Arrogance in fishing

Why would there ever be arrogance in fishing? It’s a sport which all people can enjoy, it shouldn’t be competitive, and is enjoyed by people who are alike and share the same interests. So why is there arrogance in fishing? We are unsure, but we can promise you there is. We are far from decent fisherman but in our short time in the game we have seen some pretty terrible examples and it really gives us the shits.

We were as green as the day clear, there we were, two young teenagers with barely a pube on our bodies taking Stingas Dad’s 4.1m alleycraft out for the first time. And as you know boat ramps on Saturday mornings in the height of snapper season is not a place for beginners, but we had to start somewhere. So after realizing backing a trailor is not the same as a car we asked for help. We got lucky, some nice dude backed her down for us and we were in the water. On return we came up to clean our 2 pinkies and had to tippy toe to peak over the fish cleaning table (well not really, we were fully grown by then but its good for the story) and we saw 2 guys who had a 10kg gummy and where cleaning it. We were bloody impressed, how we would love to catch such a magnificent specimen of a fish,. And to this day this comment gets pulled out every single fishing trip we go on. So we asked him with great excitement, “were’d you get that mate?” And he replied, “We saw ya”…..

Oh Did ya mate, how about we stick that 10kg gummy straight up your f&%$en ass with a bit of deep heat as lube!

Arrogance…  Now lets decipher why he may of needed to say that to us. Is he’s general area that god dam top secret is it that he cant give a little help to young fisherman that in the future will only support he’s hobbie?

Does he need to make himself feel so good that he knows a general area that holds gummies and these little 18 year olds don’t.

Now what Celebrity grade would you give a fisherman??? Paul Werstoling might make a C Grade?? (Sorry Wersto if you think you’re higher) Maybe Rex in his day might have hit B grade for a bit, and both these two have answered our msgs. Wersto was more than happy to help us out with a few tips when we ran into him at the store… and rexy, he answered one of our tweets and also when my brother contacted him 15 years  ago he posted back a signed picture, lachy was also lucky enough to go fishing with a fly fishing GOD Phil Weegal himself. And Lachy tells me theres no place in fishing with more arrogance than fly fishing and there he is fishing with the master himself. It may not be much for them but these little moments you remember for the rest of your life.

Just recently we emailed a fisherman who we gave an official T-Dogg and Stinga Celebrity rating of H to. He has a few DVD’s out and is someone we have learnt a lot from PAYING good money to watch him do his thing. We decided to drop him an email to let him know that we loved the dvds and they helped us catch more fish.

No, Mr H celebrity must have been too busy with all his other H grade celebrity fans and he’s H grade celebrity lifestyle to even reply a “Thanks mate” Rexy, Wersto & Weegal are /where at the top of there game and they still felt obliged to give a little advice to two keen young fisherman, and middle rangers Mr H and Mr “We saw ya” wouldn’t give us the time of day.  As much as you remember the fantastic helpful moments in your life you remember the arrogant pigs just as much.

We understand that a lot of people rely on the fishing industry for an income, charter operators aren’t gonna tell you where the fish are or otherwise you don’t need them and they don’t make a living… and don’t go into the yarra valley fly fishing club and ask where the fish are biting before you buy your flies sort of thing. Were not asking people to hand out pamphlets with there favourite GPS marks, we wont give our favourites. We payed $200 once for a 45 min charter so we could learn how to catch our own bait which could have been explained to us in a 10 word text msg. So we feel reluctant to give out that exact information because we had to pay for it.. But If someone seems super keen and excited in what we have caught then we would be more than happy to help them out. The other day these old codgers were super impressed with our gummy so we gave them our fresh salmon and squid as bait that we’d caught that day and ¼ a gummy. They were absolutely stoked. Now that makes you fell good about yourself not telling them to stick there dentures up there ass…

There is no place for arrogance in fishing.. We all share the same passion and love for the sport and the water and now more than ever we need to band together and help each other out. Who knows how much power the greens will get in the next few years

If you are lucky enough to bring home a beautiful fish and people ask you questions and seem eager to learn then help them out. Don’t be a Mr H Grade celeb or a “We saw ya”  

T-DOGG & STINGA

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