While the rest of you are droning on about weights and tapers, modulus and action, I’ll be downstream ….
… just me and my Blue Water Barbie.
Via John Merwin and his Honest Angler blog, comes an eye opening video of a fellow catching a 100 pound blue shark on bright pink Barbie rod, complete with closed face spinning reel – and the precision drag system that makes some classic metal chunking sounds…
We’re always insisting that fly tackle offers the best “feel” of a fighting fish – but I’m not sure our rods can bend like Old Barbster.
I about died laughing, as did the assembled crew.
I’ve got one of these hanging proudly over the mantle, compliments of older brother and his misguided humor.
Now who has the last laugh?
Tags: Field & Stream, John Merwin, Barbie Rod, Blue Shark,
HA… “Here comes the release on Barbi.” is a stellar line.
I bet money that was a fiberglass rod. Glass gets it done! Just saying.
Absolutely priceless. You go Barbie
Uh…next time we go fishin, can I borrow it back with a fist fulla flies? Please?
It was Photoshoped : )
The guys over on the ctfisherman.com website have been running this contest all year. You have to catch a fish on a Barbie rod or similar designs such as the Spiderman rod. Of course, the purists are Barbie all the way.