Posted by Les Fraser on Mar 15, 2017; 4:22am
URL: http://oldforum.flyshooter.com.au/Proposed-rule-change-for-discussion-tp5709168p5709176.html

My last thoughts on this, anything that changes the fundamental appeal of the fly is changing how people think and act at shoots. There is no way that any real adherence can be achieved by tying down or grey scaling the spotter's role. Only last year a shot was placed on a  scoring target  as an extra shot and then a committee had to decide if the shot was the shooter who owned the target or from next door even though there were shots equal on the splash plate and also on the target except from this shot that appeared from nowhere. When it was put to the committee it was ruled in the shooters favour and no penalty was applied. Someone was spotting and obviously someone cheated so to narrow it all down too, do spotters call fall of shot or touch scopes or tell the shooter where to aim to achieve this it would rely on complete honesty of the shooter and spotter. We are all grown ups shooting this sport and we know right from wrong if we won't the spotter issue to go away then only one person on the bench at any time the shooter is on the line.

But that is not the appeal of the fly for probably the last 3 years i have not enjoyed the fly as much as i used to last weekend at Canberra taking the piss out of Cameron and shooting alongside Anthony is what the sport is about. Some shooters coming to the fly it's not about winning it is about the mates sitting beside you having a blast of a good time.

Stick with rule 10 and lets get on with it.

Les