Beautiful Rant About Fish Magazines and the Shack Nasties
By Tom Chandler on Nov 22, 2006 in Opinion, Underground Entertainment
From the all-seeing eyes at the Moldy Chum comes this rant by Bruce Smithhammer.
It’s late January, and if I find myself leafing through one more tired article on the MONSTER BROOK TROUT OF LABRADOR, or GUARANTEED TACTICS FOR STILLWATER HAWGS, I’m going to lose it. Fishing rags — why do I buy them again and again? Paying for the privilege of skimming through something that’s 70-percent advertising and 20-percent slight variations on last year’s articles?
Vowing to never again fork over well-earned coin for this drivel, pulp flies across the room, earning one eye open from the canus domesticus.Of course, this steadfast oath will no doubt weaken to sheepish excuses yet again come early December, as I try to stoically make it past the magazine racks pretending to be above all this tawdry fish porn.
Do I want to shake Bruce’s hand?
The rest of the article is worth a read. And it’s short, so most of the Underground readership’s lips won’t get too tired…
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