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Another Giveaway: Fantastic Flyfishing Books
I just saw John Prine and Emmylou Harris play Red Rocks last night; it was such a stellar show, it put me in a great mood. And what do I do when I'm in a great mood? I give stuff away.
But you're going to have to work for these. No quizzes. No lucky guesses. Just straight-up creativity. Kind of like the old "Match Game."
"When I flyfish, it's like ______________ playing the _______________."
You can be witty, e.g. "Tiny Tim playing the ukelele," or "Bad News Bears playing the Yankees." Maybe "Gato Barbieri playing the tenor saxophone," or "My uncle Lenny playing the fifth race at Belmont."
But I'll pick the best fill-in-the-blanks comments in a week or so (after I return from the Bahamas), and the winner gets signed copies of both my books (with Andrew Steketee), Castwork: Reflections of Flyfishing Guides and the American West, and Tideline: Captains, Flyfishing and the American Coast (retail $40 each).
Deeter
Ok Deeter...I will give it a shot....
When I fly fish, it's like a sweaty fat kid playing the tuba!
Posted by: | June 08, 2008 at 09:38 AM
Hmm this might be tough.
When I fly fish, its like a blind seagull playing the banjo.
Posted by: Evan V | June 08, 2008 at 08:21 PM
Heres Tim's " when i fly fish its like the bears playing football!"
And mine is "When i fly fish Its like joey trying to come up with something funny about me winning stuff.
Posted by: Alex Pernice the fly rod winner | June 08, 2008 at 09:03 PM
Hey Deeter...
That first one about the sweaty fat kid was me. Name didn't post for some reason.
Posted by: Alabama flygirl | June 08, 2008 at 09:28 PM
And by mine i mean some times it works other times i cant seem to beat the idiot spin fisherman using worms for smallmouth.
Posted by: Alex Pernice the fly rod winner | June 08, 2008 at 10:36 PM
Um, have the kids put on the ear muffs but here goes...
When I fly fish it's like the Mrs. playing the skin flute. Oh, yeah.
Posted by: | June 08, 2008 at 10:52 PM
When I flyfish, its like KD playing the bagpipes. Assuming your bagpipe playing ability is inversely related to your writing/fishing abilities.
Posted by: LeviJ | June 08, 2008 at 11:30 PM
When I flyfish it's like Kenny G playing "Rhapsody In The Rain". I cannot wait to read your books.
Posted by: Bob | June 09, 2008 at 08:28 AM
I am new to fly fishing, and my intense nature makes delicate presentations a challenge for me. It is not unlike Jack Black playing wine glasses!
Posted by: Joe | June 09, 2008 at 09:23 AM
Hey Deeter,
Who won the 4-weight line promised about 3 weeks ago for the best MASH "wounded while fishing" story?
Posted by: Bill | June 09, 2008 at 02:01 PM
We haven't decided yet. Waiting for Tim to return from the road, and we'll do that this week.
Posted by: KD | June 09, 2008 at 03:01 PM
When I(attempt to)flyfish, it's like Winnie the Pooh with his head stuck in a jar of honey.
Posted by: Blue Ox | June 09, 2008 at 07:37 PM
When I fly fish it is like Yo Yo Man playing the Cello.
I could go on with a ton of these.
Posted by: Anthony Bartkowski | June 10, 2008 at 07:03 PM
When I flyfish, it's like Michael Jordan playing baseball.
Posted by: otis733 | June 10, 2008 at 11:51 PM
not horrible but definatley not the best!
Posted by: otis733 | June 10, 2008 at 11:52 PM
When I flyfish, it's like Al Bundy playing High School football...Wahooooo Bundy!
Posted by: Bigg Samson | June 11, 2008 at 12:46 PM
When I flyfish, it's like Al Bundy playing High School football...Wahooooo Bundy!
Posted by: Bigg Samson | June 11, 2008 at 12:46 PM
When i flyfish, it's like The Marines playing war...
Posted by: JWR | June 11, 2008 at 02:52 PM
This obviously doesn't count ... but I caught several bonefish today, and when I fished, it was like Barry White singing "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe."
Posted by: KD | June 11, 2008 at 06:54 PM
Ok ok, who can relate to this? Have you ever sat down with your kid and tried to figuire out the controller on todays video games? You know, to move forward is up,up, down, left, right,A,b thumb! Arghhhhh, I miss Nintendo! When I fly fish it is like any one who grew up in the eighties trying to play Splinter Cell on Play Station. Why do you press up to duck down?
Posted by: Joe | June 12, 2008 at 11:00 AM
Thats a good one... Joe
Posted by: Alex Pernice the fly rod winner | June 12, 2008 at 11:56 AM
O.K. Deeter
"When I flyfish, it's like _FORE_ playing the _MAID_."
Posted by: | June 13, 2008 at 02:43 AM
"When I flyfish, its like Jeff Foxworthy playing the Kazoo" And most people I fish with can atest, Its unlike anything they've seen....
Posted by: | June 15, 2008 at 10:51 PM
when i flyfish its like michael jackson playing peekaboo with little kids...sick and wrong
Posted by: Bama Boy | June 16, 2008 at 03:51 PM
When I flyfish it's like GRANDMA playing the SLOTS.
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Evan!
Posted by: Evan! | June 18, 2008 at 09:27 AM