Wayne Knight wrote:

"Larry L" wrote in message
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fewer FFers seem to "respect the resource and other people" than in years
past.

I sometimes have similar feelings about what you saying but I think
that's do partly to old fartism and partly because there are so many
more fly fishermen on the rivers today. With any group of people, there
are going to be assholes. The larger the group, the more assholes there
are (as well as more decent folk). I also don't think that fly fishing
works well as a group or social activity. As streams and rivers get more
crowded, people get "forced" to compete for space and are "forced" to
interact with other people in some way or another. If a stream or river
is uncrowded and you come upon another fisherman, you can just go around
that fisherman and get out of sight before you start fishing (which was
the "etiquette" I was taught). In crowded waters, that's not an option.


Perhaps a reflection of society as a whole these days and not particularly
fly fishing.


I don't buy that. When I grew up in the fifties there was MUCH more
litter around. The roadsides had trash all over and the streams and
rivers were often used as dumping grounds for stuff like old
refrigerators, cars, assorted appliances etc. IMO, litter is WAY down
including streamside.

Willi