jeff s
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A simple search on google will tell you all you want to know about HSUS. Whether you agree with their position or not is entirely up to you. As a sportsman I could never align myself with a group like this.
Here is just one small example of the kind of BS they regurgitate regularly.
http://www.humanesociety.org/issues/dove_shoot/I wasn’t trying to organize anything.
Interesting. I know this is not PC, but I chuckle every time I hear or read the phrase, ‘fragile planet’. I don’t think that is a reality. Yes, we should be good steward of the resources on the planet, but it is much more resilient than we would be led to believe.
As you can
I have a cheap pair of small needle nose that I use when tying flies to mash the barbs down and a cheap pari of end nipper wire cutters to clip wire when tying flies.
While fishing, I have a pair of Dr.Slick hemos with the scissors hooked to a zinger attached to my vest.
On my pontoon boat, I have a set of some cheap black hemos attached to a zinger on my PFD>
I have really nice German chisels for my wood working but for stuff I’m going to have out on the water, I’ll go inexpensive.
Good list. Ethics needs to be a part of every angler’s education. Unfortunately, apart from respecting another angler’s space, one must discern what the other angler is actually doing. I am a very aggressive, step down angler tossing streamers, soft hackles and wet flies along the length of the river. If I am in one spot longer than a minute, it is usually because my boot is stuck on something. When I encounter an angler parked on a spot nymphing or tossing dries I exit the stream and re-enter a reasonable distance downstream from their parking spot.
What is exceptionally irritating is the angler or two who saunters past me along the bank, clearing seeing how I am fishing and enters the stream (albeit as reasonable distance) and parks below me effectively cutting me off. Within minutes I am now intruding on the angler’s space, must leave the stream and abandon 100s of yards of productive river. On more than one occasion, anglers having done this apologized by saying: Sorry I didn’t mean to cut you off despite having done exactly that. To respect another angler’s space you really need to discern how they are fishing and act accordingly.
Mike,
While I understand your point, I would like to respectfully disagree. While you may be an aggressive downstream fisherman who covers many miles of stream a day, it is you who needs to understand not all miles of the stream belong to you.Should a fisherman enter the stream a respectful distance below where you are fishing, I would argue he/she did nothing wrong and it is you who should exit the stream and move around.
Unless one is fishing on private land, the streams belong to all of us and we need to be respectful of each other and share.
One thing that kind of bugs me about some of my fellow fly fishers is the attitude that if another fisherman is within a day’s hike in any direction from where he’s currently standing is too close and encroaching upon “his” section of stream.
Again, not wanting to be argumentative, but we all need to give a little and for the original post about teaching newcomers about ethics, I
I think that’s the message I’d like to share, in addition to all the other great points here would be along the lines of the philosophical aspects of fishing:*chill out, this is supposed to be for fun. Getting angry and arguing with someone is no fun and it ruins your day as much as it did his.
*Share the water and give the other guy the benefit of a doubt.
*In most cases, the other guy has as much right to be there as you do.
*Be good ambassadors of the sport, especially with non-flyfishermen.
*At the end of the day, it’s only a fish and the fishing should always be more important than the catching (unless in a tournament, the guy with the most fish doesn’t necessarily win).
*It’s not an Xtreme sport, it’s fishing.
jeff sluder
So, I guess it would be wrong to walk about 50′ upstream and urinate in the water with the guy hogging the hole watching?
No, seriously, good list.
If you buy a Winston from Cabelas it will cost you $19.95 for shipping. That will eat up any $15 or $20 coupons.
I’ve got to respectfully play devil’s advocate here:
My Local Flyshop:
Winston LT5 4 weight = $695
7% sales tax = $48.65
Total = $743.65Cabelas:
Winston LT5 4 weight = $695
S&H = $19.95
Total = $714.95Savings through Cabelas = $28.70*
Of course the intangibles must be factored in such as being able to lawn cast a prototype at the shop….face-to-face advice, etc. Also add in the cost of time and gas to drive downtown to said flyshop. Now don’t get me wrong…I try to patronize the local establishment as much as anybody but that is a somewhat significant savings.
Just sayin’.
Alaska doesn’t have a state sales tax so I didn’t even think about that. However, my son lives in Kentucky and when I order a gift and have it shipped to him from an online retailer I do have to pay the Kentucky sales tax on that purchase. So in Kentucky I would guess that you would possibly have to pay the sales tax whether you buy the rod in state or order it from out of state.
I live in KY. Only if the retailer has a physical presence in the state (and that could be a shipping warehouse and not necessarily a retail outlet) would they charge sales tax.
Also, there is NO local fly shop anywhere close to me. Locally, the closest thing is a Bass Pro and I do find Cabelas has a better selection. I buy a lot from Little River Outfitters in Tennessee, but I wouldn’t call 300 miles away a local shop.
As for Winston selling through any outlet, I just don’t see the problem with it. If it were my business, I’d sell to anyone with money.
It would be like saying Martin or Gibson shouldn’t sell their guitars at Guitar Center.
The way I see it, Winston (or any other business) is there to make a profit and keep their lights on. You just have to do what it takes as long as it’s not illegal or unethical.
Just my .02 worth.
Don’t even get me started on a-holes in fly shops.
Go into a shop with your teen age son who is 1) a better fisherman than 90% of the people in the shop,and 2) one of the most honest kids I know.
If anyone found a suitcase filled with 100 dollar bills, it’s mind and I’ll give you one of the bills as a reward for its safe return. ;D
Lost –
Sunglasses
more flies in trees than I care to count
really nice pocket knife (cusom made by Billy Watson – damascas blade, bone handles, damascas bolsters)Found –
fly box floating down the river
hemostats
various articles of clothingOne tip guys, on all my fly boxes, rod cases, and gear bags, I write my name and phone number.
