If They Can Put Booze in Ski Poles, Why Not the Reel Seat of a Fly Rod?
By Tom Chandler on Nov 28, 2007 in Underground Entertainment
Sometimes, the futurists here at the Trout Underground think the word “tradition” is just an ugly way of hiding the fact that fly fishing’s being left behind by the rest of the sporting world.
After all, skiers can now hide their effete, non-manly liquor in the grips of their ski poles. Why the hell hasn’t anyone built a fly rod reel seat capable of doing the same?
Found via Posts From the Edge is the ColdPole — a brilliant way to smuggle 8 ounces of cheap white lightning onto the ski slopes, where presumably you’d drink it, then run over a half-dozen small children on the way down the hill, where Lars the Giant Blond Ski Patrolman would wrap your skis around your neck, leaving you whimpering like a three-split-shot nympher in the midst of a strong midge hatch.
Leading rod manufacturers — are you listening? I mean, the hell with high modulus. You can’t make us cast any better, but you sure as hell can help us stop caring as much.
(And yes, this is yet another clear demonstration that reading the Trout Underground delivers a competitive advantage to fly fishing manufacturers and equipment designers. You’re welcome.)
See you weaving around on the river, Tom Chandler.
David Roberts | Nov 29, 2007 | Reply
I know what I am making my next wadding staff out of.
David
The Chile Doctor | Nov 29, 2007 | Reply
As always, truly cutting edge stuff here on the TU.
I think I’m going to take a hard look at my old chess set; maybe there’s room enough in there for some liquid courage? I think I can pry the weights out; I just gotta think how to keep the precious liquid from leaking out when I slam the pieces down on my way to a stunning checkmate.
It can’t make my play any better, but it can certainly convince me I’m playing better!
The Chile Doctor
Heddon17 | Nov 29, 2007 | Reply
Just think how much a butt section of a hollow built bamboo fly rod could hold? It could act like a mini-oak barrel and the stuff could naturally ferment inside as well.
Imagine a wine, etc. with ‘nice bamboo overtones’…
Could be a best seller in the making……..
Brian
Tom Chandler | Nov 29, 2007 | Reply
Not to mention the well-documented “Beer Goggles” effect. Like a bar at closing time, even ugly fish would look a lot better (and bigger).
Don Luis | Nov 29, 2007 | Reply
If you need more justification for purchasing such a rig when they become available (hey, that thing looks like it would only take a few minutes of grinding to make a pistol grip handle for a baitcaster, if you’re not too proud), you’ll finally have a way to balance your fly rod and reel. And it’ll only get lighter as the day wears on.
Murdock | Nov 29, 2007 | Reply
You might even call it an “internal liquid vibration dampening system.” That way you could charge twice as much for it.
James | Nov 29, 2007 | Reply
You’re on to something, Murdock…
Tom Chandler | Nov 30, 2007 | Reply
Murdock: Excellent. But your thinking breaks down in your second sentence — why only twice as much?
This is fly fishing, remember?
Murdock | Nov 30, 2007 | Reply
Tom,
That is why you are the master and I am but the student.
Grasshopper