Hmmm...going off on a bit of a tangent...but I'll run with it.

The situations in which I find fishermen to be rude, obnoxious, ignorant, or just plain a$$holes...in order from most to least...

1. Fall salmon fishing meat holes. Snagging, littering, swearing...and standing shoulder to shoulder doing it. Probably the most disgusting display of "sportsmanship" you will ever see.

3. Flyfishermen fishing for chums or pinks on the Skagit. I've seen the L.L. Bean catalog models slide out of their Mercedes SUV's, saunter on down to the river, and proceed to foul hook fish after fish, right of their redds if it's chum season. Not only that, they manage to look down their noses at the "gear guys", even the ones that are actually fishing moving water and legally hooking fresh fish.

6. Any fishermen, fly or gear, who stand on the same rock for four hours. At least move around a little bit.

7. Float fishermen at Reiter. Doesn't anyone remember when that hole was the most classic drifting hole in the entire steelheading world? Can't drift worth a crap in there anymore with the flotilla.

Have I offended everyone yet? I don't mean to leave anyone out!!

Lemme know if someone didn't get their due...

Fish on,

Todd