Last week I had an ?unfortunate? experience on the water. I posted on here to expunge it from my soul, and to apologize. As I expected from my FAOL family, I was given support (lots), an a** wuppin' (or two or three!), love, and laughter.

Now, I would like to know seriously, when confronted by interlopers, be they in the stream (wading, boating, rafting) or on the land (fly casters, bait casters, obnoxious children), what should you do? I know it's best to keep the calm, and discuss with them the proper etiquette. But REALLY, what can you humanly do in that situation? How do you REALLY handle it? How can we change our persona from persona non grata to personable?

I know this situation will happen again, be it here, there, or wherever, to you, or me and we need to know what to do. Hopefully, with a sincere, honest discussion, this kind of aggravation can be limited (I know it will never go totally away) and peace can reign on the trout streams.

(Thank you, Ed)


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Trouts don't live in ugly places




[This message has been edited by Betty Hiner (edited 22 June 2006).]