The Mayfly

On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:17:06 -0800, Mike
wrote:

Why should I do that? It is a fact that some people from ROFF
actually tried to attack me on a couple of boards, and giving a list
of the boards to which I contribute would only encourage them to do
the same again. It did them no good, and they were either banned or
censured immediately, but it causes unpleasantness. I now use
pseudonyms on most boards, and although the moderators know who I am,
not many other people do. Since I have been doing this, there have
been no more attacks. Which also proves that the people involved were
purely interested in attacking me.They are not only stupid, they are
incorrigible.

I don´t think Fortenberry would do it, it is just not his M.O. he
thinks he owns ROFF, but I don´t think he even really cares much about
fly-fishing, so he would not normally even go to other fly-fishing
boards. As far as I am aware he has never contributed to any, but I don
´t know that.

Of the others, some apparently want others to believe that they know a
lot about fly-fishing, but they can only maintain that illusion here,
and so they would not really have any reason to visit other boards
either, the only reason for doing so is to learn about or discuss fly-
fishing, or related matters. Some of the bull**** posted here would
immediately be torn to shreds by knowledgeable fly-anglers. The "depth
of knowledge" on ROFF is really a myth some here like to propagate.
There are one or two people who will be able to answer most questions,
but people like LaCourse are just bull****ters.

Their desire to do me some harm overrides any sense they might
otherwise possess. This is largely a result of Fortenberry´s
propaganda. The dumb Oakie even keeps spouting it, as does LaCourse.
There are one or two sensible people on whom it has had no effect,
Jeff Miller is one, and also one with the courage and backbone to
speak out about it. There are other too, but they just don´t want to
get involved in crap like this.

I don´t have to prove anything at all on ROFF. Neither what I am, nor
what I know. Nobody is forced to take my advice in preference to
anybody else´s, and I really don´t care much what anybody on ROFF has
to say about it. I am always willing to learn, and if somebody points
out a mistake, or shows me a better method, then I simply accept it
and move on. Indeed, I have learned some things from listening to
Willi Lohman (Sp.? ), and others who have posted to ROFF in the past,
but people like LaCourse and the Oakie are apparently mainly
interested in blowing their own trumpets, and not in helping others.
Most unlikely that one will ever learn anything from them, apart from
the price of an expensive fishing resort, or the name of some nasty
Japanese whisky.

Anyway, it is entirely up to you what you post. I warn you now
though, there is no way you can prove anything at all to these people,
they will believe what they want, regardless of any facts you might
present. Indeed, it is very definitely better not to give them any
information at all, as they will merely misuse it.

As to motivation, I really don´t know. Ego? Jealousy? The need for
adulation? With Fortenberry it is mainly his need for control, which
is typical psychopathic behaviour, some obviously even think that
denigrating others makes them look good. Not a lot one can do about
it. If you post to ROFF you are basically on your own, and if you make
yourself noticed in any way you WILL be targeted by some nutcase. That
´s just how it is.

Regards and tight lines!

Mike


Dragos Bora wrote:
Hi there!

Thank you for "Connor's Corner"!
A lot of great information!

I am a 37 years old beginner and I was forwarded to your site by
Lucian Vasies, our wiser brother. :-)

He maintains a web site, http://www.flytying.ro, and he's a very
kind and gentle person, always ready to help anyone.

Here http://picasaweb.google.com/dragos.bora/ProfVasies we were
at the gathering he managed two months ago.

Best wishes!

Dragos Bora
(Romania, Bacau)

http://dragos.bora.googlepages.com/home





Hi Dragos,

glad to hear you are enjoying it.

Best wishes, regards, and tight lines!

Mike



John Campbell wrote:

Mike,
I was just on one my frequent visits to your website and it´s gone!

Can't you just ignore the stupid *******s, and not let them get you down?
Your brilliant site is not for them anyway, it is for people like myself and others
who appreciate the unique information you freely give, and your obviously great knowledge
and experience. Pleas please put the site back up. As for them, just ignore them.

Thanks.

Cheers,
John Campbell

Hi John,

difficult to ignore them, apart from the abuse on the newsgroup, they
blocked my e-mail with a load of rubbish as well. I know I should have
more sense than to take notice of such idiots, but I was a member of
that group for a long time, and it really gets me that they would post
such stuff!

Anyway, after all this mail I am uploading the site again, check the
site again in a couple of hours or so. Although of course I am aware
of the number of daily hits, I did not expect to get that much mail as
a result! Hopefully the site going back up will be answer enough, as
it will take me ages to answer all these posts personally!

There will be some more annotated PDF´s going up this week on wet
flies mainly.

Even though I have reinstated the site this time, you should copy
anything you need from it, because it will be going down in four
months anyway. It simply costs me too much to keep it up. Apart from
the basic fees for the server space etc, I have to pay extra for the
traffic beyond a certain point, and this has been well exceeded every
month up to now and is increasing all the time.

Regards and tight lines!

Mike




Bryan Gooch Redd wrote:
Mike,
I just did my one of my frequent visits to your website and ---- it was all
gone!

The internet can be a very odd place, if you let it. Can't you just ignore
the *******s, and not let them get you down? Your fine stie wasn't for
them----it was for people like me who appreciate your perspective and your
knowledge and experience. For us, I hope you'll reinstate your site. For
them, well, just ignore them. It really is that simple----ignore them.

Thanks.

Cheers,
Bryan


Hi Bryan,

I got a lot of mail on this, indeed some of it almost word for word
what you wrote!

difficult to ignore them, apart from the abuse on the newsgroup, they
blocked my e-mail with a load of rubbish as well.

Anyway, check the site again in half an hour or so.

Regards and tight lines!

Mike


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Hi Bryan, I got a lot of mail on this, indeed some of it almost word
for word what you wrote!



You are absolutely insane. If I ever need proof, this post will live
on google for a long, long time.

You really need help, Mike.