rw wrote in message om...

I made a joke about
scaring the fish, greeted his parents politely, and moved on,
more-or-less like the guy with the dog.

When I lived in Boulder, CO, people (and dogs) were regular
interruptions to fishing in the in-town portion of the creek.
More than once I had people deliberately throw sticks in the
pool I was fishing so their lab would jump in (we're talking
8'x10' pools here -- it's a creek). They never got a rise out
of me.

I agree that the best way to handle it is politeness if that's
all you can manage -- but friendliness a la rw above is even
better. There's always other pools to fish. If we fishermen
start "reacting" to the rest of the public, that'll be the
fastest way to get water in "busy" places closed to fishing,
and it'll be one more notch in the anti's campaign against
blood sports.

Another thing with fly-fishing in places with other people --
always be aware of your backcast. I've seen guys taking their
backcast right over busy walking trails without ever checking
for people. Bad, bad, image for us ffpeople.

Remember, you represent all of us when you fish.

Jon.