Re: where have all the reports gone?

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That is why "lurking" is so much fun.........

>From: Kent Lufkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

>Subject: Re: where have all the reports gone?

>Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 10:39:45 -0800

>

>Richard,

>

>Your example is dead-on. Same thing happened to me this year. Heard

>about a small, unnamed lake in eastern Washington that had received

>a

>dose of rotenone late last year followed by plants of browns and

>triploids in the spring. The guys who told me about it swore me to

>secrecy, so I didn't post anything for that reason, although I did

>tell a couple of my regular fishing buddies.

>

>The first couple times I went there, the fishing was even better

>than

>I could have imagined. The muscular triploids regularly pulled me

>into my backing and put a week-long grin on my face. But the best

>part was that at most there were only 2 or 3 other guys there.

>

>Well I went back last Friday to find the small parking area filled

>with cars, trucks and RVs, including 2 from Oregon, and over 20

>flyfishers on the water. Looked like opening weekend at Lake Lenice

>except the little lake is only about a third that size. I ducked

>backcasts all day long and even watched two guys get their lines

>tangled up, just like combat fishing at Hoodsport or the Kenai.

>

>Looks like I wasn't the only person those guys had told.

>

>Kent Lufkin

>

>

>>By example, a friend of mine and I took a prominent List person to

>>a

>>prime fishing spot last year, shared with him the techniques

>>required for that spot, species, and time of year, swore him to

>>secrecy, and guess what? I know of several List members, with

>>whom

>>he regularly fishes, who now 'just happen' to know the same spot

>>and

>>technique. This spot can only accommodate 2, maybe 3 persons at

>>one

>>time. It's a bummer to go to 'your' fishing spot to find it filled

>>with folks who are friends of someone else with whom you 'shared'

>>the spot.

>>

>>And, as far as posting that type of information on the List, I

>>think

>>it's the rule, rather the exception, that there tends to be a herd

>>effect to certain fishing spots after someone posts a favorable

>>fishing report. I'm not saying it's bad, it's just the way it is.

>

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