On Aug 28, 12:57*pm, Dave LaCourse wrote:
On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:08:56 -0700 (PDT),

wrote:
Although it is nice to catch lots of big fish, that is not what
angling is about. *Somewhere along the line you missed out on the true
appreciation and essence of it, also in regard to your fellow anglers.
A true angler is happy when his companions or indeed any other angler
does well, catches fish, or enjoys himself, because they share his
joy.

Mike, you are so full of **** I am beginning to smell you across the
big pond. *I have been fly fishing since 1947. *Fly fishing is my
escape from worldly things. *Your escape is to come here and bitch and
moan about how everyone misunderstands you and says bad things about
you. *

RW is not my fellow angler. *He and I have not been friends for a long
time. *I couldn't care less what he does, and he feels the same about
me. *When I fish with friends in Maine or Labrador, I am overwhelmed
by their success. *I share flies (listen up, Harry! }), and they too
share with me. *

I have been to at least nine roffian claves, organizing two by myself.
I travel to fish with Tom Littleton, Tom Brown, Walt Winters, et al,
and I am thrilled when they catch a fish. *I take my two youngest
grandsons fishing at least twice a month for bluegills and bass.

My remarks to RW about the rainbows was what I experienced. *Most of
the rainbows in Alaska are bigger than 20 inches, or at least that has
been my experience. *If the positions had been reversed, I doubt very
much you would have said anything. *d)

As far as bragging about big fish..... when you fish Labrador, Alaska,
and Russian, there is nothing BUT big fish.

In short, Mike, you know diddly squat about my fishing.

Go fishing, Mike. *You need it.

What you have not grasped by now, you never will, and it is obviously
quite useless even trying to help you do so. I hope you don´t pass
your skewed values on to your grandchildren.

Unfortunately, I know a great deal more about you than I ever wanted
to, and a couple of others here. You have revealed extremely ugly
facets of your character on innumerable occasions. Things that most
people would be ashamed of, you brag about.

When I and many other anglers, ( I imagine most actually),read trip
reports from various people, we share in their experiences. We hear
how they fished, where they fished, what they caught, and can
empathise with a lot of what they experienced. We enjoy their
experiences vicariously, and they enjoy being able to share them. It
is quite immaterial whether a fellow angler is a friend or a stranger,
it is the angling that bonds them. Friends have other bonds, although
of course many may make friends of other anglers.

Many people on this group are not friends with you, or indeed others.
The motivations here vary quite a lot, but friendship is not one of
the major factors, and indeed neither is angling itself. Friends and
fellow anglers just don´t behave in such a manner. Also, you don´t
have to be friends with somebody to angle with him, or appreciate his
angling experiences. You could even angle with an enemy if you wished
to, as long as hostilities were suspended while angling, although the
enmity would doubtless overshadow and colour the experience.

Basically you buy your fish, ( Not to mention your other
gratifications like cars etc). You seem to see these things as some
sort of commodity rather than an an almost "spiritual" experience or
a joyous and absorbing pastime. You also think that having money makes
you a better person. You are so materially orientated that you are
blind to anything else.

Also, it´s not "your" fishing. It´s fishing, common to all anglers.

The more you write about your attitude, the more I understand what a
sad person you must be, and the more I understand how awful it is.
Your behaviour and attitude toward fellow anglers is disgraceful. You
obviously think people should admire you for what you are, simply
because you think it is somehow good,so they must also do so, and you
constantly denigrate and belittle others, presumably in the fond
belief that this increases your own status. You are also a bully who
tries to get his own way and force his opinion on others no matter
what.

Nobody likes behaviour like that. In person, many will doubtless take
the polite and sensible route, and say nothing to you. You may believe
me or not, but nobody likes such behaviour, and they don´t much care
where you have fished or what you have caught either when you behave
in such a manner.You donßt want to share anything, you just want to
impress and belittle others. This also explains why you get so
incensed and abusive when anybody disagrees with you. You think you
know it all, when in fact you don´t really know much at all, and you
constantly fear being shown up, which once again forces you to assert
yourself, which only makes matters worse.

Fishing is a personal experience which it is possible to share with
other like-minded individuals. A real angler is happy if he sees a kid
catch a few minnows.

You treat it as an entirely selfish endeavour, and see it as a means
to impress and ridicule others.

If you weren´t such a nasty piece of work, I would feel sorry for you.