Why is that ...

.... 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. :-)

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On 9 Nov, 18:18, 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. :-)

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

It´s tradition! Years ago, there was a film with Cary Grant, and
I think Robert Mitchum, I can´t remember the title. Anyway, they go
fly-fishing, and when one casts, the sound of a whining reel ratchet
is heard! I always thought it was the funniest part of the film!

TL
MC

"rw" wrote in message
m...
... 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. :-)
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

We already know you can cast....
What the heck, show the link, it's Friday!
-tom

Mike wrote:
On 9 Nov, 18:18, 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. :-)

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.


It´s tradition! Years ago, there was a film with Cary Grant, and
I think Robert Mitchum, I can´t remember the title. Anyway, they go
fly-fishing, and when one casts, the sound of a whining reel ratchet
is heard! I always thought it was the funniest part of the film!

TL
MC


I think the answer is that a bad cast looks better to an untrained eye
than a good cast.

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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

It is also a very good demonstration of inaccurate propaganda. The
movies invariably display what whoever is responsible considers the
general public will imagine something to be. Anybody with any knowledge
on the matter either finds it disgusting that peoplle can be so stupid,
or just funny. The effect is also quite marked, and is responsible for
a lot of people believing total nonsense. Television is even worse.

TL
MC

On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 10:52:42 -0700, rw
wrote:

Mike wrote:
On 9 Nov, 18:18, 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. :-)

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.


It´s tradition! Years ago, there was a film with Cary Grant, and
I think Robert Mitchum, I can´t remember the title. Anyway, they go
fly-fishing, and when one casts, the sound of a whining reel ratchet
is heard! I always thought it was the funniest part of the film!

TL
MC


I think the answer is that a bad cast looks better to an untrained eye
than a good cast.

So, Giselle, is that your professional opinion based upon years of
experience in the trenches and focused study in the modeling sciences,
or just an educat...hmmm...ah, OK...

So, Giselle, is that the first thing that entered your pretty little
head or is that the first thing that entered your pretty little head?

Hey, hey - I am SO not trying to trick her - I just thought a
multiple-choice test would be easier for her if A and B were equally
correct...AND I typed very slowly, too...

Sheesh, try to give a girl a break, and all you get is grief,
R

On Nov 9, 12:52 pm, "Peter A. Collin"
wrote:
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.

OMG, the worst case of that I've seen was the chick flick "Message in
a Bottle". I don't even know if it's a good movie, because I was so
distracted by the obviously wrong setting. The movie was supposedly
North Carolina, but it was clearly shot somewhere (Maine, I think)
with 10-15 foot tides and rocky shoreline. Everytime there was harbor
scene, it was all I could do to not yell "bull****".

Joe F.

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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Tom Nakashima wrote:
"rw" wrote in message
m...

... 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. :-)
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.


We already know you can cast....
What the heck, show the link, it's Friday!
-tom



Oh, OK. Here it is:

http://www.therivercompany.com/idaho...llery/fish.php

The REALLY BAD cast is #5 in the slide show.

My fishing partner, Tatiania (we called her "Tits"), is a sweetheart.
She's from Montana and she knows how to fish.

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