“I’ve even had an angler tell me that those who fish and dogs are the only two who need to wear a license around their neck.”
I’ve been “collared” for the last couple of years and haven’t had much issue, but a California Sportfishing group is apparently taking the Department of Fish and Game to task over the requirement that your California license be in plain view.
I admit that the license clashes garishly with my Pith helmet and red suspenders – but the lack of fashionista lounging in brown water allows me to skulk from bush to bush without incurring a social faux pas.
Maybe if I owned “six pack” abs – instead of carrying all them cans, I’d complain more.
Mine is clipped onto the fishing vest which makes it easy to remember, but I suppose the casual salt water crowd has to remember to attach it to something – and if the fishing is slow and the suntan more important, I suppose they’ve an issue.
The McCloud comes to mind. Everytime I’ve clawed my way through brush and undergrowth to the water’s edge – it was to find something missing off the vest. Perhaps I’ll have a chance to complain later this season.
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So you’re thinking about fishing the McCloud this year?
In Pennsylvania it has to be proudly displayed, “THIS SIDE FACING OUT.” I lost one once, torn from my chest pack like so much nipper or forcep. When I returned to the parking lot, however, there it was, tucked under my windshield wiper, soaking wet. That’s just one more reason why PA is the greatest state in the USA.
SMJ: No, I was thinking the McCloud was going to fish me. The McCloud and me go way back, everytime I go there I earn a monstrous hole in my waders, lose precious gear, or break a limb.
It’s like KFC – every 6 months you drive by and say, “that would be tasty” … and after engaging in the chow you wonder what possessed you to think it had changed.
It’s been a couple years since my last McCloud adventure – and the scars have healed .. “hmm, that would be …”
Matt – that story had a happy ending, those are not allowed. Singlebarbed is synonymous for suffering.