Reading the daily economic news is like watching Saving Private Ryan and Blackhawk Down back-to-back; you walk away warped by exposure to a surreal existence that you hope never, ever intrudes on your own personal bubble.
Sadly, I still have to actually earn a living, and with the recession taking its toll on marketing budgets, that particular reality is intruding on my bubble.
Which means – instead of fly fishing – I’m holing up and working, a sad state of affairs given my aversion to the stuff. (Work I mean. Like most fly fishermen, I have little stomach for honest labor.)
Out here soon? I hope so.
That means we’ll see damned few fishing posts on the Underground for a couple more days – at least until a few undone biz-related chores find their way to the “done” stack.
And though I contemplated flying to Washington in my private jet (sitting on my $21.7 Million annual salary), I probably couldn’t convince those Congressional cheapskates to fund a $25 Billion bailout of the Underground.
It’s yet another example of the unfairness of politics.
Too Much Fly Fishing Clutter?
You might still see a post or two about interesting stuff, like this mention that Field & Stream’s FlyTalk blog asked its readers to list the fly fishing media they read. He contends there’s too much clutter out there, but on the Internet, the reader’s in charge, so the concept of clutter seems odd – you don’t have to visit what you don’t want to read.
The Underground’s already received a couple mentions, and if you’ve got a minute, sneak on by and let ‘em know what you read.
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I put in my two bits on F&S blog talk, votes for singlebarbed and TU. keep up the good work guys.
Jean-Paul Lipton(Quote)
No kidding. And now my bubble has completely burst – I was hoping to live vicariously through TU until the dust settled.
Michael(Quote)
Well now you’ve got more than a couple of mentions.
You I praised because you are genuinely good at your craft.
Singlebarbed I praised because he is stuck on the Little Stinking with someone like me dragging behind him.
But I agree there is too much clutter (global adventure humor blogs included).
With (according to NPR) 100 million blogs and 100,000 new ones every day, I need a better “sifter.”
A. Wannabe Travelwriter(Quote)
A perfect example of clutter is the FlyTalk post you just sent us to…
DayTripper(Quote)
JP: Thanks. I finally left a comment.
Michael: Let’s hope you don’t vicariously experience a soup line…
Wannabe: I don’t agree about the clutter. On the blog front, the reader controls what they read, and if too much choice is the only issue, I can only point to the local supermarket and suggest that’s how things are done these days.
I do see something of a shakeout coming on the print side, and yes eventually on the Internet too. Hosting a site like TU, Singlebarbed, Buster, Moldy and whatever is relatively affordable, but at some point, there will have to be a commercial angle, or a substantial portion will fade away.
Day: Clearly, you’re back – and just as blunt as ever. Hope school is good.
Tom Chandler(Quote)
Ok, I voted. Now can I spend a day on the upper Sac at one of your favorite holes with Wally?
Kentucky Jim(Quote)
Tom,
I think we need a few “Drink Tall Toad beer and then you’ll feel great, just like me” posts. As an Englishman, where severe weather = A Bit More Drizzle Than Normal, I’d like to know what kit you use for a day’s cross-country ski-fishing in the depths of winter in a rugged place.
More “kit & grit”, you know? From time to time. Oh, and Wally — we like Wally.
Jolyon
Jolyon(Quote)
Kentucky: If you’ve ever – even for a second – experienced the terrifying thought you’d have to explain to the L&T how the Wonderdog died in your care (a very real possibility given his utter lack of a survival instinct), you simply wouldn’t ask. You wouldn’t.
Jolyon: Astonishingly, I’m planning to write a post about the new breed of fly fishing winter clothing, as the standard fly fishing gear functions poorly when hiking/skiing to the river in winter. Truly you’re clairvoyant.
Tom Chandler(Quote)
He’s a Lab; he swims, even in 2100 cfs water. See, for example, Buster Wants To Fish, “I know that damn duck is out here somewhere”.
Kentucky Jim(Quote)
Jim: If it was only the fast-moving water issue. He doesn’t just swim into the teeth of the rapids.
He falls off mountains, chases bears with cubs, runs up to the front of moving bicycles and cars to say “hi” to the friendly people inside, jumps up and down on the ice covering our pond to see if it will break, and regularly stows away on the UPS truck for a tour of the neighborhood (OK, this last one isn’t dangerous, but…).
He’s happy. He’s just not bent on self-preservation.
Tom Chandler(Quote)
Hehehe…you’re lucky to have him. And, given what you tell us about the L&T, lucky to have her as well. That’s why you live where you do…he’s not chasing cars in L.A. Sanity in California in the twenty first century…amazing.
Kentucky Jim(Quote)