Fishing Etiquette - Where Has It Gone

Fishing etiquette, sometimes I have to wonder ifhorrible to one of their children. Then the interrogation
anyone's ever heard of such a thing. The wordstarted. What are you using? How big was that fish?
etiquette is defined as: The forms required by goodDo you always catch fish here?
breeding, or prescribed by authority, to be observed inThis is what I'm talking about when I speak of fishing
social or official life; observance of the proprieties ofetiquette. When I'm out on the river, and I'm sure most
rank and occasion; conventional decorum; ceremonialpeople would agree, I want to relax, enjoy nature, and
code of polite society.So why is it that as soon as Iif I can mange it, catch a few fish. I don't need to give
get on a river, I invariably end up fishing near someonea fishing lesson to anyone. And, as far as I'm
who has never heard the above definition? It seemsconcerned, no one needs to give one to me. If I see
as if as soon as people get into a fishing situation, allyou on the river and you catch a nice fish, good for
rules of society are thrown out the window and ityou. I might give you a thumb's up or something, but
becomes a free for all. I mean it says, right in thethat's all the information we need to exchange.I've
definition, 'ceremonial codes of polite society'. When itnever understood why people think that if a fish is
comes to fishing, especially on a river, one of thosecaught out of a spot, that's the only place on a given
'ceremonial codes of polite society' is to allow otherstretch of water that contains fish. And the spot or
anglers there personal space just as you would affordarea that they're fishing doesn't! That's the only
them in any other social situation. I mean, for God'sexplanation as to why these two guys muscled up on
sake, just because were out on the river fishing itme like a bully on the smaller kids in the schoolyard.
doesn't mean that we have to become completeThey had to think that they had a better chance of
inconsiderate idiots, does it?I'm of course referring to acatching a fish where I had just caught a fish than
situation that I got caught up in, not too long ago, onwhere they were originally fishing. And just to clear the
one of my local rivers. I had been fishing along a veryair, this is not the case. It's a fallacy, and this kind of
nice stretch of water for about twenty minutes, whenbehavior needs to stop.Give other anglers the space
a couple of other fishermen came walking along thethey need to fish when you're out on the river. Using a
river. They kept there distance as we exchangedlittle fishing etiquette out on the water will make our
friendly glances, and they began fishing about fiftysport better for all of us. As I eluded to earlier, just
yards from where I was.This is how things areafford people the same courtesy you would on a
supposed to work when two anglers meet on a river.busy elevator. Just because were standing in a river, it
But then I caught a fish. Then another one and thisdoesn't mean we can't practice basic etiquette.Trevor
second fish was quite nice. A nice eighteen to twentyKugler - Co-founder of Trevor has more than 20
inch Rainbow. I released the fish and went on aboutyears of fishing experience, and now specializes in
my business, continuing to fish this nice stretch of river,ultralight trout fishing.
which incidentally was no bigger, the average- products and information to save you time and help
driveway.The next thing I knew, the other fishermenyou catch more fish.
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surrounded me like I was trying to do something