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Underground Makes BIG Sacrifices For Fly Fishing Readership
By Tom Chandler 4/6/2009
I really pegged the Underground's
"Service to Mankind" Meter on this one.
Because today - instead of staying home and working (always my first choice) - I'm looming up the truck and going fly fishing with Dave Roberts on the Rogue. And yes, I'm selflessly doing it all for you.
I've got two kinds of rubber-soled wading boots that desperately need testing, and a 6wt fly rod && reel combo that's crying out for a Rogue steelhead.
And yes, I know what you're thinking: "That Chandler guy really gives his all to his readers - sacrificing a day sitting on his ass behind a desk so that his readers can know the inner peace born of comprehensive fly fishing gear reviews."
You'd be right.
I'm just like Mother Theresa, only in waders.
I know many of you are doubtless phoning the Nobel Prize committee right now. And perhaps a few calls are going out to Vatican. (Could I become fly fishing's living patron saint?)
To you, I say "Send cash instead."
If enough of you recognize my selfless sacrifice with cold, hard cash, then I can afford to take more days off work to go fly fishing - dramatically improving the quality of your lives in the process.
At the Underground, that's what we call a win-win situation (well, more a WIN [me] - win [you]).
I'd say more, but I've gotta pack up some gear.
See you on the river, Tom (Schweitzer) Chandler.
Tom Chandler
As the author of the decade leading fly fishing blog Trout Underground, Tom believes that fishing is not about measuring the experience but instead of about having fun. As a staunch environmentalist, he brings to the Yobi Community thought leadership on environmental and access issues facing us today.