pol3837

"personal fishing space" is like standing in a line. some lines have alot of people and are crowded, you accept it, your personal space shrinks accordingly. some lines are only a few people long, your personal space grows. when i'm fishing my personal space grows as it should. and it grows bigger when i encounter arrogant, "there's no rules" type of people who float and espeacial fish through my personal fishing space. get it? or do we need laws or regs on this? i wouldn't mind if there where no fishing from boat regs like on many bc rivers on the boat. after all isn't a driftboat the wheelchair of fly fishing? and please don't breath on my neck when you are behind me in the line at the bank. people like you scare me, you get so close i think you want to do illegal things to innocent people. you know who you are. i know your reply will be "but it's not illegal to stand uncomfortably close to people........"

pseudo, you may be correct, as i know of no written law in regards to passing waders. Although it more than likely is a written law in the Canadian Shipping Act or Canadian Shipping Regulations. That would make it federal law and a criminal offence...... i'll look into it sometime, but not soon. however, it is curtesy and tradition to give the active wading fisherman his water. It has a lot to do with the fact he was there first so what gives you the right morally or legally to float through, on top of, or too close to his water. others are right on this if you where also wading would you hop into the river and wade the same distance from that angler? i have also guided in the past and still float alot. i also wade alot. so i know sometimes rowers are inexperienced or inattentive or both and mistakenly they come to close for comfort invading the waders "personsal fishing space". a simple i'm sorry works. but if the captain is directing or allowing his sports to continue fishing to the waders bank he is an ignornant or he continues to do so because there is no written law preventing him or his from fishing which ever water they please no matter if it is already occupied. when people loose curtesy and the "unwritten rule" it forces written law upon us. other than that if a cast happened to go way further than a wader expected it to he couldn't be convicted of assault or anything in written law either. remember there was no intent to hit the people on the boat, it just happens sometimes when you suddenly have get timing or a good double haul and you didn't even see the boat, just like they didn't see you......

wading anglers always have the right of way. if a boat must pass near the wader, the clients/fishermen on the boat should be the ones pulling in and taking a break from casting/fishing for a minute or two when passing wading anglers. i do alot of floating and wading. if a guide runs his boat through a waders water and allows his clients to continue fishing he is without any manners or respect. if a d.i.y. drift boat owner drifts through a waders water he/she needs to have further eye lead while rowing. just like driving a car, don't look at the hood, look at the road ahead 30 seconds to a minute or two when rowing...... floating through a waders water is an insult to anyone who rows a driftboat and should be treated accordingly. make an attempt to float around waders or at minimum don't fish as you drift through. simple courtesy. if driftboats continue to mow your grass while wading you can always fish the water right under their boat.