Competition? Are you guys in tournaments?

I get as much joy watching people catch fish as catching them myself, and when there is a river with plenty of fish and I'm asked nicely I'm happy to share what I'm using if I happen to be doing better than the rest. Heck, there was one particular time on Baker Lake in Washington where I couldn't keep the fish off of my offering and the guy I was fishing next to wasn't having 10% of my luck. When I told him that it was a Blue Fox spinner he sighed that he didn't have anything like it. Myself I only had one left so as I was leaving with my limit I cut my line and THREW IT AS HARD AS I COULD INTO THE LAKE, LAUGHING MANIACALLY!

Okay, that last part isn't true. I gave him the lure and told him to knock them dead. He tried to pay me, but it's not a retail thing I'm doing out there. It's about fishing first, having a good time second, and catching fish third.

Now, if I'm a guide trying to make a living then maybe I'd do things differently.