JackM wrote:
Well, then, there you have the solution: when someone outs your secret stream, go find a new one and leave your special water to all the new folks to enjoy. End of discussion, right?
For those that claim that posting a report on the Internet does not generate angler traffic, read this thread from a New Jersey based FFing site:
http://www.njflyfishing.com/vBulletin/f21-pennsylvania-fly-fishing-forum/t19453-valley-forge-6-12-a.html
To make things clear, the poster has the right to post about the stream, and there have been many threads about Valley Creek on this site, while in the New Jersey site, I rarely see Valley mentioned. Also, the stream runs through a National Park and is open to the public. My only point, after reading some of the responses, is that POSTING DRIVES TRAFFIC. For every one that posted there are 100 people that read this, you do the math.
I didn’t just blindly pick out this stream. I fish it quite a bit and consider it my “home” stream. I’ve been fishing it for over 20 years and the pressure on the stream has been unbelieveable as of late. While I’m sure other factors contribute, anyone that believes the Internet does not drive people to a stream is kidding themselves.
Jack stated that the solution is to move on to other waters, well this is the closest stream to where I live, and unfortunately 80% of my fishing is just sneaking out for a few hours when I have the time to a stream close to home. If I lived in an area with more options, perhaps I can find another spot and bail when IT gets outted out…lol.
Like I stated above, my only intention for this post was to show that the Inernet has an impact on the pressure a stream receives.
