Hey everybody, i'd like to start a discussion about the "unwritten" rules of fishing in the creeks, rivers etc. for the largely sought after steelhead and rainbow trout.
First, i'd like to start off with what people should do when they come up to a fishing hole, and there are a bunch of fisherman already there fishing. There is a reason why fisherman will stand about 10-15 feet apart from eachother, because the noodle rods and the type of casting and floating demand that space. The people fishing there most likely woke up earlier than everyone else to make sure they had a good spot to fish without having people disturb that. I've seen guys show up a few hours later, tie up and walk right in between the fisherman, when the best thing to do would be post up at the end and/or start of the pool/holes. It's extremely annoying to get their before anyone else and to have your space shrunken by a bunch of noobs that don't understand the proper etiquette.
Secondly, i'd like to bring up the topic of "drifting", I can't STAND when fisherman don't know how to drift properly and skrew up the floating lines of my casting and everyone elses. A couple days age, I got to the honey hole at 6am and fished for hours until someone came right beside me and started casting in the most random matter and messing up my fun. And i'm not talking about noobies, i'm talking about steelheaders with centre pins, hip waders, expensive vest etc. This guy would basically be turned completely to the left, essentially staring at me and casting infront of me and drifting about 30 feet past me. I would be forced to wait and wait and wait for this moron to reel in and i'd literally have to cast before him to make sure I could at least get a drift in. The guy would hold his long ass noodle rod RIGHT infront of my face basically, and I couldn't even cast. I was forced to start casting over him and I think he was starting to get annoyed, I wanted to say "if you don't want me casting over you, don't cast infront of me". I had to keep my mouth shut and wait for him to leave, which happened a little bit later.
Also, I think people need to understand that when you float, you SHOULD be casting UPSTREAM so you can drift infront of you and maybe a little bit past the guy on your left. Casting and floating properly should involve everyone and everyone should syncronize what they do, so things run more efficiently.
Thirdly, what is with "hardcore" steelheaders landing snagged fished (by accident) and then keeping it, simply because it was a hen, and he had lost a few fish earlier. I'm totally against keeping snagged fish, but it is one thing to do it while you are fishing alone, and another to do it while there are a few people fishing there. One guy mentioned something along the lines of "wasn't it foul hooked?" and the guy said the whole "it was wrapped around" business. I saw it with my own eyes, it was hooked a few inches under the gill area on the belly. Those bright green roe bags don't help lol.
I guess more than anything, this was a complete rant on what annoyed me from fishing all last week. Either way, things like this are very annoying and can put a hinder on a fun day fishing. I think people need to be conscious of their surroundings and fellow fisherman a little bit more. Hopefully some people read this thread and get the hint about things like this.
Anyways, good luck fishing
Andy
First, i'd like to start off with what people should do when they come up to a fishing hole, and there are a bunch of fisherman already there fishing. There is a reason why fisherman will stand about 10-15 feet apart from eachother, because the noodle rods and the type of casting and floating demand that space. The people fishing there most likely woke up earlier than everyone else to make sure they had a good spot to fish without having people disturb that. I've seen guys show up a few hours later, tie up and walk right in between the fisherman, when the best thing to do would be post up at the end and/or start of the pool/holes. It's extremely annoying to get their before anyone else and to have your space shrunken by a bunch of noobs that don't understand the proper etiquette.
Secondly, i'd like to bring up the topic of "drifting", I can't STAND when fisherman don't know how to drift properly and skrew up the floating lines of my casting and everyone elses. A couple days age, I got to the honey hole at 6am and fished for hours until someone came right beside me and started casting in the most random matter and messing up my fun. And i'm not talking about noobies, i'm talking about steelheaders with centre pins, hip waders, expensive vest etc. This guy would basically be turned completely to the left, essentially staring at me and casting infront of me and drifting about 30 feet past me. I would be forced to wait and wait and wait for this moron to reel in and i'd literally have to cast before him to make sure I could at least get a drift in. The guy would hold his long ass noodle rod RIGHT infront of my face basically, and I couldn't even cast. I was forced to start casting over him and I think he was starting to get annoyed, I wanted to say "if you don't want me casting over you, don't cast infront of me". I had to keep my mouth shut and wait for him to leave, which happened a little bit later.
Also, I think people need to understand that when you float, you SHOULD be casting UPSTREAM so you can drift infront of you and maybe a little bit past the guy on your left. Casting and floating properly should involve everyone and everyone should syncronize what they do, so things run more efficiently.
Thirdly, what is with "hardcore" steelheaders landing snagged fished (by accident) and then keeping it, simply because it was a hen, and he had lost a few fish earlier. I'm totally against keeping snagged fish, but it is one thing to do it while you are fishing alone, and another to do it while there are a few people fishing there. One guy mentioned something along the lines of "wasn't it foul hooked?" and the guy said the whole "it was wrapped around" business. I saw it with my own eyes, it was hooked a few inches under the gill area on the belly. Those bright green roe bags don't help lol.
I guess more than anything, this was a complete rant on what annoyed me from fishing all last week. Either way, things like this are very annoying and can put a hinder on a fun day fishing. I think people need to be conscious of their surroundings and fellow fisherman a little bit more. Hopefully some people read this thread and get the hint about things like this.
Anyways, good luck fishing
Andy
