List some thing on Stream Fishing Etiquette

When you see someone hook into a fish, give them some room and some time to play and land it.

It's good that you take time to list these things but for everybody to practice them will never happen. When I go/get to a stream and there are already a few people there I will leave. I don't like crowds.

Jim

Don't bring retired Boeing workers that can't stand crowds. Just kidding old friend.

Matt Burke

Leave ill-mannered dogs at home.

Don't assist an angler in landing his fish without being asked.

Say Hello and maybe find out a little about the people you meet along the way...

NO LOW-HOLEING!

Cheers Homer, lets go out someday and do it the right way and pick up a fish coming in behind those old farts...

How about instead of worrying about catching every fish in the river, just be happy that you were fortunate enough to get a fish. Get away from the competitive nature of the numbers game. How about letting someone else the opportunity at a choice piece of water if you have hooked a fish or two?

Why is it when you go fishing with your buddies you all jump in the river at about 30 feet apart just so you can shoot the breeze but when somebody strange does that you all get up tight and say that they are low holing you. I just don't get it.

Jim

Ask the person working a run which way they are working the run and if it is alright to step in below them or if they would prefer you to move down river.

Like this is going to happen. I hate it when somebody (usually a gear guy) steps in right below me and grows roots and won't move as I work down river. I don't mind if they move at the same rate as me.

Just because you have chest waders doesn't mean you have to wade to the middle of the river, show some courtesy to those above and around you.

Do something to improve the river area such as packing a garbage bag and removing some trash (cans, paper, etc.)

FL

For steelheading and salmon fishing 90% of people fish their way down stream. Late arrivals should step in above and let the first person fish through the drift first.

Exactly cupo, why dont people get that?? It is just the way you work a run in this area.

Cupo- That works too if the person is halfway through the run. But on thouse really long runs (1/4 - 1 mile) and the person it at the very top of the run, ask before stepping in about 30-50 yards below them.

Here one I almost forgot!

When you see OLD MAN coming down stream to you, pick up the biggest rock you can handle and chuck it at him!
:p

I practiced mine today. I fished three different places and had them all to myself. Nobody but me the bugs and the birds. Ah the quiet was wonderful.

Jim

Oh I caught three little ones and no they weren't smolts. I was above where steelhead or salmon can get. :p

Jim, The old saying is "I caught some 6 inchers and a bunch of little ones."

Another thought regarding stream etiquette- How about when you see a car or two already in a pull off, how about using a backup plan and fish a different location that is vacant.

MAN! Did this one remind me of a couple of fellows below Tou Velle park (Rogue just north of Medford, Or) last summer

I'd hooked 5 or 6 fish out of a very small section of the river when these two 'Orvis boys' come wandering up. 'How's fishing?' Dummy here (na, always do) says good, and tells them EXACTLY where the fish are sitting in the hole. at the switch) 3 or 4 more.

I'm hearing a lot about moving downstream but when I swing a dry fly I like to start low and work up, fishing the fly in a dead drift. As for eitiquette if you are the only one in the hole I want to fish, there is a good chance that you will be offered a beer or two.

I will second that!!!

Actually Fishingjunky,

Even if the run is 3 miles long (that's an exaggeration so don't take it litterally)- DON'T step in below another angler. Get in line above them.

If you are working a run with other anglers and happen to hook up, it's your turn to move to the back of the line. Don't be a fish hog and share the wealth.

William