heres my take on it,go to any piece of water that is fly only,and i have many times.no styrafoam bait containers,no wads of mono line in every tree,no lure or jig packages thrown along the ground,its the cleanest stretch of the river hands down.fly guys are just different,we dont like combat fishing we dont like standing arm to arm with everyone and there mother right below every dam in oregon.we dont fish to fill our tags,99.9% of fly fishermen are catch and release.fly fishermen believe in native,wild fish.using flies compared to a spinner with a huge treble hook is far more safe for a fish,and has been proven.
Just take the deschutes for instance,right now they have over 3,000 redsides per river mile,,now open that up to bait and you can kiss off that fish population.\
flyfishermen could care less about hatchery fish which is why most guys fish catch and release rivers.and as far as them being elitist im not sure what the term means?what does elitist mean to you?
also would like to add as far as i know fly fishermen are the only anglers who advocate catch and realease and wild fish proponents,theres several groups dedicated to this in the flyfishing community but you never hear that from gear guys.
with that said,fish how u want.
to the original poster,go fish the deschutes,metolius,crooked they are all pretty much fly only and thank god you wont have to encounter those nasty bait containers laying all around.
