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Recent encounter at this location was with a lady walking her dog. 

 If it was the lady with a golden retriever, she's a cool local lady.  Told me enough info about number of anglers on her walking path, tells me if anyone up or down river from me has caught anything.  She's never let her dog jump into pools while I was fishing, but if she did, I wouldn't get annoyed in any way.  She probably honestly lives 2 mins from there as I see her every other time I'm there.  

I never got any bad vibes from her, but I can see how she might get offended by some sport fisherman's attitudes.  You have to understand it from the local's perspective, people park in front of their houses day after day and trash their beautiful parks and leave dead fish on the banks.  

As a fishermen, I'd say to avoid spots like that if you are bothered by locals (please respect them) or loogans (respect is optional lol).  Most guys have waders, so it's not hard to move to a spot on the river that locals and lesser loogans can't get to.  And if the crowds and hoopla still bother you, then you probably shouldn't be fishing on such a popular trib.   

So you're saying that I didn't induce a strike?

LOL I'm just playing around bud (trolling), everyone is going crazy this time of year!  Of course the salmon bit, I catch them all the time like that.  I feel exactly what you are saying, they lunge forward and BOOM fish on.  

I used to think this board was pretty bad but since I haven't seen 'remyboy' around for a while I've actually started learning stuff.  But it's hard when 'iJay' is talking about maple syrup this, maple syrup that.  

I think it's strange that in a lot of threads that start with "where might I go fishing" or "what is a good type of bait to use" there are always replies of "you probably won't find answers here" or "use maple syrup covered spoons on fly rods with no tippet".  I mean, you can help out the OP without being sarcastic and without naming specific rivers/spots.  

The forum has a few decent posters, some have already posted in this thread.  But the forum is rife with trolls and elitist fishermen.  I have no idea why they even are part of the forum if they don't want to contribute constructively or just troll or insult everyone else