And when you say real fly fishermen, you mean the ones who are wearing waders up to their necks with the 20lb vest on with 16 spools of tippet material that will never be used, the gink bottles, etc... Cuz you know... if you're a fly fisherman, you might as well look like everyone else even if it's 88 degrees out!Just ban all lazy ass banana boats and stinktoons on the entire Delaware system.......see if they can become "real" fly fisherman.
Just the facts.
CDun
And when you say real fly fishermen, you mean the ones who are wearing waders up to their necks with the 20lb vest on with 16 spools of tippet material that will never be used, the gink bottles, etc... Cuz you know... if you're a fly fisherman, you might as well look like everyone else even if it's 88 degrees out!
And when you say real fly fishermen, you mean the ones who are wearing waders up to their necks with the 20lb vest on with 16 spools of tippet material that will never be used, the gink bottles, etc... Cuz you know... if you're a fly fisherman, you might as well look like everyone else even if it's 88 degrees out!
And when you say real fly fishermen, you mean the ones who are wearing waders up to their necks with the 20lb vest on with 16 spools of tippet material that will never be used, the gink bottles, etc... Cuz you know... if you're a fly fisherman, you might as well look like everyone else even if it's 88 degrees out!
Tippet comes in HOW many sizes??? I need to get shopping!!!
You have to factor in the Trout Hunter .5 sizes
Cuz you know... if you're a fly fisherman, you might as well look like everyone else even if it's 88 degrees out!
Hey i need all that stuff
I don't know what all this crying is about. If people are in a spot I want to fish, I just yell bear and start shooting my pistol into the woods indiscriminately. That usually gets them to leave in a hurry.
You could probably accomplish the same thing here screaming Allahu Akbar and shooting indiscriminately.
CD I am 100% on board with yo on this. For one thing Banana's and boats have a aura of bad luck that emanate around them . If you are wading and in the vicinity you are caught in the bad luck field. That is why the giraffe boat is the way to go.Just ban all lazy ass banana boats and stinktoons on the entire Delaware system.......see if they can become "real" fly fisherman.
Just the facts.
CDun
Bumping this up because I've got a new story to tell that falls in this category.
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So, here's a chain of events that occurred last weekend that left me confused. Maybe somebody here can enlighten me.
I put in at Balls Eddy on the WB with my cousin and his wife. This enormous behemoth of a guide, with two weenies in his boat, puts in maybe 15 minutes before we do, and looks to be sitting river right, above the first riff, gearing up and giving his clients the usual pre-game pep talk.
I make for the left side, where the channel is, to pass him and start downriver. We were planning to set a fast pace, chuck streamers at the banks, maybe stop once or twice if we found risers, and make the Sheehawken ramp in two hours or so. I had no intention of fishing the water right below him, and didn't want to be held up waiting for him.
Just before I reach him, he sees me, pulls anchor, and floats down through the riff in front of me and anchors directly at the top of the run. It's too late for me to even give him as much space as I would want, but I just pass the dude on his left and drift past the whole pool with minimal splashing - common courtesy - before we start throwing streamers again in the tail-out, maybe 100 yards away from his boat.
A mile or two downriver we find some noses poking up in the shade under some big pines and switch to tandem dry fly rigs with duns, and a spinner or emerger on the dropper, covering the bases. We also have a couple of beers and shoot the shit for a bit, waiting to see if more fish come up.
Meanwhile, this guy catches up with us, and anchors his boat right in front of us (maybe 20 yards away), but toward the center of the river. We are set up now, and start floating along the bank, where the risers are, and AGAIN he pulls anchor and floats right in front of us. This time his clients are casting directly in front of our boat, to spots that are well within casting range for us.
So I think, "this guy's fucking weird", but I'm super polite anyway, and I say (didn't have to shout as the dude is basically 20 feet from me now):
"Hey you want us to bounce downriver a bit or hang back? We're good either way."
Nice, right? Like, more than gentlemanly. Beyond what's called for.
He doesn't respond. This big Boo Radley looking motherfucker just hunches his shoulders and glowers off in the distance, clearly enraged for some reason. His clients are now looking at me kind of apologetically, like, "sorry bro, we booked a trip with this sociopath because he was the cheapest ride on the river"
I don't like being ignored. But whatever, I really don't care one way or another since we're planning on moving downriver pretty quick anyway, and not dead set on staking out territory in one pool or another.
So I say, "look, no disrespect - just trying to stay out of your way." Again, being more deferential than the guy really deserved. Dude just stares at me with hatred.
Me, to his clients, "have a great trip guys. Good luck with that one."
And with that, I'm out. We found more risers downriver and had a good time and didn't see the guy again.
So, here's my question. Was this guy just one of the socially and mentally deficient guides that I've heard can be found on the system, but have never encountered personally?
Or did I break some kind of unspoken rule that everybody but me on the WB knows?
I never float the WB, in part because it's too freaking crowded and I don't want to have to coordinate my floating and fishing with a bunch of grumpy dudes who are not good at playing with others (probably why they love fly fishing in the first place.) So it's at least conceivable that there's some rule here that I don't know.
I have never been in a drift boat, but from what you have said, that sounds like MACFLY taking Beetle and CMM on their annual float.......
So, here's my question. Was this guy just one of the socially and mentally deficient guides that I've heard can be found on the system, but have never encountered personally?
Or did I break some kind of unspoken rule that everybody but me on the WB knows?
Did this guy have a beard?
Did this guy have a beard?
yes.
and I think he wore glasses? maybe the same guy.
He didn't actually look like a dick, but seriously lacked some basic people skills.
I don't float the WB but I wade it all the time. I come into contact with lots of guides, most of whom are at least courteous, even when they come around a bend to find me standing waist deep in the middle of the bubble line, standing in the best lie in the river.
Never had one act like this guy. At least he didn't threaten to board my boat like that psychopath who DC ran into last year.
yes.
and I think he wore glasses? maybe the same guy.
He didn't actually look like a dick, but seriously lacked some basic people skills.
I don't float the WB but I wade it all the time. I come into contact with lots of guides, most of whom are at least courteous, even when they come around a bend to find me standing waist deep in the middle of the bubble line, standing in the best lie in the river.
Never had one act like this guy. At least he didn't threaten to board my boat like that psychopath who DC ran into last year.
i float the west in a stinktoon that I got from dluver.
He and I friggin blitzed the west in our stinktoons, crashing into wade fishermen like cdun.
Seriously - you should have seen us bouncing off wade fishers like pinballs at the 191 bridge.
now he is selling out the "man" with the beard and glasses who guides the west...
Macs wife.