Post by dpiscator on Nov 13, 2008 10:49:19 GMT -4
I just looked at my son's report card and had a Dirtbag Flyfishing Posse (if you don't know what the DFP is... go to Twin Tiers Angling) moment of clarity:
I’ve never understood why dirtbag anglers (as a group) scored so poorly in the math department. Sure, we got a double helping of optimism, but that was so’s we’d stand out in the rain all day…
Jesus and the Apostles were fishermen. Per Norman MacLean, John was a dry fly fisherman. I think they had the same problems with figures and addition… It might be why JC was so upset with the money lenders, one of them had the audacity to ask, "if a barque loaded with Menhaden left Antioch on the morrow, and at the same time a skiff full of Olive oil left Delphi, how much would I …”
Recent events suggests the Roman approach of skewering would have been a better tactic, but like most anglers - Jesu Christo practiced “catch and release.”
I’m not complaining about the raw estimation practiced by our profession, both rounding up and significant digits are all schools of Mathematics with many weighty tomes to back their usage. Catch rates, CFS on streams, snagged flies vs. full fly boxes... it's all math, probabilites, metrics, and algebra. Algebra? Yeah... if trout = x and you have 6 flies left. How many flies will you have after a major caddis hatch and 4 overhanging willows on 2 cut-banks? How many of X would you have caught from 4pm to 6m? Show your work!
The average age of a fly fisherman is 51, that’s the number used by Madison Avenue and explains why old scotch, young broads, and things a large ass fits are splashed into our advertising. It’s why corporate flyfishing periodicals feature foreign destinations, and rods are so expensive, because you’re supposed to be older and wiser and have a couple pesos to rub together.
All that by the wayside, what is it about statistics and averaging that gives you fellows so much trouble?
The condensed version, “average” is the important concept to grasp. Simply put, for each one of these:
There’s one of these:
What we can agree on is that both specimens are in extremely short supply. No, No, not the old lady. They can be found at Early Bird Bingo on Tuesday night at the local VFW post. I'm talking about bikini wearin' hotties. A bikini (like spandex) is a priviledge... not a right!
Ignore the fishing website candy thrown at you by the “Slab of the Week”, “Arse of the Week” or “Breastmeat of the Month” It's all smoke and vapor, and the “eye candy” that teases you into thinking monstrous hatches are followed by Lust in the Dust, are pure myth. Except on "Young Woman's Creek". There's something in that name that HAS to mean coolness abounds on that creek. Where's da wimmun? Have you found them?
Propagated by middle aged fat guys that passed English (barely) and failed math too. Usually named Bubba, JimBob, and (gasp) Sea-Bass.
Average age 51, suggests there’s plenty of ladies interested in the sport - they may not have the long legs or bustline to suit your particular kink, but plenty own great tackle, can cast like hell, and own boats.
If Grandma had 60 acres of river frontage, I’d consider raising my standards to match.
I’ve never understood why dirtbag anglers (as a group) scored so poorly in the math department. Sure, we got a double helping of optimism, but that was so’s we’d stand out in the rain all day…
Jesus and the Apostles were fishermen. Per Norman MacLean, John was a dry fly fisherman. I think they had the same problems with figures and addition… It might be why JC was so upset with the money lenders, one of them had the audacity to ask, "if a barque loaded with Menhaden left Antioch on the morrow, and at the same time a skiff full of Olive oil left Delphi, how much would I …”
Recent events suggests the Roman approach of skewering would have been a better tactic, but like most anglers - Jesu Christo practiced “catch and release.”
I’m not complaining about the raw estimation practiced by our profession, both rounding up and significant digits are all schools of Mathematics with many weighty tomes to back their usage. Catch rates, CFS on streams, snagged flies vs. full fly boxes... it's all math, probabilites, metrics, and algebra. Algebra? Yeah... if trout = x and you have 6 flies left. How many flies will you have after a major caddis hatch and 4 overhanging willows on 2 cut-banks? How many of X would you have caught from 4pm to 6m? Show your work!
The average age of a fly fisherman is 51, that’s the number used by Madison Avenue and explains why old scotch, young broads, and things a large ass fits are splashed into our advertising. It’s why corporate flyfishing periodicals feature foreign destinations, and rods are so expensive, because you’re supposed to be older and wiser and have a couple pesos to rub together.
All that by the wayside, what is it about statistics and averaging that gives you fellows so much trouble?
The condensed version, “average” is the important concept to grasp. Simply put, for each one of these:
There’s one of these:
What we can agree on is that both specimens are in extremely short supply. No, No, not the old lady. They can be found at Early Bird Bingo on Tuesday night at the local VFW post. I'm talking about bikini wearin' hotties. A bikini (like spandex) is a priviledge... not a right!
Ignore the fishing website candy thrown at you by the “Slab of the Week”, “Arse of the Week” or “Breastmeat of the Month” It's all smoke and vapor, and the “eye candy” that teases you into thinking monstrous hatches are followed by Lust in the Dust, are pure myth. Except on "Young Woman's Creek". There's something in that name that HAS to mean coolness abounds on that creek. Where's da wimmun? Have you found them?
Propagated by middle aged fat guys that passed English (barely) and failed math too. Usually named Bubba, JimBob, and (gasp) Sea-Bass.
Average age 51, suggests there’s plenty of ladies interested in the sport - they may not have the long legs or bustline to suit your particular kink, but plenty own great tackle, can cast like hell, and own boats.
If Grandma had 60 acres of river frontage, I’d consider raising my standards to match.