The Troutbitten Podcast: Secrets and Spot Burning -- S3, Ep1
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- (From March 27, 2022) Season Three begins with a round-table discussion about fishermen's secrets and what happens when we give up the most sensitive of them -- spot burning.
My full panel of fishing buddies is back for this third season: Austin Dando, Trevor Smith, Josh Darling, Bill Dell and now Matt Grobe. We kick off season three with one of the most contentious topics in fly fishing. Holding secrets is human nature. And some of us keep confidential our favorite flies, tactics and more. But when it comes to spots -- locations and where we fish -- discretion is a kindness that we lend to other anglers.
Secrets are part of the legacy of fishing. Exploring and locating places that are special to each of us is part of what keeps us coming back. We like to think that we’ve discovered something that is uncommon or unknown. And we learn that sharing information with the wrong people or in the wrong way can easily destroy a secret by making the uncommon, common.
As for spot burning, it’s bad because of what it does to other anglers.. Every piece of water is someone else’s sweetheart spot. So we refrain from naming names and locations out of respect for everyone else. And if you hear yourself saying, “It’s okay because everybody knows about that spot,” think again.
That’s our take on it.
We Cover the Following
Question from a listener regarding knot tying tips
Question from a listener regarding the toughest skill in fly tying
Types of secrets
Secret flies
Secret tactics
What is spot burning
The negative impact of spot burning
Nuances of spot burning
Sharing without sharing too much
The hypocrisy of secrets
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Dom
if you fish and you post on social media about it you are the problem.
We've addresses that sentiment as well.
troutbitten.com/2024/05/29/do-we-really-want-fly-fishing-to-grow/
My theory on spot burning is that it can open up the crowded spots that i would love to fish if only there weren't so crowded.
Let's be honest. If it takes more than 15 minutes to walk to your spot. Then you could post GPS locations on google Maps, and 95% of people would still never go to them. If they are willing to walk, then im willing to "burn" the spot.
Yikes. That sounds rough. But unless I misunderstand you, then the logic doesn't hold either. If only 5 percent of people will go to these places after you spot burn them, how does that open up any water?
@Troutbitten because I have no problem giving away the easy to get spots either, and there are so many good places to fish.
I'm still confused by your point.
But I do have a problem with naming what you call the "easy spots." I don't think that's for any of us to decide, what is easy or well known enough to name it. How could we possibly determine that objectively?
"The reason we don't spot burn is out of respect for other people. It's not about you. It's about the rest of the community. Every piece of river is someone's favorite, special spot. Naming that spot and drawing more attention to is just really bad form."
troutbitten.com/2022/03/27/podcast-secrets-and-spot-burning-s3-ep1/