Brownlining vs Bluelining: Singlebarbed Gets Huffy
By Tom Chandler on Sep 29, 2007 in Underground Entertainment
Fly fishing’s rife with factions — most of whom know for a fact the members of the opposing splinter group were badly raised, cheat on their spouses, and rarely engage in personal hygiene.
It’s a fact of life in most human endeavors, and while it’s normally a contemptible thing, we frankly have to applaud Singlebarbed’s wholly creative attempt to draw a crooked, dirty line between himself and most of the rest of fly fishing.
Yes, in the same vein as the Hatfields vs McCoys, Yankees vs Red Sox, and OJ Simpson vs Reality, Singlebarbed brings you… Brownliners vs Blueliners. Here’s a short excerpt from the larger article:
- Brownliners know constant adversity, there is no best time to fish, or should’ve been here last week. We wear radiation badges, and when that sucker goes red, we’re out of the water and headed for decontamination.
- Brownliners ignore rain, wind, and cold - also all regulations and season closures. We must escape and evade irate farmers, gang bangers, and overly zealous game wardens - just to get to the waters edge.
- Blueliners require insect activity to fish, Brownliners are the insect activity.
- Blueliners are incensed that others have the audacity to fish their favorite spot; Brownliners wait 15 minutes and when the interloper is overcome by fumes, we ?roll? the bum and toe the carcass into the underbrush.
Sure, he frightens us too, but there’s no denying the fact that it’s hilarious stuff — even though it’s written by someone who rarely engages in personal hygiene.
Read the rest of the article at: The Blackwater of Brownlining
Technorati Tags: fly fishing, brownlining, bluelining, trout fishing
samistopdog | Sep 29, 2007 | Reply
Sir..(with respect to age only) I have a question about computer techno junk,
Why when I open the underground newsletter sent to my email address do I get the articles from the previous day? and when I go the Underground website I get the current articles for that day?
The newletter sent to MY email is always a day behind …any particular reason?
Really just curious
Sam’s boss
Stephen Johnson
Harmony Kennels…Home of the best “narc” dogs on the west coast.
kbarton10 | Sep 29, 2007 | Reply
Bamboo rods are notoriously slow, TC being a devotee of the “Sacred Weed” his Blog mail kinda puddles its way to you.
Tom Chandler | Sep 30, 2007 | Reply
Sam: The e-mail service is a “digest” subscription service that — around midnight every day — should send out an e-mail containing the previous day’s posts.
Often, posts from the two days before get into the list, with posts from later in the day omitted, so clearly, the cutoff time varies quite a bit.
That said, the “as posted” email service means alot more e-mails to my readers and a higher cost to me, so folks that want relatively instant updates are using RSS readers (about 4X as many use RSS than e-mail subscriptions).
Tom Chandler | Sep 30, 2007 | Reply
Oh yeah: Don’t listen to kbarton. Word has it he beats his dog, or his dog beats him — it’s never entirely clear with those Brownliners, we just know it happens.
Bastard Mike | Sep 30, 2007 | Reply
My personal opinion?
Personal hygene is highly over-rated, completely un-natural, and part of corporate America’s ploy to sell more useless soap.
I believe God intended us to smell like a goat in rut. Besides…certain bacteria are known to ward off disease…such as colon cancer. I just know it.
Of course, I’d prefer you don’t smell like a billy goat if you’re going to get in my truck…just sayin’…