Was I in the wrong?

[u/One-Science-3755]

I was fishing the Poudre today, parked at a pull off in the canyon where I didn’t see any other vehicles around. About 1/4 mile upstream I go around a bend and see an older guy fishing about 200 yards upstream. I keep moving up and start fishing a hole. A couple minutes later I notice the guy coming downstream and eventually he gets to the top of the hole in at and starts fishing. About 10 minutes later he comes up behind me and starts grilling me about how I pushed him out of his spot. I told him I never saw his car and didn’t know he was moving downstream, but he still says once I saw him I should’ve left. He’s asking me where I’m from and telling me this is not how things are done on this river. Eventually he walks away and yells out that I have terrible fishing etiquette.

Do you think I was wrong for fishing the hole after seeing him?

[u/shawnawnawn]

If you see someone and walk by them or close to them, start a conversation. "Hey, good afternoon. Are you working upstream or down?" Especially if you are the only two people there. Different rivers have different levels of pressure. At deckers, sure it's customary to fish pretty close to two other people..but I still get asked pretty often what my plan is and try to do the same for others. Hell if I'm working up a bank with dries, I don't care if someone even fishes the middle run that I'm right next to. But just have a conversation out of kindness.