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April 17th, 2000
Fly Fishing Friends®
by Jack Ohman
You’ve probably noticed that the split-second you start talking about
fly fishing, non-flyfishermen roll their eyes back into their head and
quickly look for the nearest emergency exits. That’s why you need
a Fly Fishing Friend®. A Fly Fishing Friend® will gab all
day about tippet material and fly line sink rates. Fly Fishing Friends®
will jabber incessantly about caddis pupa emergers, river levels,
complicated knots, and leader diameters. A Fly Fishing Friend® will
talk endlessly about neoprene thickness, graphite rod loading capacities,
and the porousity of dubbing material. A Fly Fishing Friend® is
like any other friend, except he won’t bore you with the details and
complications of his real life troubles, like the state of his relationship
with a woman, his tax bracket, or why his boss is a bastard. Fly
Fishing Friends® are available in both sexes and all races and
even fishing ability, ranging from egg pattern chucker to size 26 cream
midge cane fascist.
Price: $4.00/hour.
Excerpt from Get the Net! The Crazed Fly Fisherman’s Catalog,
published by Willow Creek Press, Minocqua, WI.
Originally published April 17th, 2000 on Fly Anglers Online by Jack Ohman.