Fifty Places to Fly Fish Before You Die (by Chris Santella)

Dave LaCourse wrote:
This review surely smacks of obscene consumerism:

"A must for the Rich Fishing Addict, August 28, 2005
By G. Collector - See all my reviews

If you have unlimited funds and time this book provides the backbone
for a lifetime of fishing trips to exotic locales. "

Gee, and I don't have it. How 'bout you, Richard?

d;o)




The book is extremely consumerist and elitist. It's pretty much porn for
fly fishermen. I'm sure you're familiar with the genre. Orvis has
mastered it.

When people know that you like fly fishing they give you the strangest,
most useless, kitschy stuff. T-shirts with "bite me" and such. :-)
Fly-fishing porn is at least better than that.

What surprised me was that I've fished in 18% (9 in 50) of the places
named in the book -- mostly the ones the ones in my more-or-less
familiar parts of this country. You don't have to be rich to fish Idaho,
Montana, Wyoming, California, not to mention Colorado, New Mexico,
Oregon, Washington, Utah, and even Nevada. Those of us in the Pacific
Coast and Rocky Mountain West are fortunate.

An important part of fly fishing, for me, has imagining and anticipating
a new place or a new species. (More often than not, the reality doesn't
live up to the dream.) The person who gave me the book knows that, so it
was a thoughtful gift.

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

rw wrote:

An important part of fly fishing, for me, has [been] imagining and anticipating
a new place or a new species. (More often than not, the reality doesn't
live up to the dream.) The person who gave me the book knows that, so it
was a thoughtful gift.


....and this was my initial take on the matter of your post as well.
plus, i am interested in places others have fished or suggest i fish,
though some hold no allure for me.

the book isn't one many of us would buy for ourselves, though i looked
at its contents at the local b&n. i'll never see 90% or more of those
places, but it's fun to look at them in a book.

there was nothing in your post that required or even invited a negative
comment, imo. i read it and appreciated it. thanks.

jeff

On Dec 26, 10:31 pm, jeff wrote:


there was nothing in your post that required or even invited a negative
comment, imo. i read it and appreciated it. thanks.

jeff

I´ll second that.

Although I would have to be rich to fish in Idaho!

MC

Mike wrote:
On Dec 26, 10:31 pm, jeff wrote:


there was nothing in your post that required or even invited a negative
comment, imo. i read it and appreciated it. thanks.

jeff


I´ll second that.

Although I would have to be rich to fish in Idaho!

MC


The book has a American-centric theme. North America is probably
over-represented, and the travel information is geared to the American
angler. But it touches on all the fantasy destinations that come up in
ROFF: Argentina, Chile, New Zealand, etc. The most intriguing one, which
I'll read next, is Zambia: Tiger Fish on the Zambezi River. :-)

You wouldn't have to be rich to fish in Idaho if you lived in Idaho,
Mike. Gas would be your biggest cost, so share the ride (but not with
LaCourse). :-)

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

On Dec 26, 11:22 pm, rw wrote:
Mike wrote:
On Dec 26, 10:31 pm, jeff wrote:

there was nothing in your post that required or even invited a negative
comment, imo. i read it and appreciated it. thanks.

jeff

I´ll second that.

Although I would have to be rich to fish in Idaho!

MC

The book has a American-centric theme. North America is probably
over-represented, and the travel information is geared to the American
angler. But it touches on all the fantasy destinations that come up in
ROFF: Argentina, Chile, New Zealand, etc. The most intriguing one, which
I'll read next, is Zambia: Tiger Fish on the Zambezi River. :-)

You wouldn't have to be rich to fish in Idaho if you lived in Idaho,
Mike. Gas would be your biggest cost, so share the ride (but not with
LaCourse). :-)

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

I like reading or hearing about fishing anywhere. Most of the places I
hear about I will never fish and to be honest I don´t really want to.
I never did. I always tried to make the most of the opportunities I
had. I have been quite successful in that, and have nothing to
complain about. I am not envious of others who can do these things,
and it is basically irrelevant that I can´t, or don´t want to, I am
merely happy for them, that they enjoy it so much. I always was happy
for people who enjoyed their fishing.

As it turns out, I will not be doing much more fishing anyway, either
here or anywhere else. Force of circumstance. Just how it is.

One thing that all the nastiness and silliness can not take away, is
your love and enjoyment of fishing, so I would not be overly worried
what anybody here might say. It wont affect that at all.

TL
MC

On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 16:31:29 -0500, jeff
wrote:

there was nothing in your post that required or even invited a negative
comment, imo. i read it and appreciated it. thanks.

That's because you don't appreciate irony, counselor.

Dave LaCourse wrote:

On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 16:31:29 -0500, jeff
wrote:


there was nothing in your post that required or even invited a negative
comment, imo. i read it and appreciated it. thanks.


That's because you don't appreciate irony, counselor.



i reckon some might claim that...and perhaps it's so; but i'll wager
it's a higher art form than exhibited in your response to steve.

jeff (who prefers appreciation rather than depreciation, and euphony
over irony g)

On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 19:43:11 -0500, jeff
wrote:

i reckon some might claim that...and perhaps it's so; but i'll wager
it's a higher art form than exhibited in your response to steve.

Art? Who the hell is talking about art? I'm talking about pure and
simple irony ("obscene consumerism" criticism, followed by......wait
for it......... ta daaa ..... obscene consumerism.) Ya gotta love
it. Mayby you prefer the word hypocrisy. That works fo me. But,
either way, no art involved.

Dave

"jeff" wrote in message
' who appreciates euphony'
Damm Jeff you don"t even like my Yani concert tape !
think I have been lucky enough to fish in 13.7 % of the places and my squaw
won"t let me return to New Zealand as I would stay.
You guys cannot even enjoy a picture book ???
Joe the elder

Joe McIntosh wrote:
"jeff" wrote:
' who appreciates euphony'
Damm Jeff you don"t even like my Yani concert tape !
think I have been lucky enough to fish in 13.7 % of the places and my squaw
won"t let me return to New Zealand as I would stay.
You guys cannot even enjoy a picture book ???

Why don't you keep that racist language to yourself, it's
not appreciated here.

--
Ken Fortenberry