By now, I’m sure some of you who frequent the more fishy portions of the web have come across an unsavory character who calls himself Roderick Hawg Brown.
First he attempts to grasp the word Mystic.
(For those of you with only primary school educations, Mystic is defined as “Enigmatic, obscure.”; Mysticism as “Vague, groundless speculation.” You get the idea. Or, maybe you don’t)
I think what he was reaching for was supernatural, magical and/or sage.
Then he attempts to disparage the noble Rainbow Trout, a native fish prized by anglers throughout North America.
(It’s no great secret why there are no browns in Alaska: if there were, people would have no reason to go all the way to Patagonia to fish for searun browns. No doubt the nancy-boy rainbows up north are glad for the lack of Hawg Browns.)
Maybe that is simply to deflect inspection of his shady past. Well what is a Brown Trout really? Brown Trout are simply the bastard fish of British Imperialism. When the local populace eventually kicks the British out or absorbs them into the local culture, they are still forced to endure Brown Trout occupation. In the USA, a recently immigrated and completely misguided biologist from Michigan went and dumped some German Brown Trout into the Pere Marquette River. I’m almost ashamed to have been born in Michigan.
I also know that Nancy Morris from King Salmon, Alaska (not a boy) would probably welcome you into Alaska as well as she would, say…the Pebble Mine.
After asking me about my first guide trip, he Missed my point entirely and had has this to say.
(So, what you did was prove that guides don’t really know what they’re doing. Perception is everything and bluffing isn’t just for poker.)
I will admit to His Sliminess that guiding is often about bluffing and perception. That also extends to the fish. Oh the many fish that I have bluffed. As to perception: When people perceive that they are having a blast catching fish, they actually are.
To read the entire interrogation, Check out Roderick Hawg-Brown and leave a comment for His Ugliness.
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