spinner far ahead of me to precise spots most likely to hold trout. I also almost never fish where another angler has just fished.
