I went to a meeting yesterday about....

[mooncusser]

Originally Posted by Flaptail

... I, along with one other gentlemen, were outnumbered by the Fly Fishing guys but we managed to get along and understand the purpose of why we were all there.

I'm confused by your statement here. Did you expect to get a beat-down from the fly fishermen? Why would you expect to not get along?

[capesams]

About 9 years ago we[5 guy's] asked the guy who watches over south momo. about fishing the back side at nite..he said not without a million dollar bond...well! it's a nice place at nite and it didn't cost a red cent...then the seals moved in the spot we liked...kiss nite fishing there goodbye.

[Karl F]

mooncusser... guess you've never run into a "clave" before... even if you were there first, they get quite territorial, and think any other form of fishing, be it plugs, tins, eels, or bait and wait, is not pure fishing, and your rights are not as important as theirs ... Flap used to flyfish

Keep us posted Flap, and let us know how it goes, or if you need a show of beach guys. I will admit, I'll be surprised, (pleasantly), if this flys.

[fishweewee]

The first mile or so of Morris Island is all salty flyrodders.

They're too wimpy to walk all the way to the end with all their heavy gear.

[tynan19]

Steve, great presentation the other day on Monomoy. One question I thought you said you can only fish the Point of North Monomoy near the seals from shore.

[Goose]

Milo is taking me a Gill this year

[mooncusser]

That's odd because I fish with all sorts of methods and would never think to generalize about one particular group or the other. Sounds like sour grapes and jealousy when you do. In fact, I've seen fishermen employing all kinds of methods do exactly what you described above. Often I find fly fishermen to be quite in tune with their environment, sometimes moreso than others fishing with other methods. They put themsleves at an automatic disadvantage and yet are still capable of fishing well. As far as rude behavior is concerned, I years ago stopped fishing the sewer that is the Canal because of the antics that go on at that place (and it's not know as a fly rodding mecca AFIK). No need to even cross the bridge if rude behavior is what you're looking for.