The fly fishing intertubes are all abuzz; Oprah was spotted fly fishing (Yellowstone), and some worry that the broadcast of that episode could represent either the rebirth of the industry, or the end of the sport as we know it (“if you consciously want a fish badly enough, the Fly Fishing Secret will attract a lunker for you.”).
My take is simple; one gander at how she looked in waders (who suggested that size anyway?), and the jig is up:
One glance at those waders, and the sport's safe...
You know the dreaded “Honey, do these pants make my butt look big” question?
Nobody’s even going to bother to ask this time.
Our streams and rivers, Undergrounders, are safe from Oprah’s hordes of followers.
See you in seclusion, Tom Chandler.
I’m…..beyond words or they fail me or something….At least it wasn’t hiking shorts…But(oops) she’s a gamer to even get into waders and toss a line ….So when do we get Katy Perry in her catsuit fishing or Halle Berry wet-wading???
The best thing is there might be someone who thrashes a stream worse than I do….
jp2(Quote)
Is that a codpiece or did her forceps drop into her waders? Or what?
Craig(Quote)
I think it’s great that Oprah is interesting in Fly Fishing. I seriously doubt that hordes will overrun our streams and ruin it for the rest of us. We need more people interested in fly fishing to keep our sport alive and to protect the waters we value so much.
Al(Quote)
Laugh, you may, but everything Oprah touches seems to turn into gold.
The question is, after this airs, which aspect will take off; the outfit, fly fishing, that great hat, or fly fishing line that appears to be the diameter of climbing rope?
A. Wannabe Travelwriter(Quote)
I’m guessing the iPhone-sized white watch…
Tom Chandler(Quote)
Wow, hopefully she won’t do a show on it…..last thing we need is another horde leaving the golf course to form herds on the rivers….although I suspect if that photo is shown around it won’t spark that much interest… I’m pretty sure she looks worse in waders than I do (and thats saying something)
Marty(Quote)
… I am still trying to “process” this. Since it has not yet aired, we can’t second guess too much. For example, will it be a few seconds of footage with some humor about how she looks in waders or will she be casting under the shadow of El Capitan and catch a monster brown. If she gets skunked or catches a dink or two (my best-case guess), then I doubt it’ll do what Brad Pitt did for the sport. It might, however, do some good for the National Parks.
Bernard Yin(Quote)
Seeing how REI outfitted her… apparently they told her to get the wrong size… Not surprising.
Kyle(Quote)