Somerset show CRITICISM

[golden beetle]

Ok, so it was a great show.

But there was not enough space to cast rods as there has been in the past.

The FFF was teaching kids to cast in a place where us adults had been casting bamboo rods for years.

That frustrated the hell out of me.

What the hell? Wasting the best casting space on kids?

 

[Trout Fever]

gb if this is your only complaint get over it you nerd the professional flyfisherman that you are should of encouraged and helped teach... you know being a teacher and all....


john

 

[golden beetle]

gb if this is your only complaint get over it you nerd the professional flyfisherman that you are should of encouraged and helped teach... you know being a teacher and all....


john

I teach 5 days a week you moron. Don't fuck with me, trout fever.

The FFF can go to hell as far as I'm concerned.

Now, turn the page in your fsvorite book, TF, and try to find Waldo again.

 

[Trout Fever]

beetle are you for real you sound like a 5th grader wait their smarter

 

[golden beetle]

beetle are you for real you sound like a 5th grader wait their smarter

If I were your teacher, here is what I'd say...

"C'mon troutfever! Stop your god damn drooling and try to find that mother fuckin Waldo!"

 

[Trout Fever]

ok beetle go change your diaper and get your self a drink

 

[Stimulan]

beetle are you for real you sound like a 5th grader wait their smarter

If you're going to critisize the way someone writes, at least make an effort to sound somewhat intelligible yourself.

 

[golden beetle]

If you're going to critisize the way someone writes, at least make an effort to sound somewhat intelligible yourself.

Sometimes when I argue with Trout Fever, I feel like I'm looking straight into a monkey's flapping ass.

 

[Trout Fever]

thanks jack ass

 

[JeffK]

Let the kids do their thing, but it was tough to find a place to cast. Finally I said it's not that cold and cast outdoors. Lots of wind and tight quarters to make it realistic. BTW, tired the new Orivs Access. Liked it, but bought a old Winston BIIx instead.

 

[golden beetle]

Let the kids do their thing, but it was tough to find a place to cast. Finally I said it's not that cold and cast outdoors. Lots of wind and tight quarters to make it realistic. BTW, tired the new Orivs Access. Liked it, but bought a old Winston BIIx instead.

I also cast outdoors, but I didn't cast nearly as many rods as I have in the past.

Also, I may be wrong, but it seems like there were fewer bamboo rodbuilders there this year as compared to years past.

 

[Trouser Trout]

I wasn't there, i think..... But, I completely agree with GB on this one, as a comment in general on society I am tired of everything being for "the kids", when we were kids we would go places with our parents and we would keep quiet, sometimes it wasn't any fun, we survived and the world didn't have to revolve around us. Somehow in the last 20 years EVERYTHING needs to be about the kids, which is bullshit. I have three kids, we have tons of fun together, we fish, ski, hunt play organize sports, sit down for a family meal just about every night, go to church and laugh our asses off at each other , but they also understand the world doesn't revolve around them. Unfortunately there are far too many parents who forgot the word "NO" and make it a full time job kissing their kids ass.

 

[MACFLY]

What does that have to do with FFF teaching kids how to cast....the answer is nothing. Between you and GB you both sound like a couple of whiny kids. Just grow up the both of you

I wasn't there, i think..... But, I completely agree with GB on this one, as a comment in general on society I am tired of everything being for "the kids", when we were kids we would go places with our parents and we would keep quiet, sometimes it wasn't any fun, we survived and the world didn't have to revolve around us. Somehow in the last 20 years EVERYTHING needs to be about the kids, which is bullshit. I have three kids, we have tons of fun together, we fish, ski, hunt play organize sports, sit down for a family meal just about every night, go to church and laugh our asses off at each other , but they also understand the world doesn't revolve around them. Unfortunately there are far too many parents who forgot the word "NO" and make it a full time job kissing their kids ass.

 

[Trouser Trout]

What does that have to do with FFF teaching kids how to cast....the answer is nothing. Between you and GB you both sound like a couple of whiny kids. Just grow up the both of you

Pipe down Macfly, I'm not complaining about some group teaching kids how to cast, but I can picture the scene..... A fly fishing show does not need to revolve around children...... i'd be willing to wager that most kids were taking their very first casts that day.... how cute.... that is what their fathers are for..... not a fly fishing show trying to placate them and their feckless parents fawining over them...... nothing was accomplished....

 

[MACFLY]

That's exactly what you and melon head are complaining about. I didn't get to cast a fly rod whine whine whine. The kids took up too much space whine whine whine. You 2 should go pop open a box of wine and drown your sorrows

Pipe down Macfly, I'm not complaining about some group teaching kids how to cast, but I can picture the scene..... A fly fishing show does not need to revolve around children...... i'd be willing to wager that most kids were taking their very first casts that day.... how cute.... that is what their fathers are for..... not a fly fishing show trying to placate them and their feckless parents fawining over them...... nothing was accomplished....

 

[Trouser Trout]

That's exactly what you and melon head are complaining about. I didn't get to cast a fly rod whine whine whine. The kids took up too much space whine whine whine. You 2 should go pop open a box of wine and drown your sorrows

I'm not whining, I wasn't even there. but, a fly fishing show is an adult event where children come secondary. Adults pay admission and don't need to be exposed to Romper Room in every turn of their lives. And there are vendors looking to sell their wares, who don't need to be placating children.

 

[Andy]

The common concern among flyfishers, fishing clubs, Fishing conservation organizations, manufacturers, and the like, is that there's not enough young blood coming into the sport to perpetuate it. I've heard this continuously in recent years from many sources (I heard it twice at Somerset!) and you could verify it by looking at the age bracket of those attending the show. Nowadays, kids seem to be more interested in electronics (video games, computers, super phones, I-Pods, Blackberrys, etc.) playing spectator sports, and sports like skateboarding. Perhaps that might explain the effort directed to teaching children how to cast.

 

[Drossi]

What kids? I was there all day Sunday and saw maybe a half dozen, most of whom were with parents and in scout gear. None of whom were lined up at the casting pool amongst the almost dozen adults.