wow, good question. Is anybody out there superstitious when it comes to fishing? Ive got a routine that will help your catch rates increase by 47.5%. The first step is simple and not as important as the second process. OK, first step is getting your crap(gear) out the door, forget about what shape its in or if your eggs are freezer burnt. OK, now the process:

Upon entering a crowded section of river:
1) Clap your hands three times to get attention of fellow fisherman
2) Reach down and take a pinch of sand
3) Sprinke sand down the front of your waders
4) Do the "icky shuffle" (bounce on one foot approximatley 3 times and then immediatly repeat with other foot.
5) Yell a bunch of gyberish nobody will understand

- Proceed to river
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"I have a fair idea of what to expect from the river, and usually, because I fish it that way, the river gives me approximately what I expect of it. But sooner or later something always comes up to change the set of my ways..."
- Roderick Haig-Brown