BWO Blues

[rocklobster]

What a perfect day to be fishing a BWO hatch. Over cast, cloudy, intermittent showers all day! I can hear them sipping them up from work!!

[chadroc]

the torture of the non wealthy working joe. i work from home 3 days a week and live a stones throw for 2 nice rivers, one a class 3 and the other a tma. very difficult at times.

[Magnet]

Chad,
Good problem to have. I feel sorry for those who can't find a job and are actively looking. I don't feel sorry for those who are on unemployment and not looking for work and are spending their time out on the river fishing. That appalls me and can be considered as fraud.

[DBspecial]

Yeah because sometimes people dont lose their jobs and have families that require an immediate income or they live on the street, and after the person has contributed to the unemployment system while they were working means nothing. Magnet, What?

[DBspecial]

Perhaps some time off from work, fishing, is exactly what more people in this country need. And if unemployment gives someone the opportunity to gather their thoughts and get back to themselves before moving forward in their lives than so be it. What happens if the person has applied to essentially every available job and has found nothing? Should that person sit in their house waiting for a response to the forwarded applications or should they put a few hours on the stream lying in wait? Theres an old saying....a watched pot never boils! I dont think Magnet understands that not everyone has a good paying job that is secure and that offers them adequate time off to do the things one wants to do.

[DBspecial]

Oh and just for the record......Ive never collected unemployement a day in my life!

[northcountryman]

I collected unemployment for 1 solid year before I became a teacher, back in 98-99; went back to school to get my certification and unemployment checks helped me and my family out. It was cool cuz the program I was under was for people going back to school to get retrained so, you didn't have to look for work during that time. Your "job" was to go to school. Served me well and I've never looked back since! Any civilized society should have a safety net for its citizens who fall on hard times, as long as its not abused.

[frankm205]

Well said DB.In this country in this economy, unemployment can happen to anybody. Unemployment is there for those who need it and shoud be used accordingly. After all you pay for it why not use it. Be carefull how you judge others Magnet. There is an old saying, "There but by the grace of God go I"

[northcountryman]

Thanks Frank!! Magnet, think about what Frank said!!

[tim_y]

Where did this thread come from? Chad, when I was living in NY I had the same problem, well sort of. I worked for a firm that relocated to a town that was 25 minutes from the Neversink. In the summer months, I'd be on the stream by 6 at the latest. Once the markets closed at 4 my brain immediately shifted to the set up that I would already have rigged and ready to go in my car. I remember one day in particular when Aaron had called me as he was pulling up to a different part of the Neversink and was telling me that he could see them rising from the road. I don't think time has ever crawled that slow before.