In what amounts to yet another shocking indicator of the Fly Fishing Industry’s Growing Drug Problem, the Thomas & Thomas fly rod catalog apparently reprinted a quote from some dumb blogger’s post about fiberglass fly rods:

T&T Catalog Quote

(courtesy Cameron at Fiberglass Manifesto)

Rich Margiotta was surprised to learn his name had found its way into a fly rod catalog, though he was fine with it once he realized “Glass Rod Expert” would probably impress the hell out of the babes if printed on a card, especially once I remarked it would look smashing with the traditional crossed fly rod graphic.

(Rich and I are both suckers for the classics.)

A quick visit to the T&T website, and there I was again:

T&T Website

Clearly, the world is coming to an end.

Though I’ve largely abandoned my campaign to become the Absolute Ruler Of All Fly Fishing Media Channels, 2012 has already seen me interviewed in a fly fishing print magazine and a blog, and suddenly I find myself in someone’s fly rod catalog.

All of which suggests the following: The Mayans were right.

The world is coming to an end in 2012. (How did they know?)

Given that I’m now an expert, I’ll be happy to answer any fly rod questions the Undergrounders might have, though only if the questions are prefaced by “Your Majesty” or (in a pinch) “Mr. Expert.”

See you being all experty, Tom Chandler.

(Hat tip to Fiberglass Manifesto for finding this)

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