Thread: Fishing, dont you just hate people invading your space?

Taupo rivers are a classic for this sort of behaviour. You don't even need to have touched a fish, but if you're in a pool and there's empty water above and below, then 9 times out of 10 somebody coming along will start fishing right in behind you. Can never figure out if it's a social thing, or lack of confidence in finding their own spot. Fair enough if there's people fishing all along the river, but when it's quiet then why not go and enjoy your own bit of water for a bit? I don't get out there much these days. So last time this happened I actually stood my ground and things were getting a bit heated. I had literally 1 hour of fishing time to myself. Got lucky and found a spot with a few fish at the head of a pool, then a couple of guys turn up and one of them is literally casting over my line with his spey rod. After 5 minutes he asks if I'm going to move and let him have a go at the head of the pool. There was empty water every where. And when they'd turned up and I asked them how his fishing was going had told me how great a day they'd had the day before. Nah sorry mate, I've only got about 45min before I have to go, I'm just going to keep fishing here for a bit. Proceeds to instruct me on river fishing etiquette. I told him if the roles were reversed we wouldn't be having this conversation because if I'd turned up and seen him and his mate set up fishing a pool, I'd just keep walking down or up the track to another pool.