You can enjoy your pristine wilderness-kinda experience, then wonder why your congressman boots you out of his office, despite amusing his secretary with fish costumes and chants about indiscriminate water bottle use.

Money and “C” list celebrities are the new Tammany Hall mob, a lethal combination of pandering and getting the message across; it doesn’t matter whether you get the autograph or not, it’s the soundbite that counts.

Today, FLW Fantasy Fishing(TM) awarded the first of seven historic fantasy sport prizes: $100,000 to Christopher Toring of Minneapolis, Minnesota. With the groundbreaking announcement of FLW Fantasy Fishing and the largest fantasy sports payout ever, including $7.3 million in cash and prizes, the excitement and anticipation has kept participants and fans on the edge of their seats and eager to become $100,000 richer — just by playing FLW Fantasy Fishing.

I figure the entire fly fishing industry has a combined advertising budget of less than $7.3 million, the amount the fantasy fishing game is giving away.

But wait, there’s more…

Hulk Hogan just signed as the spokesman for the contest, can the reality show be far behind? Nothing like a canny marketing juggernaut to kick sand in our sandwich – I have to applaud, they know their demographic, and are destined for something astraddle the evening news.

Don’t despair, Ted Nugent still fishes, and I think Mr. T is available.