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Well,
I do think that it is appropriate to say something but knowing when it is worth it is the thing. I was fishing one day on a very small stream, the spot I was at was just below some riffels and maybe 20 feet across if that. Well I heard this bumping of metal and turned just in time to get out of the way of a metal canoe that came barreling around the corner and missed me. Well, he was moving pretty quickly the only thing I would have gotten out would be some obsenity but I chose not to because maybe he did not know. I did see him driving by with his canoe and flagged him down and asked him if he knew if people fished there he said he never used this water way before just wanted to try out the canoe and he did not see anyone when he went by to drop his vehicle. Any how I just feel that one should be acertive but realize that its not always people being ignorant when they get in your way or something like that sometimes (it happens)
wire
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Betty,
You have asked the 64 million dollar question. I would like to give you my response even though it will probably be the unpopular one. I stand by it though.
When I was younger, I was very explosive, very nice to people but don't cross me. Over the years and having been dealt some of lifes more cruel blows, I started life all over again, from the very rock bottom. I became a very compassionate person and realized there was nothing more important on this earth than how I treated other people, even at my own expense.
I too have had my fishing space invaded and to me it seems so meniscule compared to just smiling, nodding or saying a kind word to the person doing the invading. I have learned to be kind no matter what the situation. I will not let a confrontation occur, no matter what.
To sum this up, each individual has to act based on their own feelings of what is right and wrong and what their conscience is telling them to do. Based on my past history, I will never sit in judgement of someone elses decisions or actions.
Betty, go with your own feelings, and what they are telling you. You sound like a wonderful lady and I am sorry we will probably never meet. You will come to peace with this.
I am ready for my beating.
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Steve (Rookie)
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Rookie, I thought that was an excellent response.
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Make sure I'm reading all this right.
If eye contact can be made, and there's a smile there, engage in positive, thoughtful, helpful, conversation. Don't teach unless asked, other than by example. Smile and move to the bank, or further on down stream, to preserve your own peace of mind and time. Life's too short to try to control any one other than yourself. Make it a win/win situation, by taking the higher ground. Use what you know to be the proper fishing etiquite, and show by example what you know to be right.
Did I leave anything out?
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Trouts don't live in ugly places
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Betty,
Can I come fish with you? You sound way safer than some of the people we fish with now. http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/wink.gif
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There are two canoe liveries on the Battenkill and lots of folks with their own canoes and tubes. Any weekend with decent weather the river is taken over from about 9:00 AM till 5:00 Or 6:00 PM. And there is nothing that can be done. Most folks are curtious and will try to slip behind you but lots of folks have no idea on how to handle a canoe. They would never make it downstream if the river wasn't going that way too. I have been hit by canoes 3 times and every time the canoers were doing their best to avoid me. And this is not a fast or tricky river.
What can you do? I fish real early, or real late or another river. I don't like it but that is the way it is.
AgMD
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I usually will, politely, ask the person to not fish so close to me. One time I had some spin fishers in a boat actually snag my line. I had been in that spot about 30 minutes prior to their arrival. I politely but sternly told them that I didn't appreciate their actions. They got really nasty and started cussing me. Not a wise thing for them to do as that is one thing I absolutely will not tolerate. They backed off when I put cell phone to ear to call the warden. I usually just walk away but I will not settle for peace at any price. That's where the cell phone comes in handy. The rangers, wardens and state police are just a voice command away.
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Eric "nighthawk"
American veteran and proud of it!
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Make sure I'm reading all this right.
If eye contact can be made, and there's a smile there, engage in positive, thoughtful, helpful, conversation. Don't teach unless asked, other than by example. Smile and move to the bank, or further on down stream, to preserve your own peace of mind and time. Life's too short to try to control any one other than yourself. Make it a win/win situation, by taking the higher ground. Use what you know to be the proper fishing etiquite, and show by example what you know to be right.
Did I leave anything out?
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Not a thing Betty, not a thing.
and if I may say, very well summed up, well said indeed Betty! Proud of you!
Take care!
Steve Molcsan
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Betty,
Your experience kinda reminds me of a lesson I've learned ( and practice to this day-have even utilized it here on these venerable FAOL BBs). It goes like this: Two motorists meet head on in the middle of a single lane bridge. One gets out of his car and hollers " I never back up for an a$$hole". The other one (me) calmly puts his (my) car in reverse and says, " but I always do".
Somehow I've managed to weave this lesson into many of my life's travails.
Mark
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I'd rather be in Wyoming!