This Penthouse Forum-worthy backpack review was left on the SteepandCheap.com site (found via the rather brilliant Goat blog), and the Underground – who bravely confronts the questions the rest of the fly fishing media are afraid to ask – wants to know why fly fishing gear reviews are never this interesting:

Excuse me. I need to be alone for a minute.
See you in the woods, Tom Chandler.




























I think I have that pack. It rubs my huge moobs raw, too, but none of my buddies will put ointment on them. What a bunch of jerks.
fishskicanoe(Quote)
Who hasn’t worn waders that chafed? And how many times have your fishing buddies helped?
Not a one.
Clearly, the whole sisterhood thing isn’t a myth after all…
Tom Chandler(Quote)
well, i guess that reviewer will never fall on her face…
however, new harnessing arrangements can be worked out,
see Tom.
That was a rather upbeat review.
cliftz(Quote)
Isn’t “uplifting” a better descriptor?
Tom Chandler(Quote)
true that. lol
cliftz(Quote)
To the young lady who found the pack uncomfortable, I have a custom pack fitting service that you may find um er soothing……….. Also I have a country for sale that you might be interested in……..
Myth Buster(Quote)
It’s helpfulness of the Undergrounders that really sets them apart from the rest of the fly fishing world…
Tom Chandler(Quote)
This review could only be improved with photographs of the chafing.
mcfly(Quote)
Your concern for the underlying medical issues belies a deep empathy for the victim…
Tom Chandler(Quote)
And I suppose Mr. Chandler, that you probably know where these young ladies were fishing (probably close to the secret areas where there are actually women fly fishing), AND YOU WON’T TELL US!!!
Link(Quote)
“rubbing my sore boobs completely naked”???
Okay, there must be a missing comma here. Otherwise, as written, it sounds as though the dirigibles were covered with some kind of clothing when the rubbing began, but the rubbing went on for SO long that the altruistic hands wore right through the cloth…finally exposing the wounded flesh.
I hardly want to get on this woman’s bad side by correcting her grammar, but I think it would read better . . . “rubbing my sore boobs, completely naked.” Or, to add some emphasis, she could revise to “rubbing my sore boobs. Completely naked!”
In any case, if someone can put me in touch with her, I’d be willing to tutor her in English…completely naked, as that seems to be one of her requirements when someone offers her help. Some of my teaching style might rub her the wrong way, but we should be able to feel our way through the situation.
Jeff Vande Zande(Quote)
Tom,
I have to say that I missed this article on the “other places” you post…
At this point, I will consider that a good thing.
Keep up the good work,
Andrew
Andrew(Quote)
Are you serious??? Ok, funny….. But you sound like a guy who never got any in high school or otherwise. AKA Flippin’ NERD. grow up…. Do you really believe you’re really going to impress those of us who DO flyfish, or the females who might stumble across this just because you have a blogspot or webpage.
Do yourself,,,,, and us get yourself some social game…… Heck, just the exposure to the Sun will do you some good! Lmao
Larry(Quote)
On the Troll-O-Meter, this doesn’t even budge the needle. Go back to surfing porn sites and leave the Underground to the grownups (and the competent trolls).
Tom Chandler(Quote)
Without photographic evidence of this reveiw I don’t believe one word of it.
paul(Quote)