Every fly fishermen who uses a cell phone to taunt office-bound buddies from the river knows the sorrow of dropping one of the slippery little beasts in the water.

It’s expensive.

And while the Underground rarely does product posts, I mis-clicked somewhere – and stumbled on what may be fly fishing’s ultimate mobile phone:

Fly Fishing's Ultimate Mobile Phone?

The Casio G’Zone Brigade is water resistant, shock resistant and – according to the Web site – it’s also a “navigation system-ready, camera/camcorder cell phone.”

In other words, it’s perfectly capable of taking our irritating hero pics; shooting video of our fly fishing partner stepping into that five-foot deep hole; getting us good and lost with the GPS; and then letting us make that pathetic “I’m lost” call for help.

What more could a fly fisherman want?

(And to think manufacturers are wary of my equipment reviews.)

The Mobile Question

Mobile phones used to be persona non grata among some on the stream, but that prohibition largely went away after some anglers [cough]Dave Roberts[cough] realized cell phones were the ideal way to reach out and touch those trapped in their offices instead of out on the river.

Now cell phones are pretty much par for the course; given the aging fly fishing demographic, phones probably aren’t the worst thing you could carry.

And frankly, the new phones offer so much more functionality than prior units.

Instead of just calling to taunt your friends, you can now instantly send them photos (and video). Clearly, humanity has advanced greatly the last couple years.

Given the Underground’s deep and abiding hatred of his Blackberry Storm phone, this ruggedized little baby could soon find its way to a blogger near you.

Naturally, the Undergrounders are encouraged to weigh in.

See you making underwater phone calls, Tom Chandler.

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