07-10-2006, 07:02 PM
Snobby Yuppis-
I see the point you're trying to make. I'll call a spade a spade anyday. (Not you)
There are fly fishermen that are wonderful folks. I love to fly fish, but I don't consider myself above anyone else. I'm another normal joe that loves to catch fish and help others do so. What drives me crazy (both for bait and fly fishers) is when one is inferior to the other. This elitist attitude drives me crazy. I was reading a post that talked about how bait fishers just put a worm on a hook with some smelly stuff and sit and wait. Immediately I thought of Tube Dude and others that have spent as much or more time learning fish behavior and caught them on bait. Is he inferior for his style of fishing? Absolutely not.
People's wallet is what decides who my friends are...it helps, but it doesn't decide who my friends are.
That's the snobby yuppy part of which I spoke. I'm sure there are some mighty nice folks there too. Just the attitude that drives me nuts. IMO.
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I see the point you're trying to make. I'll call a spade a spade anyday. (Not you)
There are fly fishermen that are wonderful folks. I love to fly fish, but I don't consider myself above anyone else. I'm another normal joe that loves to catch fish and help others do so. What drives me crazy (both for bait and fly fishers) is when one is inferior to the other. This elitist attitude drives me crazy. I was reading a post that talked about how bait fishers just put a worm on a hook with some smelly stuff and sit and wait. Immediately I thought of Tube Dude and others that have spent as much or more time learning fish behavior and caught them on bait. Is he inferior for his style of fishing? Absolutely not.
People's wallet is what decides who my friends are...it helps, but it doesn't decide who my friends are.
That's the snobby yuppy part of which I spoke. I'm sure there are some mighty nice folks there too. Just the attitude that drives me nuts. IMO.
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