2B and I have tried it, especially with the crew from up in the 'daks back in the days of the bus, but they had a tendency to slide down until they were in the good spots, and then plant, so we went back to "get in there faster, and hold the taking spot". But the idea that you can hold water while your bud is at lunch, not without paying the big bucks for the new jailhouse resort in my book! I would definitely be right beside Bright's dad, those guys can rotate on something else! Next it will be everyone over to the Altmar for a couple of beers and we're taking the water as soon as we come back, if we can still stand up. Maybe it is time for some letters asking LE to uphold the trespass rules on the zones, if you are in there earlier than legal fishing time you are trespassing. If everyone arrived at the same time, rotation would seem like the logical and fair way of splitting it up, but when you have someone camping out overnight in a no trespass zone to hold 100 yards of water for the crew from Jersey, it does not work.
Apparently, crowding is a big problem on the LL salmon waters in Essex. From the DEC website:
"Angling Ethics
Courtesy and ethics are increasingly important on popular sections of river, and particularly so where you may be on private property:
- If other anglers are present, rotate the pool. Rotating the pool involves starting at the head of the pool, casting and retrieving, and then taking a step downstream before casting again. Each angler rotates downstream through the pool and returns to the head until it is his/her turn again. The process allows all anglers the opportunity to fish the whole pool.
- Know and obey the fishing regulations. In particular, terminal tackle is carefully regulated during late summer and fall.
- Respect private property or risk losing public access! Many of the best pools are on private property where continued access is absolutely dependent on the landowners' good will. One litterer could potentially eliminate access for everyone, so please consider picking up any trash you find."
Of course, these rivers are unweighted flies and baits only, so you don't have one guy knocking them out with an anchor while the next guy is tying a Skagit head into bows around the trees on the other bank.
I can see it on well defined pools, with a bench and signage, but for much of the river, not so much. But I'm also not recognizing "your" water if you are on the other side of the river. And as to Spey fishers, they pretty much all have their craniums parked at the other end of the torso, as the spots where a spey rod is really necessary on the SR are few and far between, and in the higher water, the fish are not out in the middle of the river very often anyway. I WISH I was in British Columbia, too, but a one hander will cover most anything on the SR, which would be a small stream on the west coast.
Just my thoughts, maybe the Genny is not so bad after all. Certainly easier to pick out the Pa and Ohio cars if you get grief, and let a little air out at the top of the hill!
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