Trout Unlimited’s raising money by offering bidders their own shot at instant fly fishing stardom — an appearance on their On The Rise TV show.

tuauction

Face it: the odds of the Trout Underground winning any auction in excess of $20 are slim (I don’t have more than $20), but if a wealthy Undergrounder won and sent me (hint), I know what I’d do; I’d take that very, very cool trout-painted trailer for a joyride while Smethhurst fished.

Imagine the babe-pulling potential of that baby (chicks dig trout-painted airstreams).

I wasn’t wholly in love with the first On The Rise episodes, but it’s smoothing out, getting better, and maybe what it really needs to get over the hump is a daylong dose of the Underground.

See you in makeup, Tom Chandler.