JayB
Life of the Party
Now that my kids are getting older I'm getting (slightly) more time to fish, it seems like I'm also finally in a position where I could potentially meet up with other members of the board when/where I can to get out and fish.
Of course, it's hard to do that on a message board, particularly with people you haven't fished with before, without announcing when and where you intend to fish, and thus running afoul of the ethos of not sharing location info for fear of bringing forth the zombie-hordes of lurkers who will invade wherever it is you are going.
I've got a 13'6" Whaler that's good for scooting around the south Sound, and a 14' frame raft for local rivers. I'd be happy to bring another person along in the Whaler if I can sneak out to the South Sound, and bring 1-2 people out on my raft for floats anywhere between Bellingham and Portland.
I also consider myself a novice when it comes to steelheading, and would be interested in "guide splitting" if there's anyone else that felt like they'd be interested in lining up a guided swinging trip with a guide with an emphasis on tactics, strategy, etc and splitting the tab. Ditto for river-coho on the fly.
To the extent that keeping the great unwashed zombie-hordes at bay is keeping people from reaching out and making plans to fish at a particular place and time (maybe it isn't?), I was thinking that making a private subforum with restricted access (either via donations or a sufficiently high barrier to entry, like 100 posts) that made it possible for people to post their plans and invites might help make it possible for more of us to connect in person.
What say ye?
Of course, it's hard to do that on a message board, particularly with people you haven't fished with before, without announcing when and where you intend to fish, and thus running afoul of the ethos of not sharing location info for fear of bringing forth the zombie-hordes of lurkers who will invade wherever it is you are going.
I've got a 13'6" Whaler that's good for scooting around the south Sound, and a 14' frame raft for local rivers. I'd be happy to bring another person along in the Whaler if I can sneak out to the South Sound, and bring 1-2 people out on my raft for floats anywhere between Bellingham and Portland.
I also consider myself a novice when it comes to steelheading, and would be interested in "guide splitting" if there's anyone else that felt like they'd be interested in lining up a guided swinging trip with a guide with an emphasis on tactics, strategy, etc and splitting the tab. Ditto for river-coho on the fly.
To the extent that keeping the great unwashed zombie-hordes at bay is keeping people from reaching out and making plans to fish at a particular place and time (maybe it isn't?), I was thinking that making a private subforum with restricted access (either via donations or a sufficiently high barrier to entry, like 100 posts) that made it possible for people to post their plans and invites might help make it possible for more of us to connect in person.
What say ye?
