I don't fish as often as I used to but I'm OK with it because it's my choice. I've fished a lot, moreover I've fished for salmon a lot and it's pretty much like riding a bike in that you don't forget how to cast or swing the fly.
Why I don't go as often is partly due to water conditions and abundance issues with the rivers and fish. When a river or 2 are high and muddy that condition tends to funnel all those people desperate to catch a salmon onto whatever river isn't high and muddy. Crowding isn't my thing, it wasn't my thing in Pennsylvania and nothing's changed in the past 14 years here.
When there's crowding you have no idea what kind of people you'll encounter and I've run across some bad ones. The Link I'm posting has nothing to do with salmon but it does reflect on what I mean when I say "no idea what kind of people you'll encounter"...…
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Whether that just represents the behavior of a very small number of persons or not those are exactly the type I don't want to come across while I'm fishing. Sadly I have found gross examples of fish poaching and did on each occasion report the persons I witnessed breaking the laws. I thought it apropos that those two fine examples of the type I want to avoid were caught on camera complete with audio.
Why I don't go as often is partly due to water conditions and abundance issues with the rivers and fish. When a river or 2 are high and muddy that condition tends to funnel all those people desperate to catch a salmon onto whatever river isn't high and muddy. Crowding isn't my thing, it wasn't my thing in Pennsylvania and nothing's changed in the past 14 years here.
When there's crowding you have no idea what kind of people you'll encounter and I've run across some bad ones. The Link I'm posting has nothing to do with salmon but it does reflect on what I mean when I say "no idea what kind of people you'll encounter"...…
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Whether that just represents the behavior of a very small number of persons or not those are exactly the type I don't want to come across while I'm fishing. Sadly I have found gross examples of fish poaching and did on each occasion report the persons I witnessed breaking the laws. I thought it apropos that those two fine examples of the type I want to avoid were caught on camera complete with audio.