piker

Thanks for your replies you two.

Hello, I reside in southern Ab. and am looking for a place to discuss my passion, fly fishing. I am fairly new after a many year hiatus and am enjoying my fly fishing. I have read a few of the more read threads and see what has been bugging me has been discussed in a sort of way, just not in the same context. My question is regarding personal space. I frequent some popular trout lakes in southern Ab. and am getting some dirty looks when I pass anglers and thinking perhaps my personal space is too small. I like to troll slowly along the shoreline with a fly and keep at least 40 yds between me and anchored boats, shore fisherman I move well out into the lake while I pass. To me this seems more than reasonable and I have had others pass well inside what my personal space is, One fellow actually passed so close I thought the boats would make contact, I was anchored at the time. What do you think, is 40 yards to close to pass or anchor, what is your personal space? Lakes are far more crowded than when I fished before, and people seem far more wound than they used to be.