Is "shots fired" part of the route description? -----Original Message----- From: Warner, Paul W [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 8:37 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: Weapon?
I used a handgun once on a fishing trip. It was backpacking into a lake off of the Icicle Creek trail when my partner and I got separated. Use it to signal to him where I was. Turned out I was on the correct trail to the lake, but we ended up going his way and fishing a different lake. Jeff Mix, if you'd like the details of the route I understand the fishing is still good in the lake we originally intended to fish. Lots of nice sized Twin Lakes cutthroat. Bill Warner > ---------- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED][SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 8:23 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Weapon? > > Roger, > > My own personal experience is that I have never had a single situation > fishing where I would have had any use for a gun in terms of personal > protection. 35yrs (15 in WA). > > One thing that never seems to come up in these discussions of armament is > what I would consider an intrusion into my fishing by a gun. What I mean > by > this is, I would think that carrying a gun for this type of protection > (I've > only carried them while hunting) would intrude on my mindset. One of the > main > reasons I fish is to get out of "rat race" and achieve a little natural > harmony in my mind. If I were carrying a gun with me it couldn't help but > change the way my mind worked; even subconsciously "what's that added > weight? > My gun. Why am I caring it? For protection. From what?..." All of a sudden > > there it is; a reminder that I need to fear the evil of others. I don't > need > that to be a part of my fly fishing experience. > > I don't think there is any way carrying a gun for protection would not > affect > someone's perceptions of what's going on around them. Situations that > might > not be confrontational or threatening become so in your mind because your > gun > reminds you of your need for fear. Maybe the people who carry guns are > beyond > this problem but I know I never could be. > > Have fun > Paul >
