Y'all Ever Jerks?

[gim]

My wife says I’m a cold hearted jerk sometimes. I don’t disagree with her. My personality has often been described as prickly, like a cactus.

 

I do know when to just walk away and move on though. The situation that the OP described would have made me just get up and leave after he asked me to try his plastics the second time.

[DitchPanda]

I believe you handled it amicably. Now the question...am I ever a jerk? Oh yes...without a doubt.

[fishhugger]

sounds like you were not responsive, as in saying many words, when he offered you the worms. so, i'd guess that's why you're wondering if you were jerky. i think just telling him what you said in your post - i think it was you were trying a certain technique, would've been the best and most open. but it also sounds like he crossed one of your boundaries, like you took it as him questioning your fishing, and maybe that's why you weren't more expansive in your answers to him.

[schplurg]

On 6/24/2022 at 8:42 AM, Darth-Baiter said:

it happens.  hell, people have been jerks to me here, and this is supposedly a "safe-Place".  haha.

 

OP, sometimes we are in our own headspace and another person can't read it.  I wouldn't worry about it, I bet he has long forgotten the encounter.  

 

I kinda LOVE talking to complete strangers while fishing.  I met "Ray" yesterday, and he actually invited me Halibut fishing.  we hit it off.  I joked that I want to be like him when I grow up.  

 

 

I met Gary one day when he pulled my truck out of a hole that one of the rear wheels fell into. Yes, "fell into", dirt road caved in under it. Sunk to the differential. 95 degree day near Ripon. Other people cruised by pretending not to see me.

 

I get in my own head and don't always want to be bothered but I'm friendly almost always. It takes me 30 seconds to go from "I'm fishing leave me alone" to my normal friendly self. Within those 30 seconds though I am often easily annoyed. It just takes a few secs to snap out of it, unless the other person is a jerk.

 

One day at New Melones a guy was walking the bank toward me casting as he went. I thought "This jerk is not going to just walk right into me and keep fishing is he? Grumble grumble."

 

Just then the guy asks "I can fish through right?"

 

I'm like I guess that's asking LOL and I said of course go for it. Went from jerk to softie in a split second. We talked awhile, nice guy. Dude just like me pounding the banks.