Fishermen's attitude

[boneaddict]

I hear ya.   Everytime I go out I get crankier an dcrankier with teh human race and the wife is starting to say you are no fun with out here, you get so mad all the time.  I suppose she is right.  One hand I promote hunting and fishing, the other I would like to say stay home people.

[jackelope]

the flyboy these days seems to think they are the ultimate. the attitude is wrong and the way they talk to some people is rude.

my favorite thing in the world is when a sled swamps my driftboat because they have to run a boat that is about 3 sizes too big for the river they are on about 130mph upriver about 3 feet off my bow...that is so cool.
talk about rude...
no offense to most sled guys...especially my new jet boat owner friends. 
hey at least i'm not blaming all the jet guys.
seems like all of us flyfishermen get lumped into the same arrogant prick group, regardless of how non-arrogant we are.
i don't get it, and probably never will, so i'm not even gonna bother trying.
oh...1 more thing...i steer way clear of the bank-fishermen because i know  they are stuck fishing where they are...i can always go find some water that they can't access. damn i am a nice flyfisherman.
 

[Tall Chief Hunting Club]

not all of them are like that....i don't mean to lump them all into one because i know some nice guys  that are fly guys.....i have to agree with the sled comments.....my father owns one and we try to be as polite as possible but some just have the need to get close...sleds don't own the river. heck i get frustrated with anyone who cuts off any water  i am fishing or is absolutely rude with a boat

[M_ray]

Occasionally you will see someone that decides to anchor right in the middle of a drift or pull plugs through it, I generally just reel up until I pass them but some of the guides get downright nasty yelling at these folks, get out the popcorn and listen some times

That occasional person is me! I have had my share of run ins with the guides there and the thing is I wait until no one has been around for 15-20 minutes and then anchor there and it never fails you can see them coming a mile away and then they get to about 50 yards and yell at me to pull anchor "cause I'm coming through" ... I don't cause I'm stubborn and tell them to eat $hit just cause I choose not to fish the river the same as them doesn't give them ownership ... deal with it like everyone else! The last guide that chewed on me was clancy's son and I told him I'd be happy to meet him on the gravel bar and he took off upstream and I never saw him again ... but he was so classy first in front of his clients calling me a F'n idiot!

[FANATIC]

I'd have to say that not all fly guys fit the "new" stereotype. I fly fish. I most of the time prefer to fly fish. When it does not suit the situation, I fish with gear. I kill and eat fish and game. If your being a dick on the river, I will tell you, fly rod or not. I've seen just as many "elitist" gear guys as fly guys. I know quite a few guys that are just like me. The piss poor better than thou attitude does not come from their gear or their boat, it comes from the person. The guy that acts like that, would act like that regardless of the boat he was in or the rod he's holding. Unfortunately, fly fishing may attract more of these types that other methods. My point is, I hope you folks give every outdoorsman the chance to show their true colors before you write them off as snobby elitist, based on their preferred method of fishing. You might just miss out on meeting a quality human being.  

P.S.
I also have Orvis and LL Bean gear...I also have fly reel spooled with mono.

[jackelope]

they just don't seem to understand that driftboats can't just fly back upriver whenever they want.  

tall chief...my last bag of hot air comment was not directed at you...i think you gathered that.

[sisu]

...I also have fly reel spooled with mono.

A buddy of mine that lives in Da UP (he's a Yooper) steelheads with a set up like that and catches all kinds of crap from people. He and I, probably like most of the knot heads on this site, have 50 years plus fishing experience, but the new and improved fly guy know better. Actually, I learn new stuff every time I go out. Either from my own mistakes, or from my wife's successes, or by watching others.

Jackalope, I know I am hard on the new and improved but then again I'm a Finnlander and that is a whole other issue by it self.

[jackelope]

Jackalope, I know I am hard on the new and improved but then again I'm a Finnlander and that is a whole other issue by it self

 

[FANATIC]

I use mine for sockeye fishing in Alaska. Out fishes any other set up I've used. I guess I'm an opportunist.

[M_ray]

i love ll bean...used to go there every summer when i lived back east. and orvis...their customer service and warranty are second to nobody.
you guys friggin amaze me sometimes.
a couple on here know me well enough to know that i am not an elitist purist snob...but some of you guys posting in this thread talking smack about fisherman are the same guys who speak down about guys who are not willing to walk 5 miles to shoot a deer and who don't understand why a guy would shoot a deer thats not a booner, then flip a guy *censored* for shooting a dink buck.

Just to clarify Jakelope ... I never called you A jerk because you wear LL Bean or Orvis gear I was refering to the crowd that huntwa ran into this weekend that fits that discription. I don't remember ever giving anyone crap about not walking far enough for a deer or not shooting a booner either heck I've never shot a booner! And I'm a meat hunter too ... I hate waiting too long for a good one I like to eat it!!!!  obviously look at my Elk this last year ... I shot the first one that gave me a shot!

But I was the one that made the LL Bean, Orvis Purist comment so I just need to say I wasn't pointing any fingers at anyone on this site just that crowd in general terms, wich you may not fit the discription but you would have to admit most of them do!

[huntnphool]

But I was the one that made the LL Bean, Orvis Purist comment

Good thing I use Sage rods and Lamson reels

[jackelope]

heddon rod and kalamazoo tackle company reel are my main tools these days here.

a couple loomis rigs, a powell, a scott, a couple redington reels, a couple orvis reels,  a couple homemade jobs, a couple cane rigs, i'm not prejudice. 

[M_ray]

Good thing I use Sage rods and Lamson reels

Well if you acted like the crowd that huuntwa ran into I'd have to change it to the Sage, Lamson purist club! 
BTW I fish Sage too!

[jackelope]

i suspect that ray's problems did not come from any flyfishermen, but he'll have to clarify that.

[Ray]

No it wasn't anybody fly fishing.