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

[tags]fly fishing, brownlining, bluelining, trout fishing[/tags]

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