gotta love that stuff. Sunday morning after walking down to one of the runs i fish from Oxbow, and wading in to make my first cast... a boat pulls around and into the run. I was at the top, just beginning to fish. the boat pulled right through the run (not down and around like a smart cookie) then actualy got out and started fishing, one guy trying real hard to spey cast and another tossing gear.
Now first, if you owned a boat, would you pull over at the spot where all the bank anglers go? or would you push off and look for some virgin water before the next 8 boats pass you? and thats just the selfish perspective. the other way of looking at is this. why would you ruin a bank fishermans fun when you have a boat? he has access to a handful of runs, you in the boat have the river in its entirety. Just don;t be a dick. if people used that for life, we'd all be catching more fish.
So the boats in my run right? and they are slogging the water like mad. well, about 20 casts in, and closer to them than to me, I hooked a nice chromer. He tailwalked right in front of those jokers, and I let out a solid woohoo to make a show of it.
My second fish ever could not have been more awesome. He tasted amazing on the grill last night.
