The most common stupid question when your practice

savage · Post by **savage** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 12:03 pm

Marc, me personally, not upset as such, maybe a little annoyed. But most definately amused by the intelligence of most of the people asking.

Landén · Post by **Landén** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 7:05 pm

"-Catch anyting..?"

- Hysssshhh, quiet please...I´m trying to catch the small bird..he was just going to take my dry fly...stay and watch when I hook him!

RexW · Post by **RexW** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 2:42 am

I like some of your replys. I may have to use a couple of them...

Here's another one for the list:

"Catching anything"

"Nope, it is a little slow today, but you should have been here yesterday."

Rex

Morsie · Post by **Morsie** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 4:31 am

"Three so far" usually works too.

It reminds me of the old saying that goes something along the lines of - "Sometimes its just best to not say anything". There's probably a whole bunch of occupations and sports where a similarly repetitive line gets trotted out. Imagine being a gyneacologist "what a c*^#@ of a job" or a proctologist "that's a bummer" ............ etc etc etc.

People thinking they're being really funny and original is what makes the repetition of the question a little tedious, and sometimes it's good to point that out to them, next time they might come back with a highly original line, or a gun.........

Morsie

Marc LaMouche · Post by **Marc LaMouche** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 7:10 am

i find it a lot more constructive to take the time to explain that i'm practicing to get better at it and that it's fun, also making the analogy that any sportsman practices to get better at whatever it is that they do.

if they don't look too stupid or drunk i'll hand them the rod and offer them the chance to try it out on their own.

i'm sure that 90% of them will never ask the stupid questions again.

throwing back equally stupid comments can only increase the misunderstanding of their (ignorant: because they don't know) point of view and ours.

if you step back and think about it a second, it is at first indeed strange or even surreal to see someone waving a fishing rod on land.
what's kind of interesting, is why they would comment on it in the first place.
surely these comments aren't reserved for fly casters but i wonder if it isn't, even on a subconscious level, a way for them to make contact with someone who's doing something they've never seen before.

cheers,
marc

Morsie · Post by **Morsie** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 7:42 am

I've had about 7 people stop today with only one "Are they biting"? comment which was a car load of giggly girls who thought it was hilarious. One woman stopped and wanted to check all the gear out. Two said, "Nice casting", one just asked directions to somewhere. I agree with you Marc but I think its pretty clear that someone standing in the middle of the road or in the park tossing a line back and forth isn't fishing. After 35 years any humour in the irony has completely worn away...........

Morsie

lonk · Post by **lonk** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 9:22 am

Morsie wrote:Lonk I know that guy, I've been on his bus a couple of times! Man can he talk. Its all you want when you've just caught the red eye special from Perth.....

Morsie, you said something earlier about a glock??? I could tell you some interesting stories about that dude.

What's even better Jetstar starts SYD to PER on the 2nd Oct. Red eye leaves PER 0000 arrives SYD 0725 and i'll do my best to make sure you get that bloody bus driver

Landén · Post by **Landén** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 3:39 pm

Best answer..?

"-Catch anyting"?

- Hey you..I got a Glock in my pocket.. :whistling:

victor · Post by **victor** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 8:40 pm

or drunk

I quite like the drunk ones. I practice on a cricket pitch at the bottom of my garden, they often have social events in the club house. I have had several drunks stagger over to me over the years, 'I have to ask mate, what the fuck are you doing?' 'Practicing fly casting mate, want a go?'. 'Oh yeah, why not'. His friends all stand and watch and ten minutes later he staggers back, to loud applause, telling everyone what a top bloke I am.

I did have a kid ask me what I was doing, practing fly fishing I said. He looks a bit bemused and then asks me if I have caught any yet. Caught what I ask. Flies, he replies. No, not yet but I did just miss a huge bluebottle, I tell him and he walks of shaking his head.

Mike

Lasse Karlsson · Post by **Lasse Karlsson** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 8:58 pm

Marc LaMouche wrote:i find it a lot more constructive to take the time to explain that i'm practicing to get better at it and that it's fun, also making the analogy that any sportsman practices to get better at whatever it is that they do.

Totally agree, but what do you say when you got a team of footballers running by on the field, warming up, giving you the smartass remark " the water is that way..." Pointing in the opposite direction of where we where casting?

A friend of mine shouted right back: "yeah but the girls ran that way...." Pointing in the opposite direction of where they where running to :whistling:

Cheers
Lasse

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