Eric,

I agree with the premise of your argument, but I also think you're being somewhat unrealistic. A peaceful drift with 4-5 other boats is only going to happen when there aren't many fish being caught. If you can name me a drift on any river that will only have 4-5 boats on it when there are good numbers of fish, I'll drink that river dry. Now, there are certain no-name rivers where you can find decent action with little company, but those aren't the ones that get named on the BB's. Face it, with the numbers of fishers out there, you're going to have company whether they hear about it from F&H News, STS, the web, the paper, or whatever.

Of course, email is a more appropriate way to discuss rivers or holes in detail. But I don't think that saying "I got a couple on the Nooch today" is a major issue. Saying "I caught six on the Nooch today at the old White Bridge hole drifting eggs and a red sin-n-glo just below the boat ramp" would be a stupid thing to say, unless you were looking for lots of company the next day.

Let's all just use our heads here. I think the pressure seen on area rivers is simply a fuction of the number of anglers, rather than any particular news/information outlet. But, one should be discrete when discussing rivers and holes.

Fish on.......