Encounter

[SageKing]

A friend and I were at the middle weeb fishing a couple of weeks ago and ran into a similar situation. A guy jumped in right in front of us and proceeded to fish up. Instead of fishing with/behind him we decided to go around and give him a wide berth. Once we made it a couple of hundred yards up the river and started fishing, it wasnt five minutes before him came charging up the river, walked through the hole we were fishing, and proceeded to fish at the next hole. It was only about 15 feet away. I couldnt believe it. As I tried to explain that he had no fishing etiquite, he proceeded to explain to me that he would be happy to engage in this behavior all day. Translated: Im fishing in the front and if you dont like it I will continue to race up the river and walk through all the holes wrecking them for you. I think that this type of behavior will become more frequent as anglers continue to be forced to fish in fewer open areas controlled by private property owners. Only my honost opinion.
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