Lakes... or Junkyards?

[LiveToFly]

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I sat in my float tube and cast a tiny midge to a shallow brooky in calm turquoise water... he shot out of the water and I could see his colourful spots against a background of 2 milk jugs and a ripped tarp???
I had the oportunity to for some great chronie & dryfly fishing the last couple days, but continued to find myself distracted and overwhelmed by the amount of garbage and crap that has been scattered in and around some of these lakes. I know most of the users of this site or other fisherman pack out their garbage out of respect. However some people lack the respect and we all pay for it! I packed out everything from a rusty camp stove to bottles, buckets, fishing line and ripped tarps...even a skidoo seat?? If every fisherman takes a small garbage bag and a few minutes to pick up a little garbage it would make a huge difference! It does'nt solve the problem, but it helps, and makes your next trip more enjoyable. Next time I go camping, I will wander arround the lake drinking beer, looking for places to shore cast while filling a garbage bag. Its too easy!
Just a hint... when I got in shit as a kid, my dad would take me out fishin & make me pick up garbage arround the lake or streamside while he tossed flies. I hated it! But.. lesson learned because now I watch my kids pick up garbage while I toss flies and then they get a little entomology lesson. It is constructive & profitable punishment.

[in the weeds]

I here that, good on you old boy. But i could not imagine that your adorable little girl could possibly give you that much trouble that you would send her to pick up garbage! (p.s. watch out for snakes that come out of guns!)