This guy has to be cool. After breaking his rod on what looks like a decent spring creek fish he proceeds to land the fish with the broken tip...stripping line....with a broken tip.
I think I see an "atta boy" from the fish just after the release.
Red Bull sponsored and Ted Nugent inspired fly fisherman
At least he has a cool logo on his left shoulder.....Kind of hurts to look at it and it is covered with "killer hair dude" a lot of the time. The only thing about knocking the hair is if it is a mullet--and I couldn't watch the WHOLE video to find that out.
He is making a tip a little too obvious though--when a camera is on you and you hook a fish IMMEDIATELY run backwards to make that reel sing like a beautiful saprano.
BOOM Tough Actin' Tenactin
The guy in the first video is Stu Tipney, you should check out his Foam Oddessy video, played it quite often in the store.
Some cool flies mixed in with great fishing and some serious weirdness.
Mr. Wise:
I have been reading your blog for sometime now. Can you please tell me what your infatuation with Ted Nugent and fly fishing sponsors is? Quite honestly, I think sponsorship and strip clubs will be the death of fly fishing.
Fish Hard,
Carter Brown
Serious weirdness Steve? I am game to check that out!!
Carter,
No matter how you look at it Ted Nugent is cool....he shoots with fingers and no sites--completely instict baby, that's how I roll (actually not I shoot with a release and as many pins as I can get, I was just using the expression that a good friend of mine uses quite a bit.)
As for the sponsorships and strip clubs, I think there is an underlying meaning to that whole thing, let me explain. A lot of people compare sponsorships as "W#$%@#$ Out" (for lack of better words, sorry) and I think you may see where I am going with sponsorships and strip clubs as some people could put them hand-in-hand.
I bow to no sponsor....
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(AWESOME play on a Waynes World skit!!!!!!!)
I wish that Alaska guy would run into Timothy Treadwell. Please don't make comparisons with him and Sweaty uncle Teddy. He can't even come up with his own fish catchin' word, he has to steal one from old time basser Roland Martin.
SON!
Are you sure he is sponsored by Red Bull, and not METH.
"Sweaty uncle Teddy" gotta love that one!
Mr. Wise:
I understand what you are saying regarding sponsorships and stripclubs. Sure it is a wicked path to walk, and one that (quite frankly) I am scared of seeing gain acceptance. You see, during my years out west, I made it a point to always stop at the nearest gentleman's club anytime i passed one on the way to a multi-day trip. Oh the stuff I saw, but again I digress. Those stops had me loosing focus on what really mattered, the trout matter man. Not trying to collect some natural dubbing in the restroom of one of those facilities......keep that in mind.
Screaming Reels,
Carter Brown