It's gone downhill.....try another letter. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Warner, Paul W Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 12:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: To share secrets vs. not sharing secrets (orig crab creek post)
I'm not privy to the "H" lake. Bill -----Original Message----- From: Bob Birkner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 12:15 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: To share secrets vs. not sharing secrets (orig crab creek post) Kent, Was that the secret "B" Lake or the secret "H" Lake? -Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 8:40 PM Subject: Re: To share secrets vs. not sharing secrets (orig crab creek post) > Depends on whether you work for a fly shop or not :D > > Seriously, the topic of secrecy has a checkered past on this list and > subscribers' POVs tend to be polarized with very little middle ground. > Just ask Bill Warner about me outing our 'secret' lake a few years ago > or Sparky about the infamous anti-static chironomid pattern:-D > > Kent Lufkin > > > On Jan 18, 2004, at 8:32 PM, Mark Steudel wrote: > > > I think this is an interesting topic. Where is the line when it's ok to > > talk about a certain place and when it's not ok? Maybe it's the method > > in delivery, e.g. if I tell one person or a small group of persons, > > that's ok, but putting it on the internet where hundreds or maybe > > thousands might read it, might not be ok. Maybe it's proximity, if it's > > close to a major city it's not ok, but maybe if it's 3 day hike it's ok > > to mention. > > > > I had a similar experience. I posted a report on a local river, naming > > the access point. Someone emailed me asked me to stop posting about the > > particular location. Part of me was outraged that someone would ask me > > to stop reporting on it. But another part of me selfishly thought that > > I > > had some great secret and I stopped posting about it. I have a small > > creek that I grew up on that I don't ever mention. But then I maybe get > > on it only a couple times a year. Why shouldn't I share it? If some > > more > > people fished it, maybe they'd figure something out that I didn't know, > > and the next time I go, I'll have one more card to play on the fish ... > > > > Anyways, it's a interesting dilema. > > > > Mark > > > > > > > >
