Tuesday
Jun142011
Hipsters are ruining fly fishing?
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at 12:02AM 
"Because that's what hipsters do: Make a mockery of things we as bros love (like fly fishing). And anglers are understandably very, very pissed off about it." read on at Bro Bible
tagged bro bible in Bizarre, Humor, fly fishing
bro bible in Bizarre, Humor, fly fishing
Reader Comments (12)
Just go on Ebay and see what the hackle is going for.
Fucking hipsters.
Bro, Hipsters aren't ruining anything. You are chapped because the saddle hackles you want to buy are adorning the hair of cute girls. Well, don't be such a bitch. The free market has spoken. When demand grows exponentially and supply remains stable, the shit is going to get more expensive and harder to find. This is still America, after all. If you are chapped by this phenomenon, then it means that you haven't been flyfishing long enough to have a healthy, recession-proof, stash of feathers.
I'm pretty sure anyone who reads/writes for something called "Bro Bible" is a far greater threat to the sport than any girl with feathers in her hair. It's easy to dismiss a (likely attractive) girl with feathers in her hair, but much more difficult to ignore the breadcrumb trail of PBR cans that lead you to the Bros on the river.
Exhibit A:
http://www.moldychum.com/home-old/2011/6/6/trout-sashimi.html
HUNT BIRDS!
Be careful some of the links from this website contain nasty viruses
Lance Hardwood,
Thanks for the insult. Really. This is coming from the guy who slapped together that quick blog post for BB, who also happens to be an avid fly angler who grew up fishing the limestone springs of Central Penn. Since I moved to NYC after spending a 9 months in Colorado learning how to fish the Roaring Fork, I don't get out on the water as much as I'd like to these days. But damn if that doesn't mean fishing (and conservation and stewardship of) a Mayfly hatch isn't a still a pretty big important part of my life. In fact, just the other week on a trip back to visit my parents I was able to land a 14-inch brook on an old terrestrial fly i tied years ago i (i know, i know... nothing really... But i live in Manhattan! I'll take whatever fish and fishing time I can get). And no cans of PBR were left as "breadcrumbs" in the woods either (Busch Light is my adult beverage of choice anyway).
Moral of the story: Please don't jump to conclusions before you get the fish in the boat. The Internet is a big and weird and wild place. Some day soon we'll ramp up our content and be able to include more posts about fishing and general outdoor pursuits of happiness. In the meantime, Moldy Chum folks... You made a new reader today. Thanks for posting the link to BB. So happy to come across this haven. We really appreciate it!
May you never snag another leader,
-joepa
What Ryan Matt said.
For those of you averse to reading anything on "BroBible" - check out the article from Associated Press: http://www.newser.com/article/d9nkbhvo2/from-the-tackle-box-to-the-hair-salon-fly-shop-feathers-disappear-amid-hair-extension-craze.html
I disagree, hipsters can be a serious menace. After dropping out of college working part time and fishing full time all I could afford for beer was the lowly PBR and Rainer. Suddenly "old school" beers became the "in" thing for hipsters. Have you seen how much a 12 pack of PBR costs now!!!!!!!! The horror, the horror............
"Busch Light is my adult beverage of choice anyway." lol. Seriously? You felt it was necessary to add that quip?
All I'm hearing from Joepa is "I'm a douche, listen to me whine and cry." Bros, like you, are the reason fly fishing gets a bad wrap and is generally viewed as relatively exclusionary. Quit your crying and get over it. Just because you fly fish doesn't mean you get a pass; fly fishing and being a douche aren't exclusive from each other.
quit bitching and grow your own fucking hackles