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.

… 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.

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.

Really great discussion going on here. I think these chats are what can fuel something bigger. There is SO MUCH potential in the PNW to build the community larger.

Excited to join this year.  Look forward to the competition.