Fishing the brown water has always had a “Budweiser” mystique about it; the luxury of knowing you’re never going to meet someone, therefore bathing is optional, coupled with the social stigma – no clique, no secret handshakes, and the knowledge that Fly Fisherman magazine will never reveal your secret spot.
Now Abel reels has ruined it for us odiferous stalwarts – making a “Carp” finish on their latest line of reels.
I don’t mind too terrible much, but I know that reel and me have a date with destiny. I’ll never have the coin or moxie to buy one, I just know that the screaming angler I rescue from a couple feet of toxic sludge will have it – and I’ll come face to face with the knowledge that the “last odiferous frontier” has been tamed…
Then again, in one last paroxysm of outlaw – I could stake him out on an anthill or take his shoes and reel – then chase him through the flaming gravel beds of Death.
You continue to display the symtoms of a virulent viral infection. Uh…Have you tried rebooting your computer?
THAT’S the sign of the apocalypse. What’s next bamboo carp sticks?
Have you Carpers heard of this ? A friend informs me that NewAge way of cooking & de-boning carp efficiently, is to introduce them to the mod pressure cooker. Whether this removes toxicity as easily as flesh-from-bones has not yet been determined. A famous food fish of Europe & Asia, it was brought to the U.S. in the late 1800s, and now you “elitists” are turning up your nose at this fab fighting protein ?