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Education problem.Saturday Jan. 4th. My son Cody and I decided to visit our home waters on a perfect fishing day to try our luck with a little steelhead fishing. We started at the top of the run and were working our way down when three fishermen equipped with bobbers and bait gear appeared at the bank between my son and I. As I watched, the men spread out and started getting ready to fish. The closest one to me was no further than 25ft below were I was standing and I was casting a spey rod. In total disbelief, I said "You know you guys just low holed me". The guy next to me says, "What are you doing, long lining this whole drift?" I said "No. I'm working my way down taking a step after each cast and I'll be in front of you in about two minutes". So what does he do? He makes a cast right over my line thinking we could somehow co-exist but he snagged my line at first attempt. I bit my tongue and politely said I that would be by him shortly. It then became clear to those guys that I wasn't giving up my drift and I made all three of them wait until I was by. I'm not sure if they learned anything about river etiquette or not. I didn't get too riled because their action was so blatant I could only think that they did it out of ignorance.
Often I'm slingin' hardware and I do enjoy educating my mailbox-toting gearhead cousins.I think you guys are assuming that gear fishermen know proper spey fishing etiquette, when in reality they've probably never fished with someone spey fishing before.
Nicely done !Well, Eggs can vouch for this one... We were on the Sandy the other year and both swing through this great run. When all of a sudden three guys were headed to the run, they stepped in maybe 20 yards below me. Eggs was following behind me and I kept my pace even as the three stepped in below me. Soooo I swung into their gear. I then reeled up, walked around them, and stepped in RIGHT below them. I resumed my pace and no more then 30 yards below them FISH ON! As I was walking this hatchery fish up the bank behind them, their jaws were dropped.... I just smiled