Stream ethics, codes of conduct, do's and don'ts

[GGY]

Sounds like a brilliant way of going about things.

One could also make things a bit interesting by playing it like snooker, where the guy fishing fishes until he drops a fish. Problem with that is if you are fishing with a guy like GGY or MC or Philip, you may never get your chance to fish!

While I quite like that idea, missing a take = a missed fish. You first have to hook him to drop him. Prefer the missed take idea.
Also, if one angler is HOT (on the day), the other could wait a while.

At Nationals is only DROPPED 2 fish (one on the lake, one on the Molenaars Sector). I still managed to win both those sessions.
Now if I had not MISSED so many takes...
Fishing "take-for-take" forces the angler to make every take count.

[dlampert]

When I fish with a fishing partner on a small stream, we fish "take-for-take".

Basically, one angler fishes until he/she gets a take. Whether the angler lands the fish or not, their partner fishes thereafter until they get a take.
This ensures fair fishing since an angler can only fish to one more fish than another if they both begin & end the fishing. It also ensures that the non-fishing angler does everything to make sure that the fishing angler gets a take (such as spotting, walking carefully etc), because if they do not, then they keep on fishing.

Penalties in the form of a additional allowed takes to the other angler are levied if the fishing angler rips the line off the water, thereby spooking fish OR after missing a take, puts the fly back into the water (reaction cast).

Aaaahhh, okay starting to make sense. Earlier this year when I fished with you I wondered why you kept putting casts over my shoulder everytime I raised a fish. I thought you were just being a greedy, rude bast@rd but now I understand that it's how you fish . Perhaps in future, you should enlighten your fishing partners I only wake up on the river around lunchtime, until then I am just discovering where the fish are !

Regards,
Darryl

[GGY]

Aaaahhh, okay starting to make sense. Earlier this year when I fished with you I wondered why you kept putting casts over my shoulder everytime I raised a fish. I thought you were just being a greedy, rude bast@rd but now I understand that it's how you fish . Perhaps in future, you should enlighten your fishing partners I only wake up on the river around lunchtime, until then I am just discovering where the fish are !
Regards,
Darryl

Darryl,

I am sure I did, but since you "only wake up on the river around lunchtime" (your words), you probably don't remember the conversation.

Also in your original post, you failed to mention how generous I was, letting you fish every time I missed a take.

[Chris Shelton]

While I quite like that idea, missing a take = a missed fish. You first have to hook him to drop him. Prefer the missed take idea.
Also, if one angler is HOT (on the day), the other could wait a while.

At Nationals is only DROPPED 2 fish (one on the lake, one on the Molenaars Sector). I still managed to win both those sessions.
Now if I had not MISSED so many takes...
Fishing "take-for-take" forces the angler to make every take count.

yip, that's what I mean.....'dropped fish' = 'missed take' in my book

[dlampert]

Darryl,
I am sure I did, but since you "only wake up on the river around lunchtime" (your words), you probably don't remember the conversation.

Was it before or after your lecture on wading quietly ? If after, I had probably tuned out by then

Also in your original post, you failed to mention how generous I was, letting you fish every time I missed a take.

My point exactly, if I was only allowed to fish when you missed takes then it was going to be a sad morning

Regards,
Darryl