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The Winter Olympics….
As soon as once more the fishing world has been ignored.
As I sit watching a backbone tingling, coronary heart thumping, all the time stress packed Olympic Curling occasion competitors, I can not assist however marvel why a fishing occasion has by no means been represented within the Olympics.
What are they attempting to say?
Are they saying that there isn’t a athletic prowess concerned when attempting to flick a #12 Adams to a 20 inch ring created by the kiss of an 18 inch Rainbow trout!
Is the firing of a excessive powered rifle after snowboarding round on a pair of wood planks any extra demanding than fording a riffle packed stream and tossing a bit of powerbait deftly into the “honeyhole” pocket containing an eight inch stocker?
I see no distinction.
However then I am an fool.
Or am I? Let’s not less than check out some future choices for the winter Olympics, that may lastly give the fisherman his due on the subject of talent and athleticism….
1) What occasion reveals stamina and grit greater than ice fishing? I suggest a winter Olympic occasion that’s comprised of ice fishing. On this occasion, contestants might be timed on their capacity to noticed a gap in eight to 10 inches of a frozen lake floor, run in sneakers throughout the frozen ice to a delegated staging space the place they’ll seize up a rod, and stool, and dash again throughout the ice to the open gap, bait up, and sit for hours in a fierce northern wind. The athlete then will hopefully, finally catch a fish, pull his fish from the ice gap, drop it in a bucket, and dash once more throughout the ice, right into a 1975 Ford pick- up truck, drive throughout the end line to the cheers, flag waving,and cow bell jingling of his fellow countrymen.
Extra challenges? Maybe a few fellas title Swen and Ole can sit throughout from the contestant and continually be throwing a verbal barrage of “You Betcha’s” and “Do not ya know’s” on the athlete, as she or he agonizingly makes an attempt to coax a fish out of the water.
Discuss grit!!
After all the Norwegian contingent may not have an issue with this and be at a determined benefit.HOW do you say “you betcha” in Norwegian anyway?
We’ll all watch as the outlet begins to skim over with ice,and the athlete frantically chips away on the gap to maintain it ice free.All of the whereas treasured time clicks away because the fish solely nibbles on the bait.
They’ll even maintain this occasion indoors on the Olympic Hockey or Determine Skating venues. It’d even make the hockey video games extra fascinating with just a few holes within the ice, and determine skating?PLEASE… a double axle right into a gaping gap within the ice will add extra pleasure than Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan dwelling in the identical trailer park. Or they will go away just a few frozen fish on the ice to assist add to the Olympic ambiance.
The occasions might additionally simply be held as a “two man” competitors with one athlete fishing, whereas the opposite builds an ice shack.
If the intense thrill of the Downhill is your cup a tea, think about in the event that they maintain the occasion on skinny melting ice. The now well-known runs of Franz Klammer and Hermann Maier will pale compared to the crackling of ice beneath the ice fisherman’s stool as he scrambles for shore earlier than disappearing into the frigid waters.
Discuss concerning the agony of defeat….
2)Boat Slalom. By no means thoughts the luge, bobsled, or skeleton(which at first look seem to require the 2 main athletic expertise of braveness and alcohol), attempt standing up in a drift boat whereas working a classIV speedy with a 40 pound salmon stripping line off of your reel, hell bent for return to the ocean. Sure, athletes in ten layers of clothes together with the obligatory flannel outer jacket, will attempt to keep afoot whereas “the driving force” navigates the boulder choked channel of a stream. Not solely are the contestants timed on this occasion, however model factors are given for the diploma of problem the athlete reveals whereas doing “gunnel grabs”, “spins”, and the ever common “aerials”. Throw in plenty of slalom gates, and you’ve got the making of an occasion made for tv. Fall in or lose your salmon, and it is sorry Charlie–see you in 4 years.
“OOOHHH, powerful break Vern–Elwood has been coaching all his life for this second, and to see all of it go overboard in a single on the spot is heartbreaking….”
three) No offense to our Canadian associates north of the border, however –CURLING!!! CURLING!! A mix of bowling on ice and a gaggle of store keepers attempting to maintain the storefront spiffy.
Gawd, the winters have to be terrible up there.
Exterior of the apparent “intercourse enchantment”of the Olympic Curling
occasions, the one factor extra thrilling can be to look at Dick Cheney go quail searching.
However, given that there’s a place on the rostrum for chiseled curling athletes, I am certain we might discover a spot for the expert athleticism of the Winter Fly Tying Workforce !
This occasion would clearly be dominated by the American squad, which has skilled yr spherical in a meat locker in Detroit. Dimension #28 midge after depressing dimension #28 midge, the Individuals have relentlessly been coaching, by tying these little buggers to 8x tippet–in a meat locker saved at 14 levels beneath zero.
That is minus 26 celsius for our European opponents.
There on the Olympic Fly Tying area, in frigid climate, groups of fly tiers will take to the vice, and tie up varied flys. We’ll watch pained expressions and full intense focus as athletes attempt to get their fingers to work within the icy chilly. We’ll maintain our breath as they attempt to get the hackle and dubbing good. Treasured time will tick away as they blow on their palms, and we watch break up display photographs of simply the place the Olympic hopefuls misplaced time alongside the way in which.
After all,on this two day occasion, athletes might be judged on velocity, model,problem, and the power to catch and launch fish.
So, this is to the athletes of the XX th Olympiad, and I’ll see you fishing rod in hand, in Vancouver in 2010.
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