DBam:
Has this ever happened to you? You're looking at a post on social media from someone who was just out fly fishing. There's some nice pictures of fish. As you're reading the caption the language starts getting weird. Usually there's a sentence near the beginning that is along the lines of "...was so humbled to catch this fish" or "so blessed to get to experience this". Seems a little weird, it sounds almost modest but kind of not. Moving on, next there'll be something about how beautiful and serene the location was, generally followed (at least in BC) with a comparison to Roderick Haig-Brown that compares the OP to a legendary fly fisherman/environmentalist/author. It'll usually wrap up with a call for others to do better, "we need to be better stewards" or something to that effect.
It seems strange to take these fishing experiences and turn it into a humble-brag, self-aggrandizing post. It's gotten to the point where I can expect certain buzzwords and can make a game out of reading them:
Humbled Fortunate Blessed Truly Beautiful Lucky Pleasure Fabulous Roderick Haig-Brown (substitute a local fisherman/environmentalist/author)
Anyways, just wondering if this is something others have noticed. I realize it could be different Stateside. If you too notice this happening, maybe we can make a master list of words and phrases. Could be turned into a fun drinking game eventually.
Mojo Jojo:
Not surprising in todays age of “hey everyone look at me” ,hell you can’t look up some simple instructions on the internet with out ever YouTube boob posting a long winded self promotional video ,when you only needed 2 sentences and I pic to get an answer.
Dark Tuna:
… all that, followed by frustration, embarrassment and disappointment over breaking my rod and losing a pile of lures in trees…
At least on a kayak I can avoid the trees if I like.
Nobaddays:
I do a lot of fly fishing. Looks like I need to step up my game on the flowery descriptions or people are not going to know I was having fun.
Pretty funny observation.
C_Run:
There are other clichés for other styles of fishing as well. As a long time reader of Salmon Trout Steelheader, I would say you can't get through an article without "rod buries", "thumb burning runs", "chrome", "dime bright ", "violent head shakes", etc.