It’s been a busy week in the shop. Hell, it’s been a damn busy summer. But it seems like over the past couple of weeks we have had more stupid questions, weird answers, and overall stuff that just makes us look at each other and wonder “WTF?”. Such is life in retail I suppose.
Today’s episode of Sh*t You Hear In A Fly Shop is a double header.. There is simply too much good material to dole it out one at a time. The other day this group of well dressed older gentlemen wandered in, razzing themselves about their fishing ability and talking about their upcoming trip. They were all going out with guides over the course of the next few days, but one of them had a particular thing in mind. He walked up to one of us and said:
“On the plane this morning, Jimmy Carter told me to use a double nymph rig.”
He seemed quite proud of the fact that Jimmy Carter had told him this, since he proceeded to drop the name about half a dozen times in the next five minutes as we tried to explain just what a double nymph rig is and how it was used. When he first said it, none of us were quite sure how to respond to that. I believe the party line was if you value what Jimmy Carter has to say, then you better use a double nymph rig.
The second event I sadly was not in the shop for. One of the guys greeted this gentleman who had just walked in and asked how it was going. The customer looked at him and said:
“Better than a one legged nun on a trampoline.”
How do you reply to that? We still use that one on a regular basis amongst ourselves in the shop…
The summer is dragging on and like I said the quality of the questions we are getting seems to be dropping significantly, so I’m sure I’ll have lots more material before the season is over.
