This post in Der Blog is for the benefit of those who have read about the fishing lies, but have never actually seen one. Brian Robertson and RCR had cooked up a good one, so I snapped a few during the telling for your enjoyment. Note the wildly articulate hand gestures. The more gestures, the greater the Lie.
It all starts innocently enough. Brian Robertson relates how he was reaching into the cooler on the boat for a bottle of water when all of a sudden...
...out of nowhere a 29 inch trout nails his fly!
"Look to the skies!!" cries RCR. A fell omen, in the form of a heretofore unscheduled solar eclipse!
What's this? A giant man eating beaver has leapt off the bank, tackling their guide and allowing the prize fish to escape!
Fred Johnson calls him on it. "Wait a minute! Last time this story had a cocktail waitress and a Reuben sandwich!"
Oh man. Doug Pendleton remebers that Reuben well, as Fred pantomimes a bite:
Jim Kreig: "So did you cast again??"
RCR: I'm glad you asked. The beaver having dragged our guide to his dam to eat him, we were now adrift at sea. Somewhere in the Bermuda Triangle.
Jim Kreig and Mary Reilley: "Did you put up a flare?? Was there any hope of rescue?"
RCR: I rubbed the femurs of two giant rainbow trout together until the friction was such that I started a fire, and used the fire to create smoke signals to summon our rescuers.
I wasn't actually taking notes during the telling, but I think I got the gist of it here. The part about the giant trout and the beaver are definitely true, but the bit about the Reuben I might have dreamed up while thinking about dinner.
Dave
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