Ive been guilty of this as many others. Someone mostly new posters asking a question or making a post that we see as stupid unethical or offensive. Some of us welcome them by pointing out all their faults in a nasty way or putting them in line as we see fit.

Who knows how many people never post agian because we scared them away. Maybe they needed to be educated but since we made them feel so unwelcomed they decided not to come back.

I think alot of people new to salmon and steelheading have been molded as fisherman by this board and have learned good ethics and such quicker than if they learned it on their own. Or have seen the error in their ways by what they have learned here about the fish and fishing.

Just something to think about, some people we unintentionally scare away might be the guys who just dont know any better when it comes to things like CnR of nates and fish handling.

First impressions can be important.