tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918514418757933899.post3539971344045479661..comments2023-08-28T10:53:49.807-05:00Comments on The Classical Angler: Random Observations #1Erik Helmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00727530868264488710noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918514418757933899.post-92164447263170366762009-06-16T11:54:07.526-05:002009-06-16T11:54:07.526-05:00Yikes!!! I hear Banjos!!!!Yikes!!! I hear Banjos!!!!Ken Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09195979378406590609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918514418757933899.post-39979635910515637002009-06-16T09:38:54.828-05:002009-06-16T09:38:54.828-05:00I think there is a misconception about "lip r...I think there is a misconception about "lip rippers" and fly fishers essentially doing the same thing....fishing. To me it's like comparing Repin to Paint by Numbers.<br /><br />"Lip Rippers" like NASCAR, Doritos and Busch Light. Hence the Silver and Blue cans, the foil snack bags, and the parking lot full of Monte Carlos. The've got fancy Bass boats with Wal-Mart logos, and shirts with every inch plastered in corporate logos. <br /><br />The Lip Rippers say thing like:<br />"Youz can't catch nutin' wit dat fly. It's only got but one darn hook, and ya' can't even fit a wurm on it."<br /><br />"I iz gonna bet my trailer that my tree treble hooked, fully barbed, Rattln'Trap will catch more dan yur dainty one hooked barbless popper any day!"<br /><br />and my personal favorite...<br /><br />"Catch and Release....to the grease!"<br /><br />The Fly fisher says: <br /><br />"Do you think I can get them on a size 16?<br /><br />"Don't use too large of a hook, the fish is only 10" long"<br /><br />"Let's get them back in the water...so we'll have another chance to catch them when their bigger!"PermaSkunkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13953815132836018749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918514418757933899.post-83165523216333978122009-06-15T21:53:27.092-05:002009-06-15T21:53:27.092-05:00I have this conundrum when thinking about beer.
Do...I have this conundrum when thinking about beer.<br />Do I prefer quality or quantity?<br />I now make my own and I have the best of both worldsShanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12894367520145795648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918514418757933899.post-11723892592481471782009-06-15T16:45:46.788-05:002009-06-15T16:45:46.788-05:00Ahh... cheap beer. PBR, Schlitz, Blatz... MMmm! We...Ahh... cheap beer. PBR, Schlitz, Blatz... MMmm! We are from Milwaukee after all.<br /><br />I don't think fishing is barbaric. If it is, then eating is barbaric. Fishing is though, a blood sport... even when properly practicing catch and release with minimum damage to the fish and a high survival rate. Still a blood sport. Any effort to cloak this is disingenuous. As I wrote in Living closer to your food, I believe it is essential to find out where one's food comes from, be that garden, field, or lake.<br /><br />Catch and release though, as you pointed out, doesn't include ripping their lips off. And, yes... overfishing is definitely not cool.<br /><br />Hope you are well on the way to mending!<br />ErikErik Helmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00727530868264488710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918514418757933899.post-62049802289789413552009-06-15T15:00:10.183-05:002009-06-15T15:00:10.183-05:00Oh, Erik, how frustrating. You know I have a frie...Oh, Erik, how frustrating. You know I have a friend on Facebook that fishes <i>obsessively</i> and posts pictures of the hundreds and hundreds of fish he has already caught this season...now complaining that there is no more room in his freezer...<br />Now, a couple things you might not know about me: I love drinking cheap beer lustily from blue cans, but I do recycle them properly; and I think that fishing is a barbaric sport generally- I mean I eat them, I think they are tasty, but ripping their mouths apart and throwing them back- <i>not</i> cool!! Overfishing? <i>Not</i> cool!! <br />Keep your wise observations coming. People listen to what you have to say.The River Otterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14134730885556815560noreply@blogger.com