This story makes me a little sad. Flyfishing is already looked upon by a lot of non-flyfishers as an expensive, fussy and elitest sport. It's sad when fly fishers perpetuate those myths.
The expample you sited that surprises me the most is #6. I find it laughable that you actually received a "campaign call" from an officer candidate. Among the groups I've been affiliated with, the election process is more like: folks talk it up, someone says "I nominate so and so.", and that person is usually elected unanimously. But an actual campaign call, really?
I've been casually affiliated with 2 FF clubs and more actively involved in a 3rd (I am the current president). I guarantee that no one has EVER been treated this way by any of these 3 clubs. I hate to say it but that might be because I live in eastern South Dakota. Not exactly a hot-bed of fly fishing activity. Most of us in South Dakota are so happy to find someone else to talk fly fishing with that we don't care who you are or what your story is!
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