Re: Salmon steelhead meet and greet oct 3,4,5
I only live a few hours away from Pulaski, but NEVER go..
I wish my experiences were as pleasant as MikeyT's, but they have been the opposite..
The terrible sporstmanship, lifting, ultra foul language, rudeness I have witnessed, is set like a stone in my mind.. You could never bring a young son or daughter unless you don't mind him hearing a barrage of filthy language every time a fish is dropped... After those salmon become stream acclimated, they often stop hitting, and many guys using really good polarized glasses spot fish and actually drift the hook close to or right into the open mouth of the fish facing upstream , and lift them.. Its an art, and some guys are incredible at it, but those fish are STILL being snagged, just like decades ago.. Only difference is its more refined using sight and a delicate touch instead of a weighted treble.. I dunno, its not for me.. I prefer the solitude of the Finger Lakes and susquehanna river over the Pulaski circus.
To be fair, I DON'T know the secluded spots that some guys do, so I could have just been in the wrong places..
Also, things may be different these days Perhaps the hostility and rudeness is a thing of the past.. When I stopped going it was pretty bad, and I was disgusted. bob
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