Did anyone notice that the Christmas Gift catalogues for both Cabelas and Bass Pro feature Santa in full FF gear.

I wonder though if Santa is setting a good example. In his picture for Bass Pro, he poses with his rod in vertical position to lead a fish to the net. That is a no-no, Santa. In his picture for Cabelas he is handing a fully rigged fly rod to an enthusiastic 8 year old inside the house. Doing that is asking for trouble in my book.

In both pictures he is sporting a creel big enough to hold a dozen or more trout. To say the least that level of greed is not the model behavior of the 21st Century.

Well, in spite of that, I was glad to see fly fishing getting some respect. Ironically, however, there are no fly fishing items at all in the Bass Pro catalogue and only a few pages in Cabelas.

Go figure.