The Northern California Fly Fishing Board

"Soap-dodger," Cool term!

I have no indication of you being a "spoiled snob," a spoiled brat maybe, but not a snob.

For the record, I have never been a "boater," I don’t even own a float tube. I may buy a canoe so my wife and I can fish lakes together. I have fly fished for 30 plus years; have not used an indicator/bobber since I was a kid; and can count the number of times I have fished a nymph on one hand. I occasionally fish streamers but it is almost always a dry fly on the end of the tippet for me. Now that is a snob.

I am not from, nor have I ever lived in, the bay area. I grew up in rural central California and now live in the San Joaquin Valley. The Sac and the Trinity are not my home waters. As for dams that hinder migration or spawning, the McCloud or otherwise, I would like to see them removed. However, that is not practical (yet). Natural flows are the best but that is just the opinion of an unwashed unaffiliated Republican engineer.

Also, I have no indication that you’re a “brat” either. Peace Bro