Peter A. Collin wrote:
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. They wanted a lot of line in the air, so I obliged, and
the photographer (another close friend) shot away. The photo they
picked showed an embarrassingly bad cast. I could supply a link, but I
won't. :-)


For that matter, I get a kick out of when, in the movies, they shoot
somewhere other than where the setting of the story is, and choose a
locale that bears no resemblance. Like in "The Deer Hunter", when they
are supposedly hunting in the Allegany mountains. There are craggy,
snow capped peaks all around and mule deer and elk abound. I remember
thinking "How did those guys drive from Pittsburgh to Idaho in one
drunken night?"

Yes! I remember that. It was hilarious.

I suspect the reason is that the mountains of Idaho are more scenic (in
a cinematic sense) than the Alleganies.

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