Yea I really take everything there with a grain of salt. If you post there you may get some crap, but that's the way it is. Some of it is in fun what is not I just ignore. If you can't take it either lurk or just have fun.  

I choose fun!
Pulling some chains right now.

Clint better not post your snagging video on that site.

lol...i think that was the implication bob

11/13/2014


after the cold front that moved in recently, the day was a bit chilly, with occasional snowflakes that did not stick . . . however, clients reported an improvement in fishing over the past couple of days . . . lower as well as mid sections of the river produced Steelheads today, with the middle section producing much better . . . reports of fishing outside of the DSR was fairly dismal, with prospective customers checking in throughout the afternoon to see if there were any fish in the river, and at the DSR specifically . . . today, those answers were "yes" and "yes" . . . so far, no reports from any clients who
have fished the upper sections today . . . 
 
I will have to say this is a little self serving

The lone bright spot in the upper  river was reported to be behind Tailwater Lodge, with guests there getting into steelhead waking flies on the surface. Though snow is expected for the next week, the DSR should remain  sunny with above average temps.

Certainly, when I am having a successful afternoon with fish in front of me and biting, I always leave and go make inquiries of an overpriced snobfarm, and tell them how poor things are upriver!  Just to handicap myself, I also always leave fish to find fish!  And I would never consider the free fishing I find to be in any way as desirable as what I get for dropping the price of a nice evening with my wife  for second hand access (the people staying  at lodges and the guides get the first run spots.) and death marches in either direction.  Of course, it is better in the gold plated petting zoo, just ask Chartist, he only ended up elbow bending at the Altmar because of the gourmet cooking and extensive ale selection!  Oh, and American businesses, especially ones run by politicians, have never engaged in truth bending or self promotion, they are only doing this for the good of the fishermen and the fishery.
 
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Man, people seem to never let go of the old dead horse of private property. Id love to see someone claim that they would open their private property to the public if it was "theirs"...

On a brighter note redfield has 10 inches of snow on the ground... Maybe a good washing is in desperate need... Let it pour brookfield

I don't argue with private property, but the water flowing over it belongs to the people of the State of New York, and the fish swimming up it were stocked with user fees paid by fishermen.  And they are the ones who posted the snooty report.  Personally I would close the river from the black hole to route 3 the way things have gone with the senator's preserve, the "we'll keep it affordable for the average joe" story we heard when they opened it has  turned into just so much more fertilizer. 
 
I don't even understand why "Crown grants" still convey rights, I recall learning in High School history about something that happened back around 1776 that took away all that crown power. It is one thing to use your fishing license to access the fish from your property, it is an entirely different thing to turn a public fishery into a private commercial enterprise.
 
Just sayin.....
 
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