06-29-2013, 02:45 PM
[#0000FF]I used to never even know how to say or spell kurmudjeon...and now I are one.
Count me among those to first try to avoid even watching an infomercial...but (like a train wreck) it is sometimes hard to look away or change channels. Ya just gotta see how really bad they are. Especially all of the "top secret", "scienteriffic development" or "never fail" fishing lures and gadgets on those programs. And I can truthfully claim that I deliberately avoid ordering any of that nonsense. My theory is that the quality and value of any item thus advertised is in inverse proportion to the amount of advertising done to sell it.
But to me, it is almost as bad to watch some of the exotic fishing shows...put on by "world renowned experts". Jeremy Wade is one of them. Yakub is another. They get paid to travel to exotic places and fish for monster fish. Why? Their choices of tackle and techniques is often laughable...as is their moronic drama-building narrative. They often cast and retrieve no better than the kids in the DWR youth fishing program. And they get paid for that?
Also, the way they battle big fish is hilarious. It is no wonder they so frequently break rods or line on fish...to increase the drama. You'd think that these "experts" would know how to choose the right tackle, tie good knots and set the drag properly for the line they were using...and to use the rod to fight the fish rather than trying to overpower it.
I also find it absolutely amazing that they can never go to their chosen venue and catch a monster fish on the first cast of the first day. There is always some kind of limiting time frame and the frustration of battling local conditions and small fish until that magic last hour before they have to catch the plane home. Then the monster fish bites...on cue...and there is much yelling...of the same thing over and over and over...until the stupid fish gets an insane desire to come in and pose for the camera.
Any of those programs I still torture myself into watching gets the same treatment. I watch the first few minutes to get the setup...and to guess what species they will be pursuing. Then I fast forward through the recorded program to the last five minutes. That allows me to see everything I want to see...without enduring the mind-numbing drama buildup.
But that's just me.
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Count me among those to first try to avoid even watching an infomercial...but (like a train wreck) it is sometimes hard to look away or change channels. Ya just gotta see how really bad they are. Especially all of the "top secret", "scienteriffic development" or "never fail" fishing lures and gadgets on those programs. And I can truthfully claim that I deliberately avoid ordering any of that nonsense. My theory is that the quality and value of any item thus advertised is in inverse proportion to the amount of advertising done to sell it.
But to me, it is almost as bad to watch some of the exotic fishing shows...put on by "world renowned experts". Jeremy Wade is one of them. Yakub is another. They get paid to travel to exotic places and fish for monster fish. Why? Their choices of tackle and techniques is often laughable...as is their moronic drama-building narrative. They often cast and retrieve no better than the kids in the DWR youth fishing program. And they get paid for that?
Also, the way they battle big fish is hilarious. It is no wonder they so frequently break rods or line on fish...to increase the drama. You'd think that these "experts" would know how to choose the right tackle, tie good knots and set the drag properly for the line they were using...and to use the rod to fight the fish rather than trying to overpower it.
I also find it absolutely amazing that they can never go to their chosen venue and catch a monster fish on the first cast of the first day. There is always some kind of limiting time frame and the frustration of battling local conditions and small fish until that magic last hour before they have to catch the plane home. Then the monster fish bites...on cue...and there is much yelling...of the same thing over and over and over...until the stupid fish gets an insane desire to come in and pose for the camera.
Any of those programs I still torture myself into watching gets the same treatment. I watch the first few minutes to get the setup...and to guess what species they will be pursuing. Then I fast forward through the recorded program to the last five minutes. That allows me to see everything I want to see...without enduring the mind-numbing drama buildup.
But that's just me.
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