Since the weather has me confined to my home, I have been just lookng at different fly tying material vendor’s pages to see what they may be discounting so they do not have to include it in their inventory report for the new year and I found this description of a product very interesting and funny. It may only be amusing to me, but here is the description: “Real Fake Jungle Cock”
Is it possible to have real fake anything or is there a bird out there that is called a Fake Jungle Cock? : )
LOL - Yes, it may be cabin fever. There is no cold coming our way because it is already here! High today was 11 degrees with a wind chill of -5!!! Things start getting better this Wednesday. Suppose to be in the 30;s then. I may end up with a real case of cabin fever because I have a doctor’s appointment on Wednesday to have my casting shoulder looked at. May have to have some arthrosocopic surgery done to it. Not sure yet, but, if I have to, now is better than this summer. It is hell to get old…
And to complicate the situation further, at least one, and possibly more, major fly tying supply company lists this real fake item as “known to cause cancer by the State of California”. (It’s cold here in PA now also.)
John, there is nothing in California that is not known to cause cancer! I have a whole room full of cancer causing fly tying materials ---- so I guess I’m doomed.
I am wondering if it is actually a problem with the English language by the writer of the add. Maybe the writer should have written “really fake Jungle cock,” opposed to “fake Jungle Cock.” Such seems more likely than the possibility of “real fake Jungle Cock” as opposed to “pretend fake Jungle Cock.”
Been doing well, but still need to get out the fly tying stuff. Before Christmas I put stuff away where the grandkids couldn’t get any where near it, especially the hooks and tools, etc. We have 5 grandkids, all 5 and under…didn’t want them any where near the hooks.
Also need to get back to working on rod building stuff. In my spare time I am trying to clean up my garage so I can use my table saw so as to rebuild my rod building set up. I need to put the hook holder on a rod I actually have fished, and then get a picture for the rod building forum, like I promised to do a year or two ago.
The good news is that the cold front has passed, and I think it is supposed to be about 50 tomorrow.
Warren, you are braver than I am. My casting arm shoulder is bothering me, but I haven’t been to a doctor…same problem I have with Email messages I don’t want to read at work. My boss was kidding me, but a little bit serious too…he said that putting off reading the Emails won’t make the things I don’t like doing go away.
Hi Warren,
Did you see this Real Fake stuff in the “Monty Python” Fly Shop ad? I guess it is better than not real fake, but almost there fake Jungle Cock. Good luck with the shoulder, I’m now getting my knee and replaced hip in a regime to be in better condition for fishing. A friend of mine, when I asked him how he was this morning replied, “I woke up, stretched my arms and didn’t feel wood. I’m good!” My thoughts exactly. 11 above with you, the other day that would have been a heat wave here!
Take care,
Mike
Okay all you comedians… I just so happens that I was in a fly shop last year that had a package of “fake” jungle cock. :shock: It was impossible to see the “fake jungle cock” due to the packaging, so I bought one… a great big, $1.99. When I got home and opened the package, I found they were plastic jungle cock “stickers” on cards. About 50 of them all one size. I never tried them so I don’t know if they will work or not.
I was so bummed that I’d lost my $1.99 they are stuck in an container I keep of old stuff… Oh well, the moral of the story? Don’t buy fake jungle cock unless you can see through the package!
Oh well, the moral of the story? Don’t buy fake jungle cock unless you can see through the package! 