go-bassn wrote:
Joe Buddy, Congrats & PLEASE tape the episode for me, no OLN here.

Warren

"Joe Haubenreich" rofbmail (at) secretweaponlures (dot) com wrote
in
message ...
The fishing was pretty typical for me... lot's of casting to
stickups,
laydowns, docks, and vegetation.... few bites.

One big difference was positioning. Not boat positioning, but
positioning
myself. I made myself dizzy trying to twist around so the camera
would get
my good side. (Charlie claimed that for TV, it would be my back.)
Sometimes,
when I saw the camera pointed my way, I attempted to strike the
"Old Salt"
pose..... body taut as a steel spring, alert to the slightest
twitch of my
line.... eyes sweeping from target to target... seeming to
penetrate the
water's surface to discern where the fish lurked in ambush....
squinting
into the sun, tasting the breeze, and scanning the skies to keep in
touch
with the currents of nature swirling around us.... straining to
hold my
belly in the whole time.

Another thing that was different was trying to come up with
something to
say. When I fish, I usually just shut up or ramble on without
really
saying
anything of note. But with the cameras running, the pressure was on
to let
drop an earthy phrase or two. You know... the stuff we've come to
expect
of
TV fishermen.

Most the colorful expressions were claimed long ago ("Oh, son!"
"C'mon in
here, you fat-bellied joker, you." "What a hawg!" "It just don't
get any
better 'an this."), but Charlie Ingram is the master of country
boy'isms
("I'm having mo' fun than a pig in slop') so I knew there would be
pressure
on me to hold up my end of the good ol' boy conversation as a
native
Tennessean.

I tried to recall what I'd picked up from Patrick McManus about
talking
like
Hemingway. I thought that would be a good idea. He was ready with
the
right
thing to say, but all I could remember was how hard I'd laughed at
Pat's
stories. I ended up making up and rehearsing a couple dozen phrases
on the
drive down to Alabama.

"Dag-nabbit! This ol' backlash looks like the cat done got in
Granny's
knittin' basket agin!" ... "Ah reckon them squirrels ain't much
interested
in spinnerbaits. Think I'll aim fo' the lake next time." ... "That
ol'
fish
hit smacked maw bait like th'express train outta Huntsville! How
ever did
it
slip that hook!?" ... "Well... so much fo' flipping around pontoon
boats.
Mind backing up so I can fetch my bait?" ... "Whoo-wee!.... that
fish
liked
to jerk me right outta this boat!".

I then sprinkled them in my conversation, as appropriate,
throughout the
day. You never know when the camera will be running or something
will
happen
that will make the edit cuts, so I pretty much kept up a non-stop
patter
of
earthy sayings. Wore me out!

If I recollect, Charlie's favorite saying for the day was, "More
fish...
less talk."

Joe
____________________________
"Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers" wrote
in
message ...

"Joe Haubenreich" rofbmail (at) secretweaponlures (dot) com wrote
in
message ...
This Sunday on OLN (8:30 EST / 7:30 CST), the question of whether
I can
actually catch a fish, or merely hold others' fish up for a
camera, may
be
settled once and for all. One never knows what will come out of
the
Fishing
University editing room. Here is one possible outcome:

I'm sure you held your own and did a fine job. We get OLN and
hopefully
I'll be able to watch, but I'll be on duty at the firehouse, so it
all
depends on how busy we are.

But fishing on tv is different than in real life, isn't it?
--
Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers
http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com
G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods
http://www.herefishyfishy.com





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Joe, I think you did a fine job! Very nice fish catching, speaking, and
explaining. You did S.W.L. proud! When these anglers see the show,
they'll be
foaming at the mouth to get a hold of a S.W.L. spinnerbait! And soon
they'll
know what we (friends of S.W.L.) know. "The best spinnerbait bar none"
Hopefully theywon't keep the "Secret Weapon" to themselves, but rather
share the news with their fellow anglers.

Justin Hires
www.SecretWeaponLures.com
www.BateyCustomLures.com
www.USABassin.com