On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 10:18:15 -0700, rw
wrote:

... when companies use a video of someone flyfishing to sell their
products they very often use a model who has no idea how to cast? I just
saw a advertisement clip for the BlackBerry cell phone -- the guy was
nearly clipping the water with his rod on the backcast. They seem to
pick some random person who "looks the part," dress him (or her) up in
waders, a vest, and a hat, and send them into the water to flail about.

Last year I was a model for a flyfishing brochure for a rafting company
(owned by some friends) that had very little experience with flyfishing.

And even less in choosing models, it would seem...oh, wait...was this
collateral targeted at other rich ol' gals...who, the company hoped,
didn't care about the cost of the raft? But I do have to say, I've seen
your picture, and boy-oh-boy, do you ever, um, "look the part'...

They wanted a lot of line in the air, so I obliged, and the photographer
(another close friend) shot away.

I bet you're glad all involved were your friends...I mean, if they had
been strangers, you might have come out looking like an idiot or
something...

The photo they picked showed an
embarrassingly bad cast. I could supply a link, but I won't. :-)

A ruggedly-handsome, successful innertube model AND coyly modest...no
wonder you're so popular with the studs down at the He Man Bar and Grill
there in Ketchum, Jr....and thanks to your winsome appeal, the rafters,
too, I'll bet...how about the trusses?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know, you're calling code enforcement and your
booking agent and if I don't watch it, you'll throw a phone at me,
R