"symbicort" fishing?

[fritz]

has anyone noticed the pharmaceutical advertising where an elderly man appears to take his son and grandson fishing and is using a rod that is no longer than 4 feet long? He seems to "throw" the line out instead of casting it. the stripping guide seems to be extended from the rod blank some 1 1/2" too.

[Radioflyer]

Is that the one where he's wearing a huge fly fishing vest with absolutely nothing attached to it?

[Betty Hiner]

With the rod and reel looking like a surf rod?

[Uncle Jesse]

If it's the commercial I am thinking of the rod looks like a spinning rod with a fly reel, I was wondering if it could be a center pin rig. TV ad flyfisherman are one of my favorite peeves. There was a poster in our favorite cafereria line that had an automatic reel on the seat backward, but the food was great for a southern boy.

I know they have a video they play at church of a fly fisherman landing a man who acts like a fish but the fisherman is a pretty good flycaster, his fight techniques are poor however.

[Steven]

I know the ad. That's not a fly rod. No idea what it is.

That other guy with gout is way, way too wristy.

[Silver Creek]

Gillette did it right. They had Jason Borger casting in the ad.

[herefishy]

I've wondered about that - thought it was just some fighting butt arrangement.

[Uncle Jesse]

Here's a center pin setup and the shot from the commercial.

CenterPinSetUp.jpgSimbicortFishingCommercial_4.jpg

[fritz]

thanks uncle jesse. now I can rest easier as I'm waiting for Sandy to pass

[Lew]

That commercial has bugged me for months. My wife got tired of my pointing out all the inconsistencies with the reality of flyfishing, although there are a few people around that probably could have made it work.