Combat fishing

[njflyguy]

Here it is the first war story of the year.......Since finding the Doublekill I haven't subjected myself to much in the way crowded streams this year, that said I had some time to kill yesterday and decided to stop over at the Walkill....near the stocking zone.... Well I arrived a few minutes before the 5 o"clock opener to find about 25 guys ready to go....So I do the decent thing and walk downstream a bit( to a nice riffle I know)....So here I am all by myself when fisherman fred and his kid with what looks like a boat rod, you know like the ones they rent on party boats. They look at me for a minute and then decide to walk into the stream right where I'm casting......UH I say kinda loudly and keep casting even though if there were fish they booked when fred and fred jr arrived, so here I am casting within a few feet of the guy, but keeping my distance from the kid, just in case.....then the guy has the stones to say how rude I am. So I ask him to clarify how I'm the rude one........he says I just kept on casting after he claimed a spot.....SO after not having a good day and needing to vent a little bit I proceed to tell him what I think of him and his courtesy on the water, all in clean language since jr was there and it's not his fault his dad is an ass. So then what happens......the first CO I have ever seen comes waliking downstream to see what the ruckus is about.......I tell him and surprisingly the guy agrees with my account of the incident.......So the CO pulls him and his kid aside and explains the courteous nature in which they should behave.....And ends up writing the guy a couple tickets......NO lisence, illegal hooks..4 about 6" apart with eggs on them......and then sees the cooler he is carrying full of fish......This is where my time ran out so I had to go......but at least I felt better..