Post by: Button Nubbs on June 01, 2011, 08:07:34 PM
I am writing you this letter to let you know that you have ruined something that was once my favorite thing to do, something I once used to dream about day and night, something that helped me relax, something that I was once so passionate about I could do it from the crack of dawn til the twilight of dark. Something I once truly loved.
You leave your trash on the bank to be washed down river and claim to be a steward of the fish, you show no etiquette towards your "brothers", you couldn’t give a rip about the fish you supposedly love, you are so fish hungry you have absolutely no common decency for the others around you, you cast out of sequence and repeatedly tangle everyone else up because you want that one more cast, you won’t hesitate to walk in on someone and just say "oh well." Worst of all you complain when you have to let a wild one go. You my "friends" have ruined steelhead fishing for me.
Steelheading shouldn't be about being shoulder to shoulder with 50 people you don’t know, it shouldn’t be about whom can hook the most fish or limit out the fastest, it shouldn’t be about beating the next guy to the hole, it shouldn’t be about frustration and anger. Steelheading shouldn’t be what it has become.
Steelheading should be about enjoying time spent outdoors in some of nature’s most beautiful settings, it should be about spending time with your friends and family or enjoying the solitude of the sport, it should be about getting the chance to do battle with one of the most beautiful, amazing creatures this planet has to offer. Steelheading should be about fun and passion.
As I sit here typing this with a wild steelhead fresh on my mind I reminisce about more than a decade of enjoyment. Sadly, for me, this decade has come to an end and it’s time to start a new chapter. With less and less fish returning every year I have serious doubts that my future children and their children will have the chance to have the passion I once had and that saddens me. This has been a long time coming and I have finally reached a boiling point. As the masses descend upon the rivers at terminal zones every winter and summer I will not be anywhere around.
All that said, I truly want to thank you. I want to thank you for reminding me what it’s all about. I want to thank you for forcing me to give up something I loved for something I am still passionate about. While you are all lined up like canned anchovy’s hoping to get lucky with a crack at a hatchery fish I will be nowhere around. I will be chasing a memory of what steelheading once was, chasing dreams of chrome, chasing an adipose. Honestly THANK YOU for reminding me what it’s all about!
At the end of the day I will be much happier knowing I did battle with ONE of gods most beautiful creations, than I would have catching 10 of those wrinkled finned, adipose missing, line shy fish that people call steelhead. I will continue to dream about steelhead, true steelhead, wild steelhead.
Sincerely,
Button Nubbs
Post by: 87Ford on June 01, 2011, 08:13:39 PM
Post by: carpsniperg2 on June 01, 2011, 08:15:59 PM
Post by: Button Nubbs on June 01, 2011, 08:24:03 PM
Bad day on the Sky?
not completely, let a beautiful little wild hen go. ask any of my buddies and they will tell you this has been coming for a while. it just reached a boiling point today.
Post by: shedcrazy on June 01, 2011, 08:31:54 PM
Post by: mallard79 on June 01, 2011, 09:41:03 PM
Post by: wildmanoutdoors on June 02, 2011, 05:32:51 AM
I make it a point to never fish East of I5.
Post by: CallMeBigPapa on June 02, 2011, 06:47:11 AM
Come fish with me, I know a good time can still be had.
Post by: bass2elk on June 02, 2011, 07:16:45 AM
Post by: Button Nubbs on June 02, 2011, 08:36:18 AM
Post by: Ripper on June 04, 2011, 01:18:44 PM
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Post by: chongo469 on June 04, 2011, 05:21:52 PM
Pack your trash.......I have a large pocket in the back of my vest just for that reason
Post by: klickriverchromer on June 04, 2011, 07:23:17 PM
Post by: dscubame on June 04, 2011, 07:32:25 PM
Post by: Button Nubbs on June 04, 2011, 08:46:10 PM
Sounds like someone needs some cheese with their wine.
your always right there like a fly on shi+ with everything i post. :chuckle: im starting to think you have some sort of weird internet stalker man crush or something... maybe not :dunno: but either way,CREEEPY!
Post by: huntnnw on June 04, 2011, 10:46:43 PM
Post by: Button Nubbs on June 04, 2011, 11:01:38 PM
Post by: DeerHarvester on June 06, 2011, 12:36:46 AM
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on June 06, 2011, 05:28:05 AM
Post by: singleshot12 on June 06, 2011, 08:22:06 AM
It gets frustrating when you have great spots and they just keep getting more and more and more crowded. i cant tell you how many spots i have lost in the past few years due to more and more people showing up, i just cant do it anymore. im just waiting for the rivers to drop and ill be back at it looking for wild fish, finding more out of the way spots.
Well if you do find that uncrowded spot with fish TELL NO ONE not even your mother
:yeah:
Post by: singleshot12 on June 06, 2011, 08:30:13 AM
shrimp containers floating out to sea by the thousands....why can not these people pick up their sh$t .. cant figure it out .. but humpy season brings out everyone and most of them have no respect for where they live... need law enforcement to step up and write a few tickets !! :yeah:
Any body new shows up at the fishing hole I always go out of my way and tell them I picked up some garbage from the pigs that were here before me. I can usually tell by the look on their face if they're were the ones. Hopefully makes them think the next time they think about leaving behind their beer cans and shrimp containers.
Post by: Alchase on June 06, 2011, 12:21:53 PM